Remember the film The Great Escape, which depicted the real life escape by allied troops during WWII, from Stalag Luft III. They attempted numerous ways to get out of the prison camp, but the most efficient they found was a tunnel. And it is a tunnel that we are going to use to access the the television industry's best programming - whether 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 helps you to seem to be in the UK or the US ( or any other country ) - in a way a stand in never could. Assorted companies supply a VPN service - the one you use clearly depends on the nation's television programming you need to watch.

the price of a good VPN service varies a fair bit, but one of the finest 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 now 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 glorious programming. The BBC have, in their infinite knowledge, 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 straightforward.

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

At the end of the day its a little bit of a bargain!

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