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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 03/20/2026 17:45

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (32%)

    Sign in (32%)

  2. Buffering (28%)

    Buffering (28%)

  3. Playback Issues (22%)

    Playback Issues (22%)

  4. Crashing (18%)

    Crashing (18%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomPoole Sign in
United KingdomEpsom Sign in
United KingdomChatham Crashing
United KingdomSheffield Sign in
United KingdomReading Sign in
United KingdomHackney Playback Issues
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ScottyDshaw90 Scott Shaw (@ScottyDshaw90) reported

    Anyone else got sound issues on BBC iPlayer for the seniors darts?

  • TrussyPaul Paul Truswell (@TrussyPaul) reported

    @rogers_soro @Dej_joy @ManUtdWomen ...and BBC iPlayer but FA Player is better quality (HD).

  • gunn_x Keith Gunn (@gunn_x) reported

    @natasharadio @BBCRadioScot @BBCSounds few people at work talking about Couple Therapy that's on BBC iPlayer

  • tashapafc tasha (@tashapafc) reported

    Someone help me out please, Will our game saturday be on available on the iPlayer app? Asking for my dads disabled client who can’t get to the game 🤞🏼he’s worrying he’s not gonna be able to see it, can’t use red button so only iPlayer app #pafc

  • A_Devonshire180 Andrew Devonshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@A_Devonshire180) reported

    @SeniorsDarts Sound problem on iplayer ?

  • power_mccann Sheenagh McCann 🇮🇪 💙 (@power_mccann) reported

    @TinypootIta Our issue is the access to WiFi and bbc iplayer unfortunately and the two hour drive. We have booked to stay in Enniskillen for 3 nights in July to see if we can push him a little further to Donegal on a day trip. It will depend if that works or not. This is the first year 1/

  • pitchfork_ritch Ritch (@pitchfork_ritch) reported

    Sorry @BBCSport the sound and feed is just terrible. Gonna watch @OfficialPDC instead and hope iPlayer has a worthy version in the morning

  • AlanHarbottle1 Alan Harbottle (@AlanHarbottle1) reported

    @GBMofficial please edit the sound and then re-post to iplayer. The sound is awful at the moment. #greatbritishmenu

  • StephenCVGraham Stephen Graham (@StephenCVGraham) reported

    I didn't have any issues with BBC3 coming back, but I'm not seeing the point if the shows it's putting out are already on iPlayer in their entirety.

  • pegg97 Mike pegg (Joenus) (@pegg97) reported

    @rhipratchett just caught the watch on bbc3 via the iplayer. I know I'm coming in late here, but seriously. What have they done with the city watch? I just can't get my head around the changes they've made to Terry's work.

  • Tablespider Liam O'Leary (@Tablespider) reported

    @BBCiPlayer - does no one listen to the output of GBM on the iPlayer? The intro music is completely drowning out Andi’s briefing… ffs are the job experience kids doing the quality control??

  • Shanesurgey Shane Surgey (@Shanesurgey) reported

    @AmazonHelp @dstockton85 It would really help viewers if Amazon Prime provided information on how long a series would be freely available for - BBC iPlayer does this already - very frustrated because both Mindy and Parks & Recreations have gone this week without notice.

  • fnafilms zee zom ✌️✊🏾 (@fnafilms) reported

    @gnomeicide @Leytonrocks Watch “The Decade The Rich Won” on iPlayer - they admit they made out like bandits after the crash.

  • GBMofficial Great British Menu (@GBMofficial) reported

    @Lou__ize @andisn16 Us, try on iplayer - it might well be better there as we think it was a technical issue. Very sorry

  • RobSmit12639238 Tech Man (@RobSmit12639238) reported

    @ImIncorrigible @bbcquestiontime Welcome to the BBC.. Glad I no longer fund it & havent done since 2015.. Subscribe to a VPN, start Iplayer & "F*** the BBC" is what U cld do. I dont even do that as there is nothing they do(Drama wise) that I cant get elsewhere in a Higher quality than Iplayer digital file anyway

  • CountingSheep5 Darren Jalland (@CountingSheep5) reported from Falkirk, Scotland

    @michaelglasper A couple of days ago after watching God's Of Snooker on iPlayer. Steve Davis was the only one who didn't need to be double tracked in order to sound slightly less awful, apparently.

  • TomGrose99 Tom Grose (@TomGrose99) reported

    Has anyone else experienced problems with @BBCiPlayer not having the @ManCityWomen vs @SpursOfficial women game available on the red button or iPlayer? #leaguecup #mcitot

  • Karl_Downey PoliticsForMuppets🐸🐷 (@Karl_Downey) reported from Milton Keynes, England

    They should have just added a live scheduled broadcast to #BBCThree's page on iPlayer. Bringing it back as a main channel in 2022 doesn't work.

  • tashapafc tasha (@tashapafc) reported

    Someone help me out please, Will our game saturday be on available on the iPlayer app? Asking for my dads disabled client who can’t get to the game 🤞🏼he’s worrying he’s not gonna be able to see it, can’t use red button so only iPlayer app…

  • Jeff95838825 Jeff (@Jeff95838825) reported

    @JackieSharpe1 Yes over a year ago. We only watch programmes on catchup services excluding iPlayer. It is much better watching our choice of quality programmes at times which suit us. I don’t miss being brainwashed by the gutter media. Try it for a month.

  • japster2008 Melanie Jappy (@japster2008) reported

    @NationwideBlog @GBMofficial @RedBeeMedia Wow. Just watched on iPlayer and it’s ok so it must have been a tx issue. Can’t believe the qc monitor didn’t pick that up. So odd. I’d have been raging on the phone to prez

  • JellyJelly88 James Jelly (@JellyJelly88) reported

    @BBCSport Trying to watch on iPlayer, awful cameraman, audio shite, sort it out you Tory *****

  • LiveWire_180 Craig Riley (@LiveWire_180) reported

    @bagshaw2112 @SeniorsDarts @btsport Should’ve watched on BBC iPlayer mate. Much better feed although not without its problems

  • Littlemissred14 Littlemissred1983 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈wear a mask (@Littlemissred14) reported

    Trying to watch the senior darts on iplayer dear god the sound awful @BBCSport sort it out...

  • pitchfork_ritch Ritch (@pitchfork_ritch) reported

    @SeniorsDarts Sorry @BBCSport the sound and feed is just terrible. Gonna watch @OfficialPDC instead and hope iPlayer has a worthy version in the morning

  • MarkLane1965 Mark Lane 🇪🇺 (@MarkLane1965) reported

    @wmarybeard At work, but definitely will on iplayer

  • smiffed_ J-Ro 🦭 (@smiffed_) reported

    Fell asleep watching iplayer last night and woke up to Alan Sugar staring me directly in the face this morning. Worst ad for a TV show i've ever seen.

  • BenColeyGolf Ben Coley (@BenColeyGolf) reported

    @TomJCarlisle I wasn’t watching but was he asked about the allegation that the Labour front bench has a drugs problem? If so, I will fire up iplayer.

  • Sprin9all Rob Springall (@Sprin9all) reported

    @LibShield Is there a reason why all of a sudden Itv hub and bbc iplayer arent working? Yet no problem watching now tv or bt sport?

  • attakkonbangtan bri⁷ (@attakkonbangtan) reported

    I stg if Iplayer doesn't work today im gonna scream