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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 02/04/2026 19:55

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Buffering (42%)

    Buffering (42%)

  2. Sign in (26%)

    Sign in (26%)

  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:

  • JosieIshbel Josie (@JosieIshbel) reported

    @knifesquid haha no worries! yeah I mean it could be an awful film I have no idea, but it did look nice. and it's on iplayer!

  • Seesee96 Ciara Clancy (@Seesee96) reported

    @RTEplayer No the issue was with the iplayer on the On Demand service on VM box.

  • aldhammer Annemarie Allan (@aldhammer) reported

    @JessCAlex tell me about it. I search iplayer for things I wouldn't have looked twice at before. Every. Single. Episode of The Worst Witch. Same old plotlines over and over...

  • articlequeen Rosie Beasley (@articlequeen) reported

    @BBC it's Chinese New year starting Friday. Wouldn't it be great if you could make some programmes available on iplayer that help to celebrate this? I looked for last year's A Very British History about the British Chinese but it's not available

  • PooWithEyes Carl (@PooWithEyes) reported

    Just saw an advert on TV for Pretty Little Liars being on iPlayer now (why though) and how I'm tempted to watch it all again just to see that ******* stupid awful laughable ending again

  • TheNDRoberts Nicholas Roberts (@TheNDRoberts) reported

    @jasoncartwright @tdp_org @TheRealNooshu I don't know about how content caches work to be able to comment on that. But, interestingly, I suppose due to our physical location, iPlayer doesn't recognise the Falklands for use.

  • TheJamJarJamie Jamie Bätch (@TheJamJarJamie) reported

    I really regret wasting my money on @CyberGhost_EN The main reason I wanted a VPN was for BBC iplayer and 80% of the time it just doesn't work. Can anyone recommend a decent VPN?

  • ItsLukeReid Lukey 🌈 (@ItsLukeReid) reported

    I'm behind on drag race UK and EastEnders due to BBC iPlayer sound not working on Xbox. 😔

  • traciehenn traciehenn@gmail.com (@traciehenn) reported

    @bbc please fix iplayer. It constantly buffers and is often unwatchable. I only persevere for #dragraceuk and #DeathInParadise i can't be bothered to attempt to watch anything else, its too frustrating. Thanks

  • Manning1985 MD (@Manning1985) reported

    @NOWTV Same problem after resetting it unfortunately, works fine for all other things such as netflix and iplayer etc, just that issue with the sports through it

  • MadeleinaKay Madeleina Kay 🦋🌠 (@MadeleinaKay) reported

    @_chrisyates I hope you enjoyed! I made the mistake of watching the BBC iplayer documentary on take-aways... Pizza came out the worst of all of them 😬

  • xmisspatsx ♡𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓿 ♡ (@xmisspatsx) reported

    My iPad is so old ( 12 years old) that I can’t watch iplayer, itv or channel 4 app to catch up on. 🙁 the browser doesn’t even work. I give up.

  • bestboyjoj maddie 🎲🎸 posted a cover 🕳🚶‍♀️ (@bestboyjoj) reported

    @fuhmacca I CANT WAYCH IT BECAUSE IM AN IDIOT AND CANT MAKE BBC IPLAYER WORK PROPERLY😭

  • garicgymro Gareth Roberts would love to be vaccinated (@garicgymro) reported

    @johnsemlak Yeah, it's hard to find a VPN that works with iPlayer. Though I could watch the Welsh games on S4C. The main problem is demand on the servers. I don't think I've ever managed to watch a Six Nations match over VPN without frustratingly losing connection several times.

  • bristolboudicca Karen Frances (@bristolboudicca) reported

    @RevRichardColes I’ve just finished watching the excellent Valhalla murders on Iplayer and was having the same problem 🤔

  • bicovico victoria nicholson (@bicovico) reported from Solihull, England

    @virginmedia got kicked off the call after an hour waiting for the technical team. Apps like iPlayer do not work properly and they said on the phone they would send someone out. Then they put me through after an hour they cleared

  • inkdvillain J o e l (@inkdvillain) reported from Norwich, England

    @paulrreed He is a play right famous for really realistic monologues just about normal people talking. Theres a remake of his work on iPlayer now called Talking Heads. Its just one person and the camera and it's so interesting to watch and becomes so entertaining.

  • ISmokyand SmokyandI 🇪🇺 (@ISmokyand) reported

    @simonblackwell and this is blatantly obvious when searching for comedy on iplayer. Quality of comedy is driven down - Mrs B Boys as an example. Bit like Men B Badly in the 90s - BBC losing creative risk?

  • Syenta1 Syenta (@Syenta1) reported

    @SRWare Why is Iron Browser starting to have so many issues when trying to access sites like the BBC Iplayer and play videos? This didn't happen yesterday. I am using the latest version 87.0.4450.0 official build (64-bit)

  • nationalismfor1 Nationalism for dummies (@nationalismfor1) reported

    STV Player, the low rent version of BBC IPlayer that doesn’t even work. Why the hell the 6 nations would let you morons open a market stall let alone broadcast a major sporting event is beyond reason. Love to watch the Scotland game, but apparently it’s not available.

  • thewharto Linda Wharton (@thewharto) reported

    @JuliaRobertsTV @presentinglee Watched it on iPlayer, so didn’t have to wait , very clever police work without today’s tech’....I am very relieved I didn’t know about this BEFORE we walked the coastal path during our visit to Pembrokeshire!🙀

  • inkdvillain J o e l (@inkdvillain) reported from Norwich, England

    @paulrreed He is a play wright famous for really realistic monologues just about normal people just talking. Theres a remake of his work on iPlayer now called Talking Heads. Its just one person and the camera and it's so interesting to watch and becomes so entertaining.

  • megs_hannigan megs 🇮🇪🇵🇸 (@megs_hannigan) reported

    Where can I watch This Country other than BBC iplayer? In south so it doesn’t work 😓😓

  • herbalbug teamonkey (@herbalbug) reported

    What I really want to do is pour a large glass of wine and watch stuff on the iPlayer or something. Instead I am going to do some study because there's a thing I want to make happen and it's going to be a long, difficult journey and will need hard work.

  • Ije_Chuks Agbor babe (@Ije_Chuks) reported

    BBC produce such amazing shows but the design of BBC IPlayer could do with so much more work, browsing for shows feels to taxing and they don’t even have a categories section

  • Nigley123 Nigley123 (@Nigley123) reported

    @BBCiPlayer Why has my TV logged out of BBC iPlayer? All the other subscribions still work?

  • B4ac1234 klbacon77@gmail.com (@B4ac1234) reported

    @BBCiPlayer I've been having issues with BBC Iplayer on the Xbox One. I can only hear adequate volume with the TV on full blast

  • flyingmonkeyuk Nick (@flyingmonkeyuk) reported

    Does anyone else watch iPlayer live on a Fire TV Cube? The picture quality on ours has gone to ****, really notice it when watching MoTD.

  • taebonga 🐧 (@taebonga) reported

    @korigaming Also first time you find something has blocked their servers (like BBC iPlayer) and go to customer service they'll give you another free month to apologise while they get around to changing servers lol. They offered it quick without me asking so I assume it's policy.

  • jwaimie Horatio Jwaimie b (@jwaimie) reported

    @PaddyShanks @UinsionnMac @nornirishfella There were 3 on BBC ni news last night. Just watch on iPlayer if you know how to work it.