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The BBC iPlayer is a streaming television and radio service made available by the BBC. In addition to programming from the BBC, the platform also offers programs from broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of iPlayer reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

iPlayer Outage Chart 01/01/2026 20:30

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by iPlayer users through our website.

  1. Playback Issues (50%)

    Playback Issues (50%)

  2. Buffering (32%)

    Buffering (32%)

  3. Sign in (12%)

    Sign in (12%)

  4. Crashing (6%)

    Crashing (6%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomBristol Buffering
United KingdomGuildford Buffering
United KingdomBirmingham Sign in
United StatesNew York City Playback Issues
United KingdomSouthwark Sign in
United KingdomLondon Sign in
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • charlottie777 Charlotte Sewell (@charlottie777) reported

    @BBCiPlayer what a backwards step the new look iPlayer is! It’s far harder to navigate. And it looks AWFUL. It was so great why change it!!

  • Nicola127_ nik (@Nicola127_) reported

    Moved out of the UK just before the drag race final, got a VPN so I could watch it, my VPN doesn’t work on the iplayer🙃

  • JamieBurtonUK Jamie Burton (@JamieBurtonUK) reported

    @BBCSport Still not working on iPlayer.

  • HeidiSumner Heidi Sumner #3.5% (@HeidiSumner) reported

    @BBCiPlayer after another frustrating morning trying to sign in / log on to my iplayer account, as requested Ifollowed your advice re signing in and still cannot watch iplayer. Help please. TY

  • acamedian Acamedian (@acamedian) reported

    @AdamBienkov Because it would be impossible for a young man to use a woman as a role model. But anyway, let's fix this by getting Bergerac on iPlayer. Will surely cut youth crime in half

  • SuperSajuuk Gordon (@SuperSajuuk) reported

    @PhilPhenom Latest tweet would imply their online service is not working this evening, as they only point people to the Red Button [Sky/Freesat 981, Freeview 601] instead of the usual "Red Button and iPlayer".

  • DwithaNikon Davidwithanikon (@DwithaNikon) reported

    @AdamBienkov He's right thou. Yesterday as I was being mugged at gun point the man kept saying It's not personal mate, but whilst Whittaker is the Dr I have to get my fix of proper DR. I started on iPlayer but they didn't have Classic Who now Im addicted to BritBox

  • emdolisha Emma Marshall (@emdolisha) reported

    @richardosman @BBCiPlayer any idea why last nights house of games is not available on iPlayer yet? I normally watch it on the day a little later when I get in from work.

  • Biriani125 Biri (@Biriani125) reported

    @PrimeVideo is trash.. can't even load a hour our ep at 1080p on my 120mbps download speed. BBC iPlayer had this problem in like 2010, catch up Bezos...

  • SombreroMike Mike M (@SombreroMike) reported

    @IrishWomens The only problem is that if you don't have BBC you can no longer watch it from Ireland 😢. BBC iPlayer is go-locked, and World Rugby in their wisdom no longer streaming it 😕

  • TheyCallHimR R (@TheyCallHimR) reported

    So #snooker isnt streaming on bbc iplayer, assuming that’s an error. I hope the #CopaLibertadores final stream actually works in 10 minutes…

  • espionaricpoet Ric (@espionaricpoet) reported

    @BBCSport Still not working on iPlayer via TV. Sort it out

  • JamesMilford CDFGBG (@JamesMilford) reported

    @Unlocator BBC iPlayer not working with the VPN. Been like it for two days now. Any idea when you’ll fix it? Thanks.

  • crimeficreader Rhian Davies (@crimeficreader) reported

    @richardosman Yday's House of Games still not up on iplayer. Think it might be a loading up problem? Can you prompt someone? Thanks.

  • Supernova36 Tim Bunce (@Supernova36) reported

    @BBCSport Still not working on the PlayStation iplayer app, still directs to the ‘starting shortly’ stream.

  • southcoast_01 Southcoast (@southcoast_01) reported

    @Stokesey84 Go on BBC website and stream from there…I missed first 20 mins waiting for iPlayer to work too

  • delucasleigh amy (@delucasleigh) reported

    help ive turned bbc iplayer off but claudia is still speaking to me through my headphones

  • CodingMonkey Michael Bond (@CodingMonkey) reported

    @IanMorris78 The adverts were fine. The problem I had was that I am now completely unused to watching TV linearly! Even the iPlayer watching live TV has the ability to pause and rewind.

  • purpletoriar Tori (@purpletoriar) reported

    Nooo yesterday's #houseofgames still isn't on iPlayer 😭 I can't watch things out of order...might have to actually get up of me arse and do some work 😱

  • iklboo1969 Tracy Piscator (@iklboo1969) reported

    @richardosman @BBC - why wasn't House of Games on tonight? Just make tried to put it on iplayer after work and it's not there! #bereft

  • ccalciok Chris Kelly (@ccalciok) reported

    @TavernFootball I'm pissed of that I can't get the Libertadores final stream to work on the iPlayer 😡

  • MrWGatley Mr Gatley (@MrWGatley) reported

    @frankieboyle I did not know this. The worst part of BBC iPlayer now is that new comedy panel shows are no longer featured in comedy. You have to actively search for a show to watch the latest. It’s the same with @haveigotnews

  • HelenKasasira Helen (@HelenKasasira) reported

    @realchrisjarvis BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues. In the UK? Here's some advice.

  • thenathkinsell Nath Kinsell (@thenathkinsell) reported

    Good work from the BBC to put the #CopaLibertadores Final on the iPlayer, and the link to then not work 🙄

  • SeanCoppo Sean (@SeanCoppo) reported

    @BBCSport Doesn't work on iPlayer

  • snouts_mcgee 🚬 heather mooney 🚬 (@snouts_mcgee) reported

    Ordered Dominos and have iplayer on one of my screens. May not have the worst job ever x

  • pjhardy4 PJHardy (@pjhardy4) reported

    @BBCSport we want iplayer and online to work too

  • heartofsmine bex (@heartofsmine) reported

    iplayer wouldnt work and they had to refresh the ep. took a while and then what happened was they went to reload it and it came up at end with the winner LOL

  • Hullbhoy Andrew (@Hullbhoy) reported

    Why is the Copa Libertadores link not working on BBC iPlayer?

  • AliParry83 Ali Parry (@AliParry83) reported

    @Plusnet @plusnethelp hi is there a problem with plusnet this afternoon/evening as mine seems to be constantly dropping out with iplayer buffering every 2-3 mins and phone and laptops dropping connection. Many thanks