iPlayer Outage Map
The map below depicts the most recent cities worldwide where iPlayer users have reported problems and outages. If you are having an issue with iPlayer, make sure to submit a report below
The heatmap above shows where the most recent user-submitted and social media reports are geographically clustered. The density of these reports is depicted by the color scale as shown below.
iPlayer users affected:
Check Current Status
Buffering
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.
Check Current Status
Most Affected Locations
Outage reports and issues in the past 15 days originated from:
| Location | Reports |
|---|---|
| London, England | 6 |
| North Shields, England | 1 |
| Oldbury, England | 1 |
| Wickford, England | 1 |
| Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture | 1 |
| Hampshire, England | 1 |
| Southwark, England | 1 |
| Sandy, England | 1 |
| Fukuyama, Hiroshima-ken | 1 |
| Bath, England | 1 |
| Guangzhou, Guangdong Sheng | 1 |
| Glasgow, Scotland | 1 |
| Slough, England | 1 |
| Chichester, England | 1 |
| Setúbal, Distrito de Setúbal | 1 |
| Romford, England | 1 |
| Burnley, England | 1 |
| Middlesbrough, England | 1 |
| Bihać, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Walnut Creek, CA | 1 |
| Mitcham, England | 1 |
| Colchester, England | 1 |
| Hangzhou, Zhejiang Sheng | 1 |
| Port Talbot, Wales | 1 |
| Kenilworth, England | 1 |
| Taunton, England | 1 |
| Manchester, England | 1 |
| Halifax, England | 1 |
| Daqing, Heilongjiang Sheng | 1 |
| Banbury, England | 1 |
Community Discussion
Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.
Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.
iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
-
Claire Pendleton
(@Operasparkle) reported
@BRENT0N_WEST We have the same issue & couldn’t use iPlayer earlier on today. Now it’s fine! Can’t afford a newer smart TV, though
-
***** Barry
(@Bazzza1664) reported
@BBCiPlayer my iplayer not working keeps showing error 201 ???
-
robert sharples
(@altybob) reported
Hi Watching Surgeons :At The Edge of Life BBC 2 Iplayer what incredible Work they do trying to Save That Woman foot give those Doctors & Nurses a Pay rise shame on this Government. 🤔
-
Ryan Evans
(@ryanevanstv) reported
@AdamWSweeney Watched the doc on iPlayer last week which was very balanced. Agree with your take. A seismic error in judgement at 15 quickly led her to a land where there is no return. Experienced unthinkable trauma, fled at the first possible opportunity. Limbo can’t be the end result.
-
Joe Fae Glesga
(@joe_yer99) reported
@foreigncorr1 @BBCScotland That link to iplayer is broken.
-
Aviv Or 🇪🇺
(@AvivOr) reported
I've become addicted to watching #Pointless in the background while I work, and before I could say "where the heck is Richard" I ran out of all the episodes on BBC iPlayer plus a couple of random series I found on YouTube. Anyone got a lead to older series? *eyetwitch*
-
Brenton West
(@BRENT0N_WEST) reported
2 hrs to sort FireStick,I only got because John Lewis said my Sony smart TV wasn’t so smart & recommended it,sorry I digressed,anyway iPlayer wouldn’t work.Did resetting cache &data no good,complete FireStick reset..plus all those passwords,now I can’t recall what I wanted to see
-
Cord Busters UK
(@cordbusters) reported
An update on the BBC iPlayer meltdown: A BBC spokesperson told us they're aware of the technical issue and are working on a fix.
-
MadMouse 🦼🌈
(@madmouse42) reported
@BRENT0N_WEST iPlayer isn't working on my YouView box today (trying to watch the snooker). Must be a bigger issue
-
Robbie Stallyns
(@RStallyns) reported
@virginmedia iPlayer crashed once in the last couple of weeks but BritBox has been daily and is definitely the big problem. Thanks for getting back to me.
-
Helen King
(@helenkingmum) reported
@wylie_kaz @bbceastenders Please don’t stop your 6am release!! I never get to watch it at 7:30 but with it being on iPlayer, I get to watch it at 3:30 after work before I start again! 🤩
-
Elaine Dunkley
(@BBCElaine) reported
@Stoneham01 @senresourceblog Sorry about that- it should be back up on the @iplayer soon. A slight technical issue.
-
Sean Buckley
(@mintball) reported
@AndieD78 Big Trouble In Little China, is on the iPlayer I think, it’s Kurt Russell and wacky 😎🎥
-
Friend of Soros 🇺🇸🇷🇺
(@soros_of) reported
@GetflixAU BBC iPlayer not working for me on AppleTv…
-
hoglet
(@slutslug) reported
R u kidding me I’ve been going through every single streaming site to find watchable versions that aren’t horrific quality that have a single link that works just to find out they r all on iplayer
Check Current Status