[mobertol]

Originally Posted by entwisi

what you need is a UK based proxy server to route through. that way to BBC/etc you "are" in the UK. There are some free ones but reliability can occasionally be an issue.

Try here for a list

Great Britain (UK) Open Proxy List sorted by reliability column, descending

Thanks for this, looks interesting -will give it a try when I get my laptop back tomorrow.

I know of people in the Canaries who manage to see these but didn't know how it worked - fingers crossed!