User reports
0
Near baseline. 0 in the last hour. Typical hour is about 0.
All services / Entertainment
bbc.co.uk · Entertainment
Is BBC iPlayer down?
Something is off: our checks are slower than usual or had a single recent failure.
What to try while BBC iPlayer is having problems
- Downloaded content usually plays offline; otherwise try another device or the website.
Live diagnosis
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Your browser → us—
Our checksSlow or flaky
Official · ReportsNo status feed · Near baseline
DNS (1.1.1.1 · Google)—
Your provider—
Connection—
Upstream—
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Live outage map
No reports in the last 24 hours.
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What's broken
Our checks
Slow or flaky
Last check reached it in 409 ms · 8 min ago.
Official status
No status feed
BBC iPlayer does not publish a status feed we can read.
Reports and checks
Numbers behind the chart
| Time (UTC) | Reports | Baseline | Latency | Failed checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 | 0 | 0.0 | 426 ms | 0 |
| 20:45 | 0 | 0.0 | 243 ms | 0 |
| 21:00 | 0 | 0.0 | 225 ms | 0 |
| 21:15 | 0 | 0.0 | 415 ms | 0 |
| 21:30 | 0 | 0.0 | 352 ms | 0 |
| 21:45 | 0 | 0.0 | 515 ms | 0 |
| 22:00 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 ms | 0 |
| 22:15 | 0 | 0.0 | 435 ms | 0 |
| 22:30 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 ms | 0 |
| 22:45 | 0 | 0.0 | 136 ms | 0 |
| 23:00 | 0 | 0.0 | 135 ms | 0 |
| 23:15 | 0 | 0.0 | 819 ms | 0 |
| 23:30 | 0 | 0.0 | 409 ms | 0 |
Reliability
100%Uptime · 30 days
100%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 1 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.
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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.
Measured uptime from our checks: 100% over 1 day of checks. No public incidents logged since monitoring began 1 day ago.
Response time over the last 24 hours: 332 ms average, 48–1447 ms range across 24 successful checks.
Questions
Is BBC iPlayer down right now?
Something is off: our checks are slower than usual or had a single recent failure.
When was BBC iPlayer last down?
We have not recorded a public BBC iPlayer incident since monitoring began 1 day ago.
What is BBC iPlayer's uptime?
From our own checks: 100% over 1 day of checks.
How fast does BBC iPlayer respond?
332 ms on average over the last 24 hours (48–1447 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.