If you live outside of the UK and you like BBC shows, you are probably very familiar with the following message:
The idea is that BBC has no rights to show certain programs outside UK, so it has to block users that do not have UK IP address. The same thing happens in the US with Hulu.com, Fox.com, Abc.com, etc.
The good news is that there are workarounds. Today, I found out that one of the hide IP tools that I use regulary exposes a UK proxy that works very well with BBC iPlayer.
Anonymity Gateway and BBC iPlayer
The product I am talking about is Anonymity Gateway. Here is what you have to do in order to start watching your favorite show on BBC iPlayer:
- Download Anonymity Gateway from here
- Install and start Anonymity Gateway (follow the steps)
- Choose a UK proxy
- Go to BBC iPlayer
- Start watching!
It’s very simple. Anonymity Gateway has a trial period of 3 days while you can watch as many programs you like. More details about Anonymity Gateway you can find here.
Enjoy!
Update: You should also check 15 VPN Services that change your IP to UK address.
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You’re having the same problem I was with hulu! I ended up getting a VPN account. There are tons of places to get VPNs from. I choose to go with http://www.hidemynet.com. Activation was instant, so I could start watching hulu right away. Their site says they also offer a UK vpn, I suspect it’ll work for iplayer just like it did for hulu. With the fee I pay (5$USD per month) I get access to both the UK and USA vpn servers.
I downloaded the Anonymity Gateway software earlier today – and I’ve had a PC engineer here for the last few hours trying to get my computer working again.
As soon as I downloaded the software, my computer stopped working.
Although I was still online, I couldn’t open any websites.
I tried to uninstall the software from where it was located (C/Programme Archives) and it gave me a “Cannot Be Deleted” message. I tried uninstalling it via “Add & Remove Programmes” in “My Computer”, and the “Add & Remove” panel refused to open. I tried opening my “Ultimate Troubleshooter” program, and that, too, refused to open.
Eventually I had to call an engineer who, as I said, spent hours trying to uninstall the software and get my computer working again.
I decided to come back here to warn others who might be tempted to download this software, but I’d found this site via Google and I couldn’t remember either the URL or the exact search terms I’d used to find it. So I opened my “History” – and found a long list of porn and “click ad” websites that I have never visited! Yet, according to my history, they were the last sites I visited before my PC crashed.
So that’s what happened when I downloaded Anonymity Gateway. I don’t doubt that the person who recommended it (the owner of this site?) reckoned that it was safe and useful software. Apparently it worked for him/her. All I came back here to tell you was that it crashed my computer (even though it’s been “fixed” and the anonymity software removed, it’s still behaving erratically).
That’s it.
I’ve been trying to see BBC Three from their site, but I’m from Brazil, so it didn’t work. Either does this program (Anonymity Gateway), so I’m open for suggestions…
I hope I find some way. Don’t wanna miss Being Human.
You may try Anonymity Gateway, but I also suggest to try a VPN service. I suggest you read 15 VPN Services To Watch British TV Shows Over The Internet. Also you could try TheFreeVPN.
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[...] In order to be able to watch BBC iPlayer from outside UK you need to change your real IP address that you use for browsing to a UK address. This can be done using several products, including Anonymity Gateway, as I shown in a previous post: How to watch BBC iPlayer outside of the UK. [...]