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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 02/07/2026 15:55

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Buffering (43%)

    Buffering (43%)

  2. Sign in (24%)

    Sign in (24%)

  3. Playback Issues (24%)

    Playback Issues (24%)

  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 KingdomHaverfordwest Buffering
United KingdomTowcester Playback Issues
United KingdomLuton Crashing
United KingdomDorchester Playback Issues
United KingdomHuddersfield Playback Issues
United KingdomStockton-on-Tees Buffering
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • mishybabez_ Michelle💕 (@mishybabez_) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Stacey is old enough to make her own choices. After everything she's been through she needs a break. I get Jean is missing her but taking it out on other people isn't gonna help #EastEnders

  • tkt2zwgfdy Perk’s (@tkt2zwgfdy) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Why ? Not our problem 🤡

  • Seba5890 Sebastiano Stocco (@Seba5890) reported

    Anyone else with @BBCiPlayer issues? I can watch any channel but @BBCOne 🥹 #TheTraitors

  • HistoricRecord Historic Record (@HistoricRecord) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer None of your guests had a clue as to how broken & inhumane the prison system is.

  • Greg_Aitken Greg Aitken (@Greg_Aitken) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Whilst Andrew seems to be a horrible man, people at their worst in full public view.

  • lasagneinmyshoe 🦚K (@lasagneinmyshoe) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer This episode was very poorly done. Was it a first draft? The pacing was glacial on all scenes related to getting harry out and so many scenes of Teddy and George in teddys place saying they needed to find harry, it took them 5363 hours to actually GO look for him. TERRIBLE.

  • GFlannery Gordon Flannery (@GFlannery) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer To say hundreds let out over 4 years I'd say it's really hard But not to fear unlike Tories if there's a problem to fix Labour will sort it Having ID Cards would solve it overnight by the way

  • JamesSpackman James Spackman (@JamesSpackman) reported

    @DavidOlusoga @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Have you tried promoting your media work?

  • sam51h Ups and downs (@sam51h) reported

    @KeyworkerMan @BBCiPlayer Sunderland? Lots of flags from lamposts up there, no doubt. The very areas that were affected worst by Forage and Breaks It, ie the shitholes, are falling for it again

  • PeterClark30069 Peter Clarke (@PeterClark30069) reported

    @DavidOlusoga @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Anyone still paying their TV tax to these people are part of the problem.

  • Raymond94656621 Raymond Church (@Raymond94656621) reported

    @newswatchbbc @BBCBreakfast @BBCiPlayer There problem is they platefrom refrom. What do you expect

  • GibboSams Sam Gibbons (@GibboSams) reported

    @DavidOlusoga @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Empire was the worst mistake we ever made. Attempting to bring civilisation to savages was a fool’s errand. We need mass deportations.

  • AllenCummings6 Allen Cummings (@AllenCummings6) reported

    @newswatchbbc @BBCBreakfast @BBCiPlayer You have got to be joking! It's a massive issue! They shouldn't be judging! Attempting to play it down. Just report it! Tell it how it is. How dare they try to surpress that kind of news!

  • borograndad Boro Grandad (@borograndad) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer I don’t recall this question ever being asked over the last 14 years despite all the broken pledges and promises….

  • FlushingHeart JP (@FlushingHeart) reported

    @DavidOlusoga @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Fck me getting a biased historian who only tells one side sums up the BBC. Of course, his take is Britain is awful or the BBC wouldn't have gone with it. And all the clowns on here saying how great it was - all "progressives" I assume. Thickos.

  • HopNApple BenjaminB (@HopNApple) reported

    @DavidOlusoga @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Mughal India was a fractured mess in serious economic decline before the EIC and then the British RAJ rescued it; heck, the EIC won control with considerable help from natives.

  • exileddragon03 Dai (@exileddragon03) reported

    @BBCScrumV @JonFoxDavies @BBCiPlayer They other way didn’t work either. Remember the England 6ns game? 😳

  • EndAusterityNow FI - Dan The Man (@EndAusterityNow) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Can't think of many times over the years where I've thought the acting was this poor and it doesn't help that her storylines are trash too. (Anthony's weird obsession, Sharon scouring the earth to find the love child) If it's an Xmas who done, it can't come soon enough.

  • EdwardT67402509 Edward Teach (@EdwardT67402509) reported

    @DavidOlusoga @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Will it be about how terrible British people are and therefore we need infinity migrants?

  • jhnstncpst John (@jhnstncpst) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer No we haven’t forgotten the debacle of the previous governments Prime Ministers (5) the worst including Chancellors who used taxpayers money like it was there own personal bank accounts except their forgotten Income tax and had to pay a 30% penalty to the HMRC £4.8 million

  • afcb_r0b AFCB_Rob 🍒 (@afcb_r0b) reported

    @newswatchbbc @BBCBreakfast @BBCiPlayer Yes. Should be more on child poverty and other major issues facing the country. 37k immigrants get far too much air time.

  • 103amf 103amf Annette 💙 💚 (@103amf) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer I'm still trying to work out who did it Vicki was very angry but not sure if it was her horrible thing to do not Just to Zoe but kat too surely not Jean

  • GeetarMikey Michael Thompson (@GeetarMikey) reported

    @BBCiPlayer Why is the quality not that great on shows that are in UHD? Very apparent pixelation and noise using the app on my TV while Netflix/Prime are a lot better.

  • semtech1 terry (@semtech1) reported

    @BBCBargainHunt @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Get rid of the expert Lesley. She ruins the whole show. She makes it hard work to watch.

  • GillianKeel2 GillK (@GillianKeel2) reported

    @BBCScotland @BBCiPlayer Why? She has no problem with men taking jobs from women and no problem with personally taking jobs from actors.

  • Debs_1982 Debs - #TeamBalian (@Debs_1982) reported

    @Sidewayssince @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer I’m just thinking all might not be as it seems with him maybe 🤔 I wonder if he’s got a vendetta against Zoe! Maybe not, who knows. Oh definitely about the video, that’s awful to see for them isn’t it 🥺

  • subzeroplayaz sub zero (@subzeroplayaz) reported

    @DavidOlusoga @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Quality watch 👏

  • PeterHennessy3 Peter Hennessy (@PeterHennessy3) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Please get rid of Zoe and Anthony two awful characters with a terrible storyline.

  • GrudzinskiRg RichardG (@GrudzinskiRg) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer What I don’t get is okie had time to order a van, bundle Harry into it… in the time it took Teddy to walk across the road. Rediculous. It’s like Eastenders is trying to be the worst soap on TV.

  • RyanSoapKing25 Ryan Glendenning ✨ (@RyanSoapKing25) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer I had a feeling that Kat was going to suggest some form of therapy or professional help for Zoe. I hope that if Zoe does go ahead with therapy that Tommy also has this as well following the Joel ordeal. Joint family therapy for Kat's family right now could be good #EastEnders