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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 11/20/2025 15:40

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Playback Issues (66%)

    Playback Issues (66%)

  2. Buffering (23%)

    Buffering (23%)

  3. Crashing (9%)

    Crashing (9%)

  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 Sign in
United KingdomOldbury Playback Issues
United KingdomGlasgow Buffering
United KingdomSlough Playback Issues
United KingdomFeltham Playback Issues
United KingdomGateshead Buffering
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • CrackDiggy Cracker (@CrackDiggy) reported

    Smh BBC iplayer not working. Didn't wanna watch this WC anyway.

  • zainizzle 𝐙𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛. The first 𝐀 isn't silent 🤷🏾‍♀️ (@zainizzle) reported

    Sorry why is my iPlayer not working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ArifBharakda Arif (@ArifBharakda) reported

    Thanks, BBC iPlayer for choosing to crash as the game was about to begin. #ENGIRN

  • noisy_requiem noisy (@noisy_requiem) reported

    @willuminare praxis is watching the football and not paying your tv license and also watching it via a stream of BBC1 on IPTV (which negates the awful iplayer delay)

  • carnivalbaybeh Liver Demolisher 🍹 🇹🇹🇯🇲 (@carnivalbaybeh) reported

    Why is Iplayer not working for me

  • rickinyorkshire Rick Winner (@rickinyorkshire) reported

    At work and iPlayer crapping out 😔

  • Memeulous Memeulous (@Memeulous) reported

    bbc iplayer not working. ffs this isn’t what i don’t pay my tv license for.

  • Puntification WESTSIDE PUNN (@Puntification) reported

    IPlayer not working 😭

  • TheGroveGooner Tom 🇪🇺 (@TheGroveGooner) reported

    picture quality on BBC iPlayer is worse than an illegal stream

  • nowtisfine &SozeAllOfUs 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 (@nowtisfine) reported

    Looks like BBC iPlayer has collapsed with the huge volume of people trying to watch the football. It's as if they never expected a huge number of people to be watching on iPlayer at work. Typical BBC being sloppy as ****.

  • imaJlNation Jinnie ~ last scene ✨ (@imaJlNation) reported

    ffs iplayer not working

  • olivertudge1 Oliver Tudge (@olivertudge1) reported

    BBC iPlayer down so can’t watch footy at work great

  • LucienBigois Lucien Bigois (@LucienBigois) reported

    Unbelievable timing for the BBC iPlayer to decide not to work.

  • Haytchhhh_ Haytch🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇷 (@Haytchhhh_) reported

    BBC iPlayer buffering the whole nation’s watching @ work fgs

  • DeOne___ Romario Gonçalveš 🇧🇷 (@DeOne___) reported

    BBC iplayer is mad behind man. Why did I go into work today

  • steve_mynott steve_mynott (@steve_mynott) reported

    I guess everyone and their dog are trying to login to iPlayer which is why I can't

  • olliecmusic Ollie C (@olliecmusic) reported

    BBC iplayer not working ******* BRILLIANT !

  • sara_smithxo Sara (@sara_smithxo) reported

    Anyone else’s bbc iPlayer not working??

  • DK01__ dani 🇦🇷🇺🇾 (@DK01__) reported

    man why is my iPlayer not working

  • SussexReign SussexReign (@SussexReign) reported

    Is BBC iplayer servers down? Why can’t I log in :(

  • Pompeyjosh03 Josh Houghton (@Pompeyjosh03) reported

    @England would help if us lot could watch it on bbc iplayer but it isn’t working because it’s a **** app

  • JamjarMac Jamjar Mac (@JamjarMac) reported

    @BBCiPlayer iplayer has gone down, please can you fix?

  • IanRossMarshall Ian (@IanRossMarshall) reported from Dumbarton, Scotland

    iPlayer not working for anyone else?

  • nifaeatsmelons 7hiccmel0n 🍉 (@nifaeatsmelons) reported

    BBC iplayer won’t even let me sign in Wtf you mean try again in a few minutes 😐

  • problemofpains Andrew (@problemofpains) reported

    Did iPlayer crash? ffs

  • _TheRealCJ 🇰🇪 UncleKolo aka Mr Believe (@_TheRealCJ) reported

    Bbc iPlayer has now decided to crash ffs

  • ChuffinUseless ChuffinUseless (@ChuffinUseless) reported

    @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer @BBCSounds Wouldn’t know. IPlayer won’t work 🤬

  • gerardross2k9 GENERAL GERRY 🇮🇪 (@gerardross2k9) reported

    Dear @BBC @BBCSport fix your bbc iplayer I want to watch the game

  • conairemor conor (@conairemor) reported

    iPlayer not working ffs…

  • farnie Farnie (@farnie) reported

    Has iplayer broken?