Catch up on the last 7 days of BBC TV & Radio
BBC iPlayer Help
About BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer is our service that lets you catch up with radio and television programmes from the past week.
If you are in the UK and connected to the internet you can:
- Find and play programmes from the past seven days and watch them on the website through Click to Play (streaming). This works on Windows, Macs, Linux, Nintendo Wii and iPhones - and we're working on more ways.
- Download and stream HD programmes.
- Access BBC iPlayer on certain mobile phones.
- Download programmes onto your computer, if it supports BBC iPlayer Desktop.
If you are outside the UK and connected to the internet you can:
- Listen live and listen again to most of our radio programmes
If you want to report a technical fault, see this advice.
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