We’ve been hard at work making changes to #BBC #iPlayer to speed up the time it takes to get programmes to viewers.

Previously if you missed the restart window for a programme you'd have to wait for the programme to go through high-quality encoding (which takes time) and then it would be available on iPlayer.

Now we use an interim version captured at the time which you can watch straight away and we replace this with the high-quality version as soon as its ready.

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/articles/2023/bbc-iplayer-update-programme-availability-live-video