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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 11/23/2025 13:30

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Playback Issues (61%)

    Playback Issues (61%)

  2. Buffering (28%)

    Buffering (28%)

  3. Crashing (8%)

    Crashing (8%)

  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 KingdomNewton-le-Willows Buffering
United KingdomCity of London Buffering
United KingdomManchester Sign in
United KingdomOldbury Playback Issues
United KingdomGlasgow Buffering
United KingdomSlough Playback Issues
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Moyeedul81 Moyeedul Islam (@Moyeedul81) reported

    Oh the irony of BBC iPlayer not working following yesterdays decision to not show the opening ceremony!

  • netnotblanket jmay (@netnotblanket) reported

    @BBCSport where can we replace the awful jenas with the radio5 commentary? Red button takes you to iPlayer not the radio5 commentary!

  • lockyd03 lockie d (@lockyd03) reported

    Bbc iplayer not working during the world cup?? Silly ***** did they not think people was gunna want to watch it???

  • M4RD3N Col Marden (@M4RD3N) reported

    Amateur hour at @BBCSport / @BBCOne with iPlayer not working for England's opening World Cup game. Supposed to be a national broadcaster - looks increasingly like a circus.

  • Ashuri2411 Ash (@Ashuri2411) reported

    @HarryTurney I watched the whole euros on iPlayer and it was awful Made sure to hook up the TV for the WC

  • Cunty_Smurf Cunty Smurf (@Cunty_Smurf) reported

    Had three tickets in the helpdesk today saying that iPlayer doesn't work. Yeah no **** lads, you're at work.

  • Rusharooniee Rush (@Rusharooniee) reported

    Wow iPlayer down at worst possible time.

  • Ussy_67 Usaid (@Ussy_67) reported

    Tryna watch the England game but ******* BBC Iplayer have focused everything on criticising Qatar and forgot to actually make their ****** app work

  • niceunitedfan Nice United Fan (@niceunitedfan) reported

    @Neverobinson99 Iplayer wont even work for most of us mate

  • thatcoolguy___ That cool guy (@thatcoolguy___) reported

    Anyone having issues with BBC iPlayer not logging in? #FIFAWorldCup #eng

  • Edi_BMWC2013 Edi (@Edi_BMWC2013) reported

    @louistheroux I can't get iPlayer to work at all !

  • TedIrvine3 Ted Irvine (@TedIrvine3) reported

    @BBCiPlayer Do you want to make iPlayer work please? Utter joke of an app.

  • CameramanChrisG Chris Gillooly (@CameramanChrisG) reported

    Stream quality of the #eng game is pants on iPlayer and that with a 100Mb connection 🧐

  • iPoof *iGrowThePie* (@iPoof) reported

    Glad to see that people's disgust at England playing in the world cup has caused the BBC's iPlayer to crash due to huge demand.....

  • mrT_777 FPL_T#44 (@mrT_777) reported

    @BBCiPlayer wtf! how can you let the the servers crash during England's 1st game. Iplayer still down. #BBCFootball #FIFAWorldCup

  • JerseyBird_ (@JerseyBird_) reported

    @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer @BBCSounds I would if I could!!!!! Damn iPlayer still not working. ffs, sort it out

  • JamesAWatson9 JamesAWatson (@JamesAWatson9) reported

    How might one actually watch this England match? Iplayer is broken and the stream just stopped...

  • ERT_Bazza86 Bazza86🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@ERT_Bazza86) reported

    @BBC why is iplayer not working!?

  • GGoldenGod Sammy (@GGoldenGod) reported

    @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer @BBCSounds BBC iPlayer is about a minute behind other illegal streams btw. Can you fix it?

  • stevochels Steve Retallick (@stevochels) reported

    @BBCiPlayer hi I can't log into iplayer? What's the problem?

  • _tahs1n tas🧍🏽‍♀️ (@_tahs1n) reported

    work asking questions in this meeting like i don’t have IPlayer on the other monitor, it must be crack

  • _rmiah1 Raju (@_rmiah1) reported

    BBC was talking so much **** but can't even get BBC iPlayer to work

  • lb094132 LB (@lb094132) reported

    @louistheroux I have iPlayer on a browser but the quality isn’t great

  • LaurenJaneK89 L A U R E N 🤍 (@LaurenJaneK89) reported

    BBC iPlayer not working just in time for the game. Imagine my shock 🙄

  • fcbxrcelona زينب (@fcbxrcelona) reported

    BBC iPlayer not working on the first England game of the WC? Dfkm

  • the_crypt0nian Kierran (@the_crypt0nian) reported

    Criminal offence to not pay for TV licence... perhaps it should be a criminal offence to force people to pay for something that doesn't work? #iplayer #bbc #ENGIRN

  • clarkmotsmvlle kieran🎄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇷 (@clarkmotsmvlle) reported

    this bbc iplayer problem is giving me mad england vs wales vibes back in 2016 when it was like 5 mins delayed LMAOOO

  • PippoPalmer Phil Palmer (@PippoPalmer) reported

    IPlayer not working 😩 Need a dodgy stream for work! Help

  • achxse2000 Amber, Elden Lord (@achxse2000) reported

    I assume bbc iplayer has chosen the worst time to go down

  • muu041 Adam Faries (@muu041) reported

    @GaryLineker @BBCiPlayer @BBCOne Well it's at least partly true as it wasn't on terrestrial TV. Sat in staff room in work - most people missed it as they didn't know it was on Red Button or IPlayer.