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How To Watch BBC iPlayer Abroad

Remember the film The Great Escape, which depicted the genuine life escape by associated troops during WWII, from Stalag Luft III. They tried numerous techniques to get out of the prison camp, but the most efficient they found was a tunnel. And it is a tunnel that we're going to use to access the the TV industry's best programming - whether or not they would like us to or not. To be more exact, we are going to use a VPN Tunnel.

the wonderful thing about a VPN tunnel is that it enables you to seem to be in the UK or the US ( or any other country ) - in a way a stand in never could. Diverse corporations offer a VPN service - the one you use clearly depends on the country's television programming you want to watch.

the cost of a good VPN service varies a good bit, but one of the best on the market costs under $10 a month, so it will not cost a bomb.

When you connect to the VPN tunnel your IP address will stop to be Australian or American or wherever you currently based. As far as any server knows, once that connection's live - you are from the country of the destination VPN.

I'm British, but i live in Australia and I use VPNs to gain access to the BBC's excellent programming. The BBC have, in their infinite wisdom, blocked access to their iPlayer television show library by any one not in the United Kingdom. When i want to watch or download something from iPlayer, I just connect the VPN tunnel and start downloading. It actually is that simple.

The same rules go for the other UK television corporations. Whether it's the BBC's iPlayer, ITV Catchup or Channel 4 on Demand, with a VPN I'll access it all. It's not just UK channels either, you can watch television from the States for the very same cost of under $10 a month.

All in all its a little bit of a bargain!

If you want to see it in action there is a video demonstration over at GetTVabroad.com