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Is BBC iPlayer down?

Checks are succeeding and user reports are near the baseline.

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Is it just me?
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Live diagnosis

Is it just me?

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Official · ReportsNo status feed · Near baseline
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Live outage map

No reports in the last 24 hours.

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User reports

0

Near baseline. 0 in the last hour. Typical hour is about 0.

Our checks

Reaching it

Last check reached it in 314 ms · 3 min ago.

Official status

No status feed

BBC iPlayer does not publish a status feed we can read.

Reports and checks

Reports compared with the typical volume, with check latency and failures overlaid10426 ms21:3003:3009:3015:1521:15
ReportsTypical baselineCheck latencyFailed checkTimes in UTC
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Time (UTC)ReportsBaselineLatencyFailed checks
20:3000.0426 ms0
20:4500.0243 ms0
21:0000.0225 ms0

Reliability

Score —/100 · grade —

—Uptime · 30 days
—Uptime · 90 days
0 / 0Outages · 30 / 90 days
—Average outage

90 days ago → today. Uptime is from our own HTTP checks; outages are incidents that lasted long enough to list. We have 0 days of data so far, so the 90-day numbers fill in over time.

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Past outages

No outages on record for BBC iPlayer yet. Outages of 10 minutes or more get their own page here.

All BBC iPlayer outages · Every recent outage

Having trouble with BBC iPlayer?

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About BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer, at bbc.co.uk, is one of the Entertainment services we monitor. BBC iPlayer is the BBC's UK streaming and catch-up service for live channels and on-demand shows.

BBC iPlayer has no official status feed we can read, so this page relies on our own checks and user reports.

Common problems people hit with BBC iPlayer: live streams buffering during big events, TV licence sign-in checks, and outside-UK blocks.

Response time over the last 24 hours: 298 ms average, 128–624 ms range across 6 successful checks.

Questions

Is BBC iPlayer down right now?

Checks are succeeding and user reports are near the baseline.

How fast does BBC iPlayer respond?

298 ms on average over the last 24 hours (128–624 ms).

Does BBC iPlayer have an official status page?

Not one we can read. This page uses independent checks of bbc.co.uk and user reports.

BBC iPlayer not working for me but the status is fine. What now?

It is usually local: try another browser or the app, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, and clear the cache. For BBC iPlayer, watch for live streams buffering during big events, TV licence sign-in checks, and outside-UK blocks. If many people report BBC iPlayer here at once, the problem is on BBC iPlayer's side.