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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 03/04/2026 12:20

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Buffering (31%)

    Buffering (31%)

  2. Sign in (27%)

    Sign in (27%)

  3. Playback Issues (25%)

    Playback Issues (25%)

  4. Crashing (16%)

    Crashing (16%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomReading Sign in
United KingdomHackney Playback Issues
United KingdomPoplar Sign in
United KingdomHorncastle Sign in
United KingdomLeicester Crashing
United KingdomLondon Playback Issues
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • amairphoto Anthony Mair (@amairphoto) reported

    Just fiddled around with my Nvidia Shield for half hour and managed to get BBC iPlayer and ITV Hub to work again. Now I don't have to listen to the awful commentary from Taylor Twellman on ESPN. I can now enjoy the Euro's without him!

  • CharlesGreig CharlesGreig (@CharlesGreig) reported

    @AmazonHelp I need help getting iplayer to play in 4k on my firestick 4k, you didn’t give me an answer on how to do that? I’m assuming you can, but it just seems like it’s not an option… weird

  • davidfurness David Furness (@davidfurness) reported

    @Stephen_Neal @TVtechIRL That reminds me, we've got some large 4K TVs at work for a gallery project, I might have to see if they support UHD HDR iPlayer this week.

  • BBMSteve Steve Snape 🇪🇺 (@BBMSteve) reported

    @Maustallica We used to use Smarty DNS, but they had big problems unblocking BBC iPlayer a few years back, so we had to leave them. Their service is probably better than SmartDNSProxy overall, though. Both also offer VPN services.

  • Amelia9896 Amelia 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 (@Amelia9896) reported

    Love hearing the next door neighbours garden celebrate and then seeing the goal two minutes later. IPlayer is so awful

  • BWelbourn24 Bryan John (@BWelbourn24) reported

    @KermodeMovie it is a crime that your Sercets of Cinema is not on DVD or available in its entirety on iPlayer. What needs doing to get BBC to fix this?

  • morocco_dave Dave Field | Morocco Dave (@morocco_dave) reported

    Have started watching the original "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" on BBC iPlayer (yes, again. It's all @richard_littler's fault). Anyway, if you've never seen it please correct this egregious error and go and consume it forthwith; it is a true masterpiece.

  • qassim_uk Qassim (@qassim_uk) reported

    I have the iPlayer UHD / HLG stream on for the England match in the background. I heard the neighbours scream "yes!!!" - then like a minute later I saw the goal. The stream is very good quality & performance wise, but the delay is a shame. Not a huge deal, but still.

  • Karlos375 Karl smith (@Karlos375) reported

    @BBCiPlayer @andyclayton Not easy to find !!! My link from the tv iPlayer notification doesn’t work ! Had to navigate iPlayer to find it 🙄🙄 #scrapthelicensefee

  • davidfurness David Furness (@davidfurness) reported

    @simonhardwick Impressive. Ditto. I'll try and rig 4K iPlayer at work. Don't have any 4K at home.

  • motti82 Joe Mott (@motti82) reported

    @Grumpyrocker You have to go via iplayer, I thought it would work via the red button channel but no.

  • EmVictoria4 🖤Em (@EmVictoria4) reported

    @MylesRakSu I’m waiting on iPlayer, no issues

  • OfficialGarryMc Gaz (@OfficialGarryMc) reported

    Anyone else watching the football on iplayer and having issues? I need to get this sorted ASAP I can't miss tomorrow

  • LDFades LDFades 🇫🇷⚽️🏆🥖🧅🧀 (@LDFades) reported

    UHD not working on iPlayer? #ENG

  • PhillipM1tchel1 Phil Mitchell (@PhillipM1tchel1) reported

    @BarringtonDutt1 Absolutely awful quality even on the iPlayer. It’s like they’re filming it on a camcorder from 1990. How can they go from 4K in the World Cup to this? Mrs thought I was playing FIFA on the Kids Wii #Euro2021 #EnglandvsCroatia

  • buttery_spaniel TheButterySpaniel (@buttery_spaniel) reported

    @SonyUK Hey Sony, sucks that I cant watch iPlayer UHD Euros matches on my £2.5k Sony tv. Any help please?

  • ian40766 Losing You For Good (@ian40766) reported

    @ScotlandNT Not allowed to take photos at work. Ahem! Not that I would do that Boss, especially not using BBC iplayer, oh no. #ScotlandHQ

  • mamoo75 mohamad elhusseini (@mamoo75) reported

    @BBCMOTD @BBCSport The stream in iPlayer 4K is not available Fix it please

  • pauloajsilva captain odair ♆ (@pauloajsilva) reported

    BBC iPlayer is the worst thing. 🔨

  • richardsobey Richard Sobey (@richardsobey) reported

    Trying to watch #engcro on iPlayer with a 4k fire TV stick, connected via ethernet. Quality is not even HD, feel like I've stepped back 15 years in quality. Guess it's simply overwhelmed, or I have an issue somewhere?

  • amairphoto Anthony Mair (@amairphoto) reported

    Just fiddles around with my Nvidia Shield for half hour and manages to get BBC IPlayer and ITV Hub to work again. Now I don't have to listen to the awful commentary from Taylor Twellman on ESPN. I can now enjoy the Euro's without him!

  • stvmccrthy Steve McCarthy (@stvmccrthy) reported

    So it seems my options are watching in low quality in iPlayer via VPN or watching on TV with German commentary.

  • Turak64 Simon Edwards (@Turak64) reported

    @UHD4k @BBC Aye, just so I can use my virgin tivo box, rather than the TV apps. Minor issue, but just makes it easier. I'd take an update for the xbox iPlayer app as well. Just my personal preference

  • reubzyy playwell reubzy (@reubzyy) reported

    if your england game quality is bad go on iplayer and watch in ultra HD

  • FooWhiter Andy C (Legacy Fan) (@FooWhiter) reported

    @LUFC_GEORGE1 Yeah strange the TV will still work & not the WiFi. If I stream something on the BBC iplayer the entire grid goes down

  • steve_mynott steve_mynott (@steve_mynott) reported

    Is it just the iPlayer stream or is the usual camera shot and video quality terrible?

  • Satu7nine Saturnine (@Satu7nine) reported

    @bbc @BBCSport I seem to have a choice of watching #ENGCRO in 1080p and 5.1 audio through Sky or UHD and stereo via iPlayer. Why do I have to choose between picture and audio quality? Why isn’t there a UHD 5.1 broadcast?

  • stephenkb Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) reported

    The brief lag on my iPlayer in which I was trying to work out if that first cheer was our Croatian neighbour was the longest in my life.

  • GreekButNoBeard SpeeEeedwaGON (@GreekButNoBeard) reported

    @AshleeGraham5 is ur iplayer completely shite quality or just mine? ******* 144p or some ****

  • MondDevon Ray Griffiths (@MondDevon) reported

    BBC iPlayer dropping out, awful UHD colour rendition. HD Freeview by far the better viewing option #ENGCRO