Is BBC iPlayer down right now? Live status and outage tracker

BBC iPlayer outages and problems

In the past 24 hours, 219 user reports came in for BBC iPlayer. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.

The busiest 15-minute window had 14 reports, about 5 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.

• Elevated reports
  Ended 2 h ago

  Lasted 15 min
  13peak reports
• Elevated reports
  Ended 5 h ago

  Lasted 15 min
  14peak reports

BBC iPlayer in October 2026

Problem reports in October (since 27 October)

254

Monthly report for October 2026

What went wrong

What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for BBC iPlayer.

1. Video Streaming36%
2. App29%
3. Login18%
4. Server Connection18%

Share of 28 recent reports that said what was wrong.

Where BBC iPlayer problem reports come from

The map shows where recent problem reports for BBC iPlayer came from in the UK. Big cities always send the most, so dots in many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one.

Map outlines: Natural Earth.

BBC iPlayer problem spikes, last 30 days

Since 27 October, BBC iPlayer had no outage spikes, but 2 periods of elevated reports. The longest lasted 21 min, on 28 October.

• Elevated reports
  Wed 28 Oct, 22:20–22:41

  Lasted 21 min
  13peak reports
• Elevated reports
  Wed 28 Oct, 18:56–19:11

  Lasted 15 min
  14peak reports

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services

How to fix BBC iPlayer not working

BBC iPlayer is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:

1. Reload and restart

   Reload the page (Ctrl+F5, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac), or fully close the app and open it again.

2. Try another connection

   Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. If it works on one and not the other, the problem is your network, not BBC iPlayer.

3. Update the app

   Install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play. Old versions can stop connecting after a server-side change.

Problems at the same time as BBC iPlayer

Since 27 October, all 2 of BBC iPlayer's spikes in problem reports overlapped a spike at another service.

When several services get problem reports at once, something they share, such as a cloud host or a network, can be the real cause. Matching times alone do not prove it.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, as the live pages showed it. Times are Central European time.

When people report BBC iPlayer problems

The busiest hour for reports about BBC iPlayer is 23:00 to 00:00 Central European time, and the busiest day is Wednesday.

Each bar is the average number of user reports in that hour, or on that day of the week, from 22 days of reports since 5 October 2026. The busiest bar is highlighted. Spikes in reports are left out, so one outage does not set the pattern.

BBC iPlayer IP address, servers and network