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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 01/31/2026 07:35

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Buffering (39%)

    Buffering (39%)

  2. Sign in (26%)

    Sign in (26%)

  3. Playback Issues (26%)

    Playback Issues (26%)

  4. Crashing (8%)

    Crashing (8%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomTowcester Playback Issues
United KingdomLuton Crashing
United KingdomDorchester Playback Issues
United KingdomHuddersfield Playback Issues
United KingdomStockton-on-Tees Buffering
United KingdomBristol Sign in
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • PJRaymond2406 Paul Raymond (@PJRaymond2406) reported

    @mrdanwalker @BBCiPlayer Seriously, who watches on iplayer? People want to know what the news is now, not what it was at 7:30am. Only occasionally have I recorded it if someone is coming on to plug something at 9am and I am at work. Otherwise it is gone and forgotten by 9:15am. Prefer it to ITV tho.

  • galahadlake T. (@galahadlake) reported

    Watching University Challenge (sorry, grandad, but iplayer exists). It'd be much easier to enjoy if Jeremy Paxman worked out that talking over the audience's applause is the work of an amateur.

  • dom_taylor123 Dom (@dom_taylor123) reported

    @PeterWard3 Had to watch it on iplayer in work, couple lads watched first half on their break swapped at half time, heard the roar from hogarths before it had gone in on my screen. Closed work as soon as we could went down to hogarths celebrating

  • atm333amt Andrew Taylor (@atm333amt) reported

    How come I can only get audio offered on iPlayer for the Stoke game @htafc. Please help

  • stuartcrfc1939 🧡🖤 Stuart W. Carlisle 🔴⚪ (@stuartcrfc1939) reported

    @Justy1995 Suppose that's not the worst. Yes, its on BBC iPlayer pal.

  • nic_says_things Nic (@nic_says_things) reported

    @BrianLewis59 we finished university challenge and bbc iplayer automatically put the vicar of dibley on without asking me, it’s awful, netflix and prime don’t, they can’t do that!

  • marcabarker marcabarker💙 (@marcabarker) reported

    Just opened iplayer and the synopsis of the live programme on at the moment is... ‘Nigel Havers stands on a bed of nails to help the owner try to sell it to today’s dealers’ What’s happening? Have I gone through some wormhole?

  • davetenbob68 tenbob (@davetenbob68) reported

    @BBCiPlayer Hi folks, my iplayer is telling me I need to update the app but when I try updating it says is not yet available in the current region. Do you know when it's going to be sorted? TIA for your help.

  • SaekoKiller 🌻 💙Free ☀️🦊Love 💙🌻 (@SaekoKiller) reported

    Also got so dogged off trying to fix it I missed the entirety of #HouseOfGames sceptics for the last two answersmashes where I yelled VODKALEIDESCOPE and scared the dog. Will catch up on iplayer if the bastard laptop is pop-up free

  • Kerry375X kerry375x 💙 (@Kerry375X) reported

    @paulafr68963440 If you sign in to iplayer there is a survey asking for your opinion of the BBC just done mine nothing good to say

  • Flomoll Annie Mc Cartney (@Flomoll) reported from Belfast, Northern Ireland

    @bbc so fed up with this new sign in for iPlayer ****.

  • james_jsl James Stewart Laing (@james_jsl) reported

    @AdamSykesWirral @BBC The BBC is broken in its mandate. It’s used to be a producer/broadcaster now it is a contractor/brand holder. There is a model which would allow a fee based iPlayer with access to the acrchive to self finance the BBC - discuss

  • benglaze Ben Glaze (@benglaze) reported

    @BBCiPlayer hi, I think there's a problem with episode eight of Our Girl: Nigeria, Belize and Bangladesh Tours - basically, the audio description is on constantly, can't turn it off. It's a problem with this specific episode rather than the wider series or iPlayer on my TV

  • patejoe8 Joe (@patejoe8) reported

    @NordVPN I can't stream BT sport any more. iPlayer and other uk apps work without a problem but not BT sport. Any suggestions? I am running Nord VPN through my Asus router.

  • pollybirkbeck Complete Control PR (@pollybirkbeck) reported

    Boring question, but anyone here who has hopeless @virginmedia been experiencing an "outage" for about 2 weeks? Every time I call them they say it's going to be fixed but no. We are unable to access any apps (On Demand, catch-up eg: Iplayer, Netflix etc). It's a ******* joke

  • Sam_Manela_ Sam Manela 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Sam_Manela_) reported

    only if the iplayer wants to ******* work i guess

  • rxrxmx teddy (@rxrxmx) reported

    Quality stuff, need to tour bbc iplayer for some good British content

  • The_Gnome_118 Stephen Higham (@The_Gnome_118) reported

    @BlackdogPodcast I’ve been getting nothing but error pages off iplayer for a week now. Glad it’s not just me.

  • bobby6694 Bobby-jane 👑 (@bobby6694) reported

    @Carapirie They’re all on mines? I’ve been watching them. If it’s still not working watch it on nbc iplayer :D

  • PeakePolly Polly (@PeakePolly) reported

    @timjames16 @PTumpt I don't do the BBC iPlayer cos you have to sign in now. I just have nothing to do with it. Watching this in real time is more exciting than any film- they're absolutely determined to do all they can to bring down the hedgefunds. It's glorious

  • mirxclealigner hol🕊🦢🐇 (@mirxclealigner) reported

    @afemmefatale_ omg no bbc iplayer doesn’t work on my wifi😭😭

  • kitchykitchster Ian Kitchen (@kitchykitchster) reported

    @TeamKnowhowUK hi there, I have a JVC tv ( model LT-49C888(A) ). Alot of the features are not working. The YouTube button no longer brings up YouTube. The iplayer and catch up apps play but no sound. And now the Netflix channel won't play anything, just shows an error code?

  • DavidBoink David ***** (@DavidBoink) reported

    @gailebishop @Sheepie_1985 @All4 What you talking about, that was a brilliant synopsis without giving anything away. Hope your All4 has sorted itself out by now. I'm on Virgin and had terrible trouble with iplayer so much that I had to reduce picture quality to watch The Serpent.

  • fleamonttpotter deadric ciggory (@fleamonttpotter) reported

    good trouble will be easier bc it’s on iplayer but...... chicken man

  • RobHughes4 Rob Hughes (@RobHughes4) reported

    @Johnhar11257509 @johnredwood Watch the Troubles series on iPlayer and you will understand why this would be such a problem. Hopefully it is still there.

  • Natnoelle123 Nathalie (@Natnoelle123) reported

    @DomiBucky I know and this is an issue for me: tennis needs revenue, especially at the moment without spectators at most tournaments. The Eurosport iPlayer is only at £6 for a month. Other subject: I just discovered you’re French. Me too, in the U.K.

  • nornabruce Norma Bruce (@nornabruce) reported

    @smokymozzarella How do I get it? Red button wants me to sign in but rejects my info after 2 attempts. Other device with iPlayer doesn’t admit to knowing about athletics. Wail

  • BaronStrangeluv Baron Strangelove (@BaronStrangeluv) reported

    @BBCiPlayer there seems to be continual issues with iPlayer currently - every other day either it won’t play or it plays double speed with no sound - all other streaming services are fine???

  • LeeMc80788467 Lee Mc (@LeeMc80788467) reported

    @StanCollymore The serpent bbc iplayer stan quality 👌

  • sk1138_stephan Stephan"SK1138" (@sk1138_stephan) reported

    @tommybox3 I don't know if I can find a clip somewhere. They repeat programs on BBC iPlayer, but I'm in Holland and it doesn't work here.