Moved to Portugal back in October and during last lockdown (back in UK) Mrs Moe enjoyed watching Grayson Perry's Art Club. Just discovered Series two, episode one on Youtube but no others. Not able to watch via C4 but noticed it can be downloaded in the UK to watch wherever.
Any other options possible?
VPN.
The morally dubious answer is a VPN, yes.
NordVPN is a good option
I tried a VPN but iplayer and others seemed to suss what I was up to and wouldn’t serve the content. Try it, if it doesn’t work they’ll refund the subscription (think mine was Nord).
In the end I use TVMucho, think it’s about 8eur a month which is a lot considering I only really watch Bangers and Cash… you can record programs but there’s no on-demand.
Not sure why. I never watched uk tv when I lived there and had managed over a decade without it here.
I use “smartdnsproxy” - it’s extremely easy to use: set and forget.
Very occasionally it falls over, and you just need to log in and press a button, but otherwise perfect.
I’m using an apple tv on ExpressVPN it does mostly work although it has it movements but I’ll probably move over to TVMucho when the sub expires.
Here on the Spanish coast brits buy a subscription box, costs 30 euros per month but you get everything. Probably a bit illegal but it works in uk too, every channel it's brilliant, sport, movies. No idea what it is but no big dish needed.
In fact if I spend more time in uk I 'll get one, I only really watch car sos but would watch all the sports channels on a massive tv.
Wife and child went on hols 2 years ago to SIL's place in Portugal, forgetting that some critical episode of I believe River City was about to air. Cue much panic as iPlayer detected their location and said no.
So I built a VPN termination on the gateway I run here at home (was Meraki, now Checkpoint), using parameters an iPad could support natively. Worked a treat. Traffic hairpinned in from Portugual to iPlayer in the UK to back out, all good.
If you have someone in the UK who has a decentish home gateway with VPN capability, you could ask them if they'd do this for you.
If you have someone in the UK who has a decentish home gateway with VPN capability, you could ask them if they’d do this for you.
This is the best solution as it will not be nor become a known vpn.
Look at Liberty Shield. Used it for three years overseas, not a single problem. £80 (I think) per year for vpn router and mobile one too. Very good customer service and support.
Yes, thanks for replies.
So how come just one episode ends up on Youtube? And, would it be feasible for someone in the UK to record and then send a programme? Just more curious than anything.