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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 12/19/2025 11:35

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Playback Issues (57%)

    Playback Issues (57%)

  2. Buffering (29%)

    Buffering (29%)

  3. Sign in (7%)

    Sign in (7%)

  4. Crashing (7%)

    Crashing (7%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomCanterbury Playback Issues
FranceColomiers Buffering
United KingdomBarnstaple Playback Issues
United KingdomSwindon Buffering
United KingdomYarm Sign in
United KingdomTreharris Buffering
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • High_Command HiCo 🐰 (@High_Command) reported

    @politi_qs Cookery shows? How about we sort out the hungry child problem in the country before the Iplayer having an entire section dedicated to food. For me some of the most egregious are the ones delighting over petty criminals and fraudsters being caught.

  • NotTimorous NoTimorousBeastie (@NotTimorous) reported

    @Fionasc40018434 I know many people hate the BBC but if you refuse to watch its news and current affairs content, which is genuinely terrible, there's still incredible drama, music, documentaries and iplayer. I'm keeping it.

  • petewardart Pete Ward (@petewardart) reported

    @richardosman As usual, loving tonight's #ROHOG on iPlayer - but what's with the American z's creeping in (epitomiZed & seculariZation in one question!)? Is someone using Word in U.S. format? You'll be slipping in the World's Worst Word, gotten, next!!!! 😱

  • lalabiso Mollichella💙 (@lalabiso) reported

    @virginmedia On demand doesn't work. But apps such as BBC iplayer do. Reset fixes the problem but only for a couple of days. System check at your end shows no faults. We are stuck in a loop with customer services.

  • Chris_R1805 Chris (@Chris_R1805) reported

    @OfficialBlues Anyones iPlayer not working?

  • InmyOpinion16 Inmy Opinion #FBPE 💙💚 #FBPA #FBPPR (@InmyOpinion16) reported

    Cummings has gone from iPlayer and the live Parliament feed of the S&T committee not working - what’s going on? #CummingsEvidence

  • IwasKayammu1st ᴮᴱনীলু⁷ (slow) 💜 ᵇᵗˢ 1365244 ∞ (@IwasKayammu1st) reported

    Hi @BBCTheOneShow the program keeps freezing when it gets to the bts segment on iPlayer... I don't know if anyone else is having the same problem?

  • straymoose101 straymoose (@straymoose101) reported

    @catvalente BBC iPlayer might have it still if you can work around the system a bit…

  • superchickendx chicken the card dealer ✨COMMS OPEN✨ (@superchickendx) reported

    [crashing through the wall] they put all of sewing bee back up on iplayer problem solved

  • BenJamesPhotos Ben James P H ⭕️ T O S (@BenJamesPhotos) reported from Worthing, England

    @trixie62315648 @Sanctuary2016 I don’t get BBC 4 as signal here is terrible. I’ll have a look later on iPlayer x

  • asphodelmoon amy 🌙 (@asphodelmoon) reported

    @bt_uk Hi Karen, it seems to be working okay except when we try to use bbc iplayer. If we use bbc iplayer it disconnects the hub and we have to hard reset it. Have you heard of this problem before?

  • TomFrosttt Tom Frost (@TomFrosttt) reported

    why do the subtitles for iplayer on @appletv not work 😭😭

  • sexblogofsorts Sex blog (of sorts) (@sexblogofsorts) reported

    Watching the Being AP documentary on iPlayer and I think extremely competitive men are: a) pretty hot b) pretty awful

  • jacquijdesigns jacqui joseph (@jacquijdesigns) reported

    @negro_karen It should be on iplayer....maybe DM @Monfornothing they will be able to help locate episode xx

  • SitDownDad Sean Wilkie (@SitDownDad) reported

    Finished work and I’m gonna go home and watch @ashleystorrie in Dinosaur on the iPlayer. I suggest everyone else do the same.

  • Nattyhen80 Natasha Henriques ♏️ (@Nattyhen80) reported

    @BBCiPlayer Why am I having to sign in every single time I go onto iplayer now? Never had to do this before it always just remembered me. It’s such a hassle.

  • FixedWingGuy Stuart Lomas (@FixedWingGuy) reported

    Given all the problems regarding the BBC right now, if you are not sure if you need a licence, answer this, Do you watch/record ANY live TV or iPlayer (ANY station not just BBC channels) If you answer to this question is YES, then you need a licence. Need help? Reply to me!

  • fantasticlife Emperor Palatine (@fantasticlife) reported

    If I am baffled by iplayer, you have to wonder how people who didn’t work on the blasted thing get on

  • dodge4067 Roger Newman (@dodge4067) reported

    @bt_uk Unless you want to watch iPlayer when you have to use a mini hub as your broadband is down. Works for 5-10 minutes then crashes the hub. Every single time, and BT don't have a fix for it. Poor

  • JamesFinbow van der Finz 🐥🆙 (@JamesFinbow) reported

    Is iPlayer the shittest platform ever? It’s just unusable 99% of the time

  • palmerio56 Eileen Palmer (@palmerio56) reported

    @peter_levy Missing you. Problem with sky dish. No local news, will have to catch it on iplayer tomorrow 🥴

  • ScottyS396 Scotty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 #FACTS (@ScottyS396) reported

    @NOW I'd love to watch it but the quality of the stream is actually awful. :( No issues with Prime, iPlayer or Netflix...

  • Andy16512528 Andy (@Andy16512528) reported

    @nightowlr80 They were a lot older and it did quiet work .Will not be on Iplayer now because of Noel Clarke

  • gawuffy Gareth (@gawuffy) reported

    @adebradley I think there's an issue with the iPlayer app on the latest AppleTV software if you use that, even 'watch live' rolls back to the start of the stream. On Friday I'd thought This Time with Alan Partridge had gone completely meta by opening with The One Show.

  • SweetxButPsycho 💫Rach_xx💫 BLM (@SweetxButPsycho) reported

    @TeamYouTube Hi yea I've tried incognio & it works occasionally as well, we've restarted devices & not working. Tried to uninstall & then when I go to reinstall, I need to use an update. But play store isn't working either, it's all Google related that's doing this. I'm streaming iplayer ok

  • scrxisi scrxisi (@scrxisi) reported

    My work iPad is so old now that iPlayer has stopped working¹. The point of it isn't really to watch rugby league on my break so can't really complain, I guess, but if be nice if I still could. ¹ well, I still can via the browser but the app is a no go

  • YNWA_4Life TRIST (@YNWA_4Life) reported

    @adebradley tvOS 14.6 has just installed on mine, and seems to have fixed the iPlayer LIVE issue of rolling it back 2hrs. Fingers crossed it holds 🤞

  • CaraLisette Cara Lisette (@CaraLisette) reported

    I’ve been having to watch episodes of Operation Ouch for work and now my iPlayer thinks I want to watch kids TV shows instead of Drag Race and Line of Duty

  • GeekAged MiddleAgedGeek 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 (@GeekAged) reported

    @greggwatson90 I would much rather the 'Tory Cuckoos' currently in charge were evicted. If the BBC presented the news in a fair & balanced way with decent investigative journalism, then I would have no problems with paying the TV license fee. Well that & a major upgrade of the BBC iPlayer.

  • curlymisteree Paul Evens (@curlymisteree) reported

    Watching #BritainsBiggestDig with @theAliceRoberts and @OxfordYasmin. Absolutely fascinating. How did I miss episode 1? Iplayer do your work!