High-pressure weather conditions are currently affecting some areas of the UK, causing disruptions to television and radio services.

These weather conditions can move and change, which makes it difficult to know where it will hit next.  If your television picture starts to break up without warning this could be the cause of the problem. 

You can check if the problem is impacting your local transmitter using the transmitter checker tool.  If there are no faults displayed it is possible the problem is impacting your radio or television system directly.   

NOTE:  At these times, there is nothing you can do but wait until the weather changes. You should not re-tune your television or radio when this happens. If you have access to BBC iPlayer or BBC Sounds, you could switch to these while you wait for the weather to change. 

Still having problems following a retune? 

If you have retuned your television and continue to have problems with missing channels, or reception problems, as a result of the high pressure, you'll have to retune again once the weather has cleared. We would advise visiting Freeview for help.

Cable and satellite services are not affected.

Problems with radio reception?

Radio can be affected by High Pressure. Read more here. 

If you have retuned your television and continue to have problems with missing channels, or reception problems, as a result of the high pressure, you'll have to retune again once the weather has cleared. We would advise visiting Freeview for help.

Matt Taylor from BBC weather explains why high pressure weather conditions can affect your Freeview television reception in the video below.