3.7
142K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

BBC iPlayer lets you watch the latest TV series, documentaries and Sport from the BBC all in one app. Watch live, on demand or download to watch on the move.

Enjoy live TV in the palm of your hand, from live news coverage, music and big sporting events to great comedies, gripping documentaries to nail-biting dramas.

Looking for kids entertainment? Create a child profile for a more age appropriate experience with all their favourite shows from CBBC and CBeebies and more!

KEY FEATURES:

- Discover the latest TV series including Peaky Blinders, Killing Eve and The Apprentice.
- Download shows to your device so that you can watch on the go.
- Pause, restart and rewind live channels part way through so that you don’t miss a thing.
- Build a playlist of your favourite shows.
- Enjoy the benefits of signing in so that you can start watching on one device and resume watching on another plus receive recommendations of shows we think you might enjoy.
- Stream programmes to your TV using Google Chromecast: please note this requires a supported device and compatible supported device connected to your TV.

To give you the best experience, this app tracks what you’ve watched on BBC iPlayer and how long you’ve watched programmes for. You can turn this off by logging into your BBC account and turning off “Allow Personalisation”. This app also tracks when you add something to My Programmes. You can remove programmes by tapping Remove. In addition, the BBC iPlayer app uses standard Android app permissions that are defined by the Google Android platform. The device uses performance cookies for internal purposes to help us improve the app. You can choose to opt out of this at any time from the in-app Settings menu. For more information about this, privacy, cookies and Android app permissions, visit the BBC iPlayer Apps Privacy notice at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/app_privacy. To read the BBC’s Privacy Policy go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy

You can “opt out” from our data processor’s tracking by filling the “Forget My Device” form in this link https://www.appsflyer.com/optout

If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.co.uk/terms.

The app was developed by Media AT (BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Full details of Media AT are available on the Companies House website at: http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/07100235
Updated on
May 1, 2025
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.7
97.6K reviews
Ivan Beveridge
28 April 2025
New 'portrait view' (20250417) makes video unviewable - can landscape mode be a settable option plz? Really good app that has recently had things moved to less prominent locations. Also the 'downloads' list doesn't allow one to select a programme and read what it is about, and the list of programmes in the download queue [useful to reorder if you have occasional signal] has gone). Personally, I preferred functionality in the old app.
237 people found this review helpful
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British Broadcasting Corporation
25 October 2023
Hello Ivan, thank you for your feedback on our update. You will find the 'My Programmes' if you scroll down to the bottom of your Homepage. Hope this helps! Thank you - BBC iPlayer App Team.
C Pryce
2 October 2024
Its ok, pretty good, except for a couple of things which bug me all the time.. The incessant "Contains strong language" etc content warning dialogue boxes you have to agree to to play so many programmes; I've already told you my age, you have my profile, why keep nannying me this way? It drives me nuts! The other is, there's no option to Play All Episodes. That seems such a simple thing to fix...
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Angelika Stapf
4 May 2025
I now am unable to rotate the playback to landscape making the viewing experience via phone screen much less enjoyable. I have tried EVERYTHING to get back the rotate yo landscape view...without success. I fail to understand the thinking behind locking the viewing screen to portrait only...by the way, I am an android user...maybe this feature makes sense if you are an iPhone user. very disappointed!!
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What's new

We are excited to introduce a new feature that allows you to add to your Watchlist directly from the Hero component at the top of the page. This will make discovering and saving new content easier than ever!