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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 12/01/2025 12:50

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Playback Issues (61%)

    Playback Issues (61%)

  2. Buffering (26%)

    Buffering (26%)

  3. Crashing (11%)

    Crashing (11%)

  4. Sign in (3%)

    Sign in (3%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomManchester Playback Issues
United KingdomInverurie Buffering
United KingdomCity of London Crashing
United KingdomNewton-le-Willows Buffering
United KingdomCity of London Buffering
United KingdomManchester Sign in
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • elliot2116_ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Elliot Webber🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@elliot2116_) reported

    BBC iPlayer actually work challenge (IMPOSSIBLE GONE WRONG)

  • MichuBacca Chris (@MichuBacca) reported

    Ultra HD on BBC IPlayer did not work out in the end.

  • DjasonMcC Jason D McCormack (@DjasonMcC) reported

    @GaryLineker @itvfootball @markpougatch If England's chances of winning the Euros are based on the quality of the ITV hub app vs Iplayer, we're doomed. ITV hub stinks. Iplayer is Brazil's 1970 squad in comparison to ITV hubs England Euro 2016.

  • Milesy199 Martin Miles (@Milesy199) reported

    @markpougatch Just don’t watch it on ITV Hub because tge picture quality is awful compared to BBC Iplayer, ITV Comms team is good though

  • markblackman Mark Blackman (@markblackman) reported from Clitheroe, England

    Worst nightmare happens... Shawbridge LOSES BBC pictures due to the thunderstorm!! Thank **** I had laptop on standby for iPlayer! @ClitheroeFC

  • wfastronomer Nicholas Cross (@wfastronomer) reported

    Sitting in a hotel room (2nd time in last 15 months), watching the game on my laptop, so I don't disturb Ying who is trying to finish some work. Only have earphones for phone, listening to Radio 5 live while watching BBC iPlayer. 1/

  • alexbaranowski Alex Baranowski (@alexbaranowski) reported

    The problem with watching the football on a computer is there’s a slight time lag on iPlayer which is really noticeable when you open up Twitter and people are celebrating a goal that hasn’t happened yet. Twice.

  • miggyluv Miggyluv 💙 (@miggyluv) reported

    iPlayer quality is always pretty poor. I can stream 4k instantly from Disney and Netflix but watching iPlayer is like looking through an piece of glass covered in grease.

  • Darzil01 Chris Wheeler (@Darzil01) reported

    @nufcscott1968 @Gavarnos @IanDunt Stuff varies. Usually I find bbc iplayer fine. Last night it was buffering horribly. Sky go worked fine. Day before I was trying to stream catch up on sky go, terrible quality and buffering. Downloaded it instead in 40 seconds and played perfectly!

  • DanRoger5 Dan Rogers (@DanRoger5) reported

    BBC iPlayer stream is ******* terrible! #ENG

  • Natnoelle123 Nathalie (@Natnoelle123) reported

    @Wimbledon @WeAreTennis The court allocation is outrageous: Zverev and Medvedev have not played on centre court at all, Berrettini is relegated to small courts. And Manic Monday is not fun as we have to work while the BBC offers no recording option and replays only in the evening on the iPlayer.

  • jambooksman Adam (@jambooksman) reported

    @hepburkj @IanDunt @danwainwright I have been streaming only for years as well. BT Sport, BBC, Eurosport iPlayer, Amazon…all streaming live sports without issues. Only ITV Hub has problems. Should not need aerial to watch live TV in 2021.

  • JohnovanH Johnovan.P.Hull (@JohnovanH) reported

    @bbc Just got home after work and planned to watch a replay of England match on iPlayer, but it won't let me!!! I have to leave at 630 for work 2moz so don't really wanna watch it at gone midnight! Why has your highlights package seemed incredibly useless for this tournament?!?

  • JDyasDavidson James Dyas Davidson (@JDyasDavidson) reported

    @bt_uk We have a BT 4G hub using EE network for wifi and we suffer BBC iPlayer not working, TED talks not working, and now the network dropping out when on BBC news site. BT Mobile technical team have acknowledged the fault is with BT but months have now passed. What's happening?

  • Mickey_P1983 MickeyP1983 (@Mickey_P1983) reported

    @GaryLineker Watching the match on BBC iplayer via my XBox. If we get into trouble I'll have to pick up my controller and take over 🎮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • dkcb0 Drk ❼ (@dkcb0) reported

    @BBCSport Fix the BBC iPlayer stream and it’s 2 minute delay you tossers. wtf is that.

  • dillon_nadia Nadia (@dillon_nadia) reported

    Is it me or does BBC iplayer have latency issues? Feel like I'm 1 min behind

  • dominiqueaudoin dominique😷Test, Trace & Isolate #BlackLivesMatter (@dominiqueaudoin) reported

    @GaryLineker @itvfootball @markpougatch Oh, no. Gonna have to watch in SD on ITV hub with the forced adds, the delay Vs the BBC’s faultless iPlayer in UHD. Let alone having to hear Ally McCoist criticise some of the best players of this time for their quality!

  • midniteauth0r Andy Leavy (@midniteauth0r) reported

    Paid for a subscription to IPVanish to watch iPlayer and it doesn't work hahah

  • Cathymarchant Cathy Marchant (@Cathymarchant) reported

    @Mandoline_Blue All sport bores me and that’s all there is on. Netflix/iplayer not working so I watched Dr Pimple Popper. That’s how much sport bores me.

  • tjlawrence72 Tim (@tjlawrence72) reported

    Can the BBC send someone from iPlayer to help sort out itvhub for Wednesday evening?

  • SportingClubBAN sporting club bang (@SportingClubBAN) reported

    @IanDunt Why don’t you watch it on broadcast rathe than the app? it’s not ultra HD/HDR like iPlayer but it’s miles better quality than ITV hub

  • zexpe Ross ☄️ (@zexpe) reported

    @wfastronomer IPlayer has a quite a big buffer.

  • HoveActuallly pinkcircle (@HoveActuallly) reported

    Where can I watch the full England Ukraine match on catch up someone? We were on a flight and have not yet heard the score. It’s not on iplayer, or itv catchup or YouTube. How ridiculous. Help please. #EnglandvUkraine

  • spaceslovebot Elin♡ it's not coming home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@spaceslovebot) reported

    my tvs broken atm so we're watching the match on iplayer which is 1 minute behind real time I'm texting my friend about it while watching and it's rly weird bcs he's like 'YESSSS THEY SCORED' and I'm just like wtf when??? and then end up seeing what he means a minute later

  • Arthur_Paneal Arthur Paneal (@Arthur_Paneal) reported

    @Samfr Would be interested to know how Iplayer figures are calculated. Many expats and others outside the UK use proxy servers to access the BBC for free.

  • Michael_Horkan Michael Horkan (@Michael_Horkan) reported

    @IanDunt Agreed. BBC iplayer has it in UHD if you have a compatible tv, too. Only problem with that then is that it’s about 40 secs behind the action so you can hear neighbours cheer when we score

  • bar_jen Barbara Ann Jennings (@bar_jen) reported

    @allyattheangel @jackappleby No subtitles on All4 if you're using a Chromecast. Known bug which they acknowledge. Apparently C4 don't care about deaf people who like Google. No issues at all on iPlayer. 😤

  • bigswift11 bigswift1 (@bigswift11) reported

    Switched to the iplayer with @5liveSport commentary. Had enough of Mowbray and Jenas. Awful commentary. #UKRENG #ENG

  • jacobhashatson jacob has his hat on (@jacobhashatson) reported

    @TedNeath iPlayer, I’m at work