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Is BBC iPlayer down right now?

No, it’s up.

BBC iPlayer appears to be up and running normally.

checked responded in 143msHTTP 200

Over the last 7 days, BBC iPlayer has answered our automated checks with 100.00% availability and a typical response time of ~161 ms. No outages have been recorded in the last 90 days.

BBC iPlayer streams live channels and catch-up television in the UK. Live streaming and on-demand playback fail separately, and live events are when it is under most load.

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Is BBC iPlayer down for everyone or just you?

Our automated checks are reaching BBC iPlayer normally right now, and it answered our last one in 143ms. That makes any trouble you are hitting more likely to be local to your connection, account or network than a full outage, which usually means you can fix it from your end.

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BBC iPlayer response time (last 24h)

Last 24hpeak 474 ms

BBC iPlayer incident history (last 90 days)

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  • no reading

No incidents in the last 90 days, from our checks or BBC iPlayer’s own status page.

BBC iPlayer uptime

100.00%
7 days
100.00%
30 days
100.00%
90 days

Measured since 2026-08-21. Windows reaching further back are averaged over the 19 days we watched, not the full period. Counts our own checks. Days BBC iPlayer reported an incident are coloured in the timeline above but do not change this figure.

What to do if BBC iPlayer is down for just you

  • Try a different title before assuming the service is down. A single video that will not start is usually a rights or encoding problem with that title, not an outage.
  • Test the browser and the TV app separately. Living-room apps ship on their own release schedule and break independently of the website.
  • Restart the streaming device rather than the app. Set-top boxes and smart TVs hold stale DNS and tokens for far longer than a phone does.
  • Turn off any VPN. Streaming services actively block known VPN exit nodes, and the resulting error looks identical to an outage.

Frequently asked questions

BBC iPlayer appears to be up and running normally. Last checked 2026-09-08 14:46 UTC.

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