It’s one thing that many UK expatriates miss if they move away from Britain and it’s not the weather. The moment you realise that on most TV networks there are more adverts than content then you’ll start to miss the good old BBC. It’s not always appreciated in this country but you really start to see the quality when you move abroad.
This was why so many people where overjoyed when the BBC Iplayer was released, a joy alas short lived as people discovered that they couldn’t use it outside the United Kingdom. You see when you connect to the BBC website they look up your IP address that you have connected with. If this IP address is registered to a country outside the UK then you can’t watch the majority of programs on the channel. It looks initially as if you can’t watch the BBC from anywhere else.
However there is hope and in fact tens of thousands have now learnt how they can watch BBC Iplayer abroad by a little bit of technical manipulation using proxies. All you need to do is make sure that you connect through a proxy or VPN server that is based in the UK. This will make it look like you are actually connecting from the United Kingdom wherever you actually are. In fact you can even disconnect the proxy server with the most sophisticated software after the show has started as the check only happens at the beginning.
This system is now being used all across the world to help people enjoy the wonderful resource of the BBC Iplayer site. The quality is outstanding and it’s nice to see what is truly a world class resource is being shared with the world. The only sad thing is that people need to be able to afford the cost of one of these VPN or proxy services to access the site.
