iPlayer status: streaming issues and outage reports

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.

Most Reported Problems

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

• Sign in (28%)
• Playback Issues (28%)
• Buffering (24%)
• Crashing (20%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Blackpool	Buffering	13 hours ago
Cambridge	Buffering	9 days ago
Edinburgh	Sign in	11 days ago
City of London	Playback Issues	12 days ago
Nice	Crashing	17 days ago
Wirral	Playback Issues	20 days ago

Full Outage Map

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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  daisy may (@DaisyM40397) reported 10 seconds ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Zoe and jasmine have been awful additions to the show

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  Kylie Mulcare (@KylieMulcare) reported 4 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Elaine is being constantly written as a vile human, in the name of “comedy”. Her delivery and sarcasm worked when she was behind the bar of the Vic. Now she simply comes across like she doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. Writers Room, do better.

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  Terry Finn QPM (@Zibatsu) reported 8 minutes ago

  @DetectoristsA @BBCiPlayer Small Prophets is not a patch on Detectorists. I seem to be in the minority. Really can’t get behind the hype of SP. Detectorists however, pure quality.

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  Martyep74 (@martyep74) reported 10 minutes ago

  @StephenNolan @nipsa @BBCiPlayer P/2 👉 people getting into debt because of errors, cases of people having to pay back housing benefit because mysteriously the HB money disappeared during the migration, so SOMEONE or some landlord/gvrmt body has got extra money by forcing the Tennant to pay instead of

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  Ogbeni D (@adeduntan) reported 10 minutes ago

  @ifeelflames It’s even worse in Ireland where the @BBCiPlayer doesn’t work This means you can’t record or pause @deathinparadise

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  @ultracrepidity (@ultra_crepidity) reported 11 minutes ago

  @BBCSport @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Amazing footballer, but disastrous manager and terrible pundit. Why or why is the BBC flogging this dead horse?

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  Sophie Glenister🦉🐈🌷🌸🍰⚽️ (@SophieAhmed2) reported 19 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Boring boring boring. Unbelievable nonsense story. Why would Priya steal a car to take Ravi to hospital and then not even ask for him to be seen? She would have asked for help weeks ago. Children boring with endless disasters. I wish the car crash had written them out.

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  BrummieGirl (@takethe_highway) reported 20 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Its soap. Actors leave, characters move on etc. But if you want this pair to work these guys and the writing are gonna have to work on selling it a lot better than is currently happening.

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  LouBen 🎀 (@Bekola1975) reported 21 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Surprised there's no STD problems in EE. So much bed hopping!

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  Fishface (@Gabriuna) reported 23 minutes ago

  @BruceD16659 What an awful series, talk about stereotyping a whole nation, based on a book you say? Stay away I say. @BBCiPlayer

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  𝕀𝕥𝕤𝕂𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕪! (@ItsKempy_) reported 24 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer He is an awful character already! Can't stand him

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  Siobhan Mc Dermott (@gallonupper) reported 28 minutes ago

  @StephenNolan @BBCiPlayer Loads??? No it's about 10 people. Distraction bs as usual. This issue is simply not affecting the majority of us. Your childish antics and your same callers day in day out! Norman & Brian 🙄 impossible to listen to for anyone with a bit of common sense

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  Nick Fletcher (@nicklesfletch) reported 30 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Why wasn't ravi sectioned earlier. He needs help. #eastenders

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  𝕀𝕥𝕤𝕂𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕪! (@ItsKempy_) reported 30 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer That Josh is just terrible, cant act and I just can't stand him.

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  Tracey (@April_1970s) reported 32 minutes ago

  @Andy___Douglas @vicderbyshire @BBCiPlayer If you had bothered to read her testimony you’d know that she couldn’t explain why she had gynaecological problems which she sought help for. What is your point ? She knew, she lied ? Why is it men like yourself need the victim to explain themselves? Andy Douglas, I pity you.

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  Les Twigg (@LesTwigg) reported 34 minutes ago

  @antonydandrea1 @BBCiPlayer Took us numerous attempts to even log on then when we eventually got to the program it would only play a few seconds then start buffering. Pausing it for a couple of minutes seemed to do the trick. No problem with ITV.

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  The View From Belfast ⚖️ (@CallumTheReds) reported 37 minutes ago

  @StephenNolan @BBCiPlayer If either a union flag or a tricolour flag is flying in a community that supports those flags - why is that a problem?

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  Laura Phillips 💙 (@LauraPh222) reported 37 minutes ago

  @BBCiPlayer: The 1986 explosion at Chernobyl triggered a public health emergency across Europe. Forty years on from the disaster, @JordanDunbar10 travels to Chernobyl to examine the events that led to the world's worst nuclear accident and what we can learn from them today.

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  Champions 67 (@MCeltmick) reported 38 minutes ago

  @BBCSportScot @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Can't help yourselves. pundits either current or ex Sevco. Every week.

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  Biohazardboy (@Biohazardboy2) reported 41 minutes ago

  @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Never had this issue before we imported the third world.

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  Lorraine (@LORRAIN25481106) reported 43 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Awful storyline and writing = awful acting from everyone involved.

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  Kate Martinson 💙 (@Kate_Martinson) reported 43 minutes ago

  @lovelaw2 @TheMaineWonk @BBCiPlayer I'm sorry. Does a vpn work?

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  Owen (@owenpriestner) reported 45 minutes ago

  Some quality metaphors being dropped in the snowboard racing @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer #WinterOlympics #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026

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  Clive B 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕉️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@watertiger69) reported 46 minutes ago

  @BBCSport @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Quite possibly the worst game I've seen this season. 😴💤

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  Les Bien (@BertSnazzle) reported 49 minutes ago

  What’s going on with @BBCiPlayer app? It’s complete garbage…takes about 5 minutes to sign in 😠😠

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  chez_80 (@cheeky_chezza) reported 50 minutes ago

  Has anyone watched 'Babies' on iplayer? I have found it a good watch, but the dumb laughing sound between the men and the black guy sounding like Brian Belo from BB years ago has been very distracting. Can't work out if it's deliberate, overacting, or natural 🤔 #bbc @BBCiPlayer

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  @TheMediaAvenger (@ThomasF24943789) reported 51 minutes ago

  @Lord_Sugar @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer The worst thing they can do is serve RAW CHICKEN

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  Sophie Glenister🦉🐈🌷🌸🍰⚽️ (@SophieAhmed2) reported 53 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Bad idea ,she's been away much too long. Just like Zoe, it won't work.

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  Christian Edwards (@smile_out39443) reported 54 minutes ago

  @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer This afternoon's commentators on Si Jiahui v Hossein Vafaei are awful. Snooker is an interesting game. This pair are better off on mute

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  Ó Murchadha (@OMurchadha61) reported 56 minutes ago

  @Phantomthe55th @BBCScotland @BBCiPlayer I don't wish to judge but, if you are a baptised Protestant who believes there are two Gods, you could be in serious trouble on judgement day. You are guilty of the serious sin of heresy. God bless.