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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 01/24/2026 05:10

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Buffering (44%)

    Buffering (44%)

  2. Sign in (29%)

    Sign in (29%)

  3. Playback Issues (21%)

    Playback Issues (21%)

  4. Crashing (6%)

    Crashing (6%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomStockton-on-Tees Buffering
United KingdomBristol Sign in
United KingdomDunstable Playback Issues
United KingdomCroydon Sign in
United KingdomLeeds Buffering
United KingdomEdinburgh Playback Issues
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ClareUytman Dr Clare Uytman (@ClareUytman) reported

    @bobbymunro The iplayer has the Julia Donaldson films (Grufallo, Room on the Broom, Zog etc) all really good and all only about 30 mins so good for limiting the time on them. You can also just set parental controls on the apps so they stop working after a set time and tell her it’s broken!

  • victorjj2018 victor j (@victorjj2018) reported

    @Philips installed software update to fix unwatchable inverted/mirror image screen and now IPlayer smart app doesn't work. Philips are saying it's BBCs fault even though it went wrong after their own update.

  • savesnine1 Julia (@savesnine1) reported

    @oldspeak1 We all knew this - we just wanted to believe otherwise. There’s loads of films on iPlayer atm - not all are awful

  • andrewjteacher Andrew Teacher (@andrewjteacher) reported

    @LouisaClarence Getting the VPN to work while abroad so we could watch EE on iPlayer always used to be a highlight of foreign holidays.

  • rickmansdennis francesca (@rickmansdennis) reported

    the only way I won’t be pissed if ee has to go off air again is if they put early 2000s eps on iplayer like 2008 so I can finally watch them in a good quality please and thank you

  • KilnmanI KilnmanIain (@KilnmanI) reported

    @rorybremner @mikegalsworthy It would work if schools followed the curriculum in the same order. Probably need iPlayer to make this work, and then you hit the Internet access issue again. But what I will say the BBC did a pretty good job in March with the educational content they put out.

  • rapt0rgirl_ ✨ em ✨ (@rapt0rgirl_) reported

    @greenxbby Apparently it’s on BBC iplayer if that’s any help dxx

  • td_ward Wardy MMXXI (@td_ward) reported

    I'm in the minority but I wish they wouldn't use these behind the scenes bits on stuff like Perfect Planet. I'd rather watch ten extra minutes of bears dicking about than some guy who has a dream job trying to work a hovercraft. Stick this **** on iPlayer.

  • ronny_tabs Simon Tabiner (@ronny_tabs) reported

    @bbcbitesize hi. My son is trying to watch bite size on iplayer, but it’s saying the content is age restricted. He’s using his child profile, is 9, and trying to watch some of the 9-11 age videos. Help!!

  • analytical_shit Analytical Shitposting 🎁 (@analytical_shit) reported

    @dwpageofficial I DON’T KNOW CAUSE BBC IPLAYER DOESN’T WORK IN SPAIN

  • SarahJPopp Sarah Popp (@SarahJPopp) reported

    @bbc @BBCiPlayer @bbcbitesize Could you put on the BBC version of ‘An Inspector Calls’ with David Thewlis on iPlayer? This would help thousands of Y10 and Y11 students!

  • Meloney007 MMM 007™ (@Meloney007) reported

    @rorybremner And have it on iplayer too so that parents can have flex around the times to fit in with work and caring obligations @bbcgetinspired @BBCLondonNews

  • Tinytheatredog1 Sarah Fisher (@Tinytheatredog1) reported

    @Simon_Pegg I want to know why the bbc isn’t streaming it educational archives 24/7 on bbc2/iPlayer and red button. That would be a great help to those without enough devices to at least get some support.

  • RunJamieHarper Jamie Harper (@RunJamieHarper) reported

    @thephdrunner I have the Air and it’s more than enough for me. I do zoom, teams, work emails, Spotify, iplayer.. I have a windows laptop to do work stuff but I prefer my MacBook so that just gathers dust.

