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October 4, 2008 1:20 PM

how to watch bbc iplayer outside of the uk ?

genuine uk resident and er... licence payer here - im in the us for three months so would want to watch some stuff from home but it wont let me even though i am incredibly legally entitled to watch - anyone who can lend a hand ?

posted by sgt.serenity to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

You would need to pay for a UK-based VPN, or have something running back home that allows you to tunnel through and access the site as if you have a UK IP address. Or take advantage of the torrent trackers that offer British television. That's just how things are, and that's how they'll stay: the cost of 'expat access' can't be justified under the current remit.
posted by holgate at 1:37 PM on October 4, 2008

Here you go:
VPNTunnel-UK
posted by Gerard Sorme at 2:37 PM on October 4, 2008

Me again. I just found this - which is advertising what you are looking for - for the same reason (BBC).

I guess it all depends on if you're willing to pay to play.
posted by Gerard Sorme at 2:41 PM on October 4, 2008

Download squad had a article on this a few weeks back.
posted by Z303 at 3:24 PM on October 4, 2008

You could try using iPlayer Downloader through a UK proxy. (I've done this from France a couple of times, and it worked much better than spoofing my location and streaming, which always seems to result in glitchy playback. Plus you get to keep the file.)
posted by jack_mo at 4:55 AM on October 5, 2008