Britbox is the latest in innovative new streaming services which for many people represents a treasure trove of British TV programmes from the last few decades. On it you’ll be sure to find a whole host of old favorites and some very new shows too from the best of the UK TV channels. Initially there’s […]
There is only one football TV show for me, and I’m using the word football in it’s European context. It is of course, the wonderful Match of the Day which for many British sports fans is an almost ubiquitous part of our childhood. It’s format has not changed that much since it first aired in […]
If you enjoy science documentaries then there’s one series that you don’t want to miss – The Planets which aired on the BBC earlier this year. Here’s the introduction from the review from the Guardian’s TV section which I think sums up the show well. Even if astronomy is not a particular interest I can […]
If you’ve ever tried to access BBC abroad such as from France or indeed anywhere outside the United Kingdom, you’ll have found that you will get blocked. You’ll probably get some sort of message like this – The reason, is that whenever you connect to the BBC iPlayer site, it checks your location by using your […]
For rugby fans, it’s time to start getting excited and planning ‘work from home days’ – yes it’s almost time for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. This year’s tournament is coming from Japan where the sport is slowly growing in popularity. With home advantage and an ever improving team, Japan the current Pacific Nation Cup […]
When I first started to spend time in the US one of the first things I used to try and figure out was where to watch British TV online. Now let’s first be straight, you can actually get many British TV programmes in America in all sorts of places. Especially in this world of online […]
If you’ve ever done any sort of international travel then you’ve probably experienced the joys of the geo-blocking. It’s the practice of restricting someones access to a website or resource based simply upon their physical location. So a typical scenario would be a British tourist, enjoying their summer holidays in Spain. They’ve got no […]
Although most people in the world are pretty impressed with the Netflix library. Some have more reason than others, a fact that becomes more obvious if you’ve seen more than one version. You see although your Netflix account is global, the version you see is dependent on where you actually login. So yes, there’s a […]
Updated August 2019 – just checking this information is up to date and valid as I’ve been in the UK for a few months (so haven’t needed to change my IP address). Can confirm that BBC iPlayer is still working well with this VPN. A couple of years ago, for the very first time the […]
On these pages you can find many examples of how you can protect your privacy and enjoy he wonders of the BBC iPlayer site wherever you are by using a Virtual Private Network. It’s basically a way of hiding your real location so the dastardly BBC can’t redirect you just because you happen to be […]