  • mfshill Hilly (@mfshill) reported

    Think I've reached the point of having watched all the interesting stuff on Netflix, Iplayer and Prime... I do have a big stack of books i didn't read last year to work through though....📚

  • corrie_corfield Corrie Corfield (@corrie_corfield) reported

    @rachelkennedy84 @PeterMannionMP I'm a terrible binger. If it's on iPlayer & I'm hooked I can't resist. Also if the fire's not lit it's too cold in the sitting room & warmer in bed with my laptop!!

  • mandlebug thomas 🏳️‍⚧️ STΑGED S2 DAY (@mandlebug) reported

    so maybe i did just convince my boss to let me work on monday, wednesday, and friday mornings (im just starting and we're figuring out what works best anyways) and not on tuesday bc #staged comes out and i'm gonna binge watch all of it on iplayer till like 1am??

  • HashTagTom HashTagTom 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 (@HashTagTom) reported

    @kev1n1985 @mrpwhitley Oooh does iPlayer support 4K? Just got a new 4K tv and trying to work out what actual use I have for all these pixels other than Xbox!

  • Brianmacphers18 Brian macpherson (@Brianmacphers18) reported

    @Douglas4Moray @ScotTories They were very good. Go to BBC iplayer and play back. You might need to do this a number of times as the responses might be difficult for you. However , you can ask an adult for help on any parts you don't quite understand.

  • S4C S4C 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@S4C) reported

    @Cromerty We are aware of a subtitling issue on iPlayer on some Fire Stick systems, I believe the BBC are working on the issue.

  • CorinneActor Corinne Strickett (@CorinneActor) reported

    @KCFlanagan BBC iplayer is the worst. At least with Netflix you get the chance.

  • Afrofilmviewer Leslie Byron Pitt (@Afrofilmviewer) reported

    Just put on The Jackal (1997) as background noise on iplayer while I finish up a review. What the... SIDNEY POITIER!?! AN ORISH RICHARD GERE!?! J.K SIMMONS!?! THOSE TERRIBLE BRUCE WILLIS DISGUISES!?! Really should watch the original one day.

  • Brianmacphers18 Brian macpherson (@Brianmacphers18) reported

    @Douglas4Moray @ScotTories @RuthDavidsonMSP They were very good. Go to BBC iplayer and play back. You might need to do this a number of times as the responses might be difficult for you. However , you can ask an adult for help on any parts you don't quite understand.

  • JackJdmccarthy Jack McCarthy (@JackJdmccarthy) reported

    If anyone else is now off work and needs something to watch the serpent on iPlayer takes up a good 8 hours and is a mental true story 👍🏼

  • Obesity67804736 Obese Russian Grandma (@Obesity67804736) reported

    @AlexWhiteGB @MissRegardless VPN doesn't work. Always been an issue for other services such as iPlayer which works for a few days before it catches you out

  • sarah_g_hughes sh (@sarah_g_hughes) reported from Biddestone, England

    @BBCiPlayer Sony Bravia TV 2015 iplayer message: internet download failed because content size exceeded memory limit' message . Help??

  • jonnytelstra Jonny Telstra (@jonnytelstra) reported

    @rorybremner There is already a lot of excellent video content online with Hegarty maths, the science guy etc. You would need a web interface to select the relevant lessons as kids are of different ages / do different syllabuses / advance at different rates. The iplayer would work.

  • FenneroniPizza ¢нαяℓσттє ƒєηηєя (@FenneroniPizza) reported

    Worst part of 2021 is me paying £55 for the whole Pretty Little Liars series, and a few days later, the whole series coming on iPlayer for free🙃🙃🙃

  • mrleeward Lee Ward (@mrleeward) reported

    Trepidatious about more schooling-from-home. We only made it work last time by plonking them in front of iPlayer.

  • gonnaloseitall BadaBadaBoo (@gonnaloseitall) reported

    @Grymma @ETtocnaws @JamesMelville That's over complicating it. Exams can be changed. Who cares about multiple exam systems? If they did this, what's been covered is public knowledge - teachers can then work around it when back in school. All lessons will be on catch-up/iPlayer too. In fact - 1/n