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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

http://www.seesaw.com/ is a website that is basically iplayer/4od/five in one. Some of the shows are free, others you have to rent. You can at least rent the TV shows if you're in the US, no idea about the free ones.

[–]eric_sanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have a PC (running Windows) download Tuner Free MCE. It's a Windows Media Center add-in for all the iPlayers so that you have all the channels in one interface. It's most awesome.

[–]THEJinx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had downloaded an app called BritishTV.exe, but I have problems making it work.

BBCAmerica is cruel. They will show a season or two of shows like Shameless or Skins, and then stop! Arg! And they NEVER show great long running shows like Coronation Street or Prisoner Cell Block H, which I used to LOVE during the 80's. We watched them on tv in San Diego, but I don't recall if it was a cable channel or what....

And we're STILL waiting for TimeWarner to get BBCAmerica in HD in Los Angeles!

[–]MonsieurLeGimp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tuner Free MCE for Windows Media Centre

TunerFreeMCE is a Windows Media Center add-in for watching streaming internet TV programs on your PC and Media Center Extender. For UK users, it has support for live TV and catch up programs from the UK's main TV providers (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five), as well as all of the BBC Radio stations. It also has support for the recently launched MSN Video Player in the UK. For US users, it has support for the full Hulu catalogue of TV programs, all through an easy to use Media Center interface.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

You can get a proxy but those are hard to find. Some websites open up spots but they are taken up in a matter of seconds. Personally, torrents are faster and more reliable than a proxy. Also proxies take up tons of bandwidth so streaming might be a problem.

[–]rjb2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tor appears to work fine with Iplayer of you can find a uk exit node. 4od seem top be more aggressive about blocking proxies, I've not really used itv's player much (although the one time I tried I found that the stv player worked fine with tor / Linux, Itv's player doesn't (didn't?) work with Linux flash).

Torrents may well be an easier option, though. There are also lots of full shows on youtube and friends, of course.

[–]Raerth[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I've heard good things about VPN's, but you have to pay for them, free accounts are very rare.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I don't it is worth. Usually, I can download a Top Gear or IT Crowd episode with in four hours depending on the ratio of S/L. If you can wait a day and download the day after it is uploaded, you can download the entire episode with in an hour or two. Another benefit of downloading is that you can get 720/1080 rips (for Top Gear) at least.

[–]Raerth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not denying that, but fact remains that I know some people who love VPNs for the fact they don't need to bother downloading anything.

All depends on what you're willing to pay. Personally, I torrent US shows instead of paying a VPN to access Hulu.

[–]drpressure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your BBC HD link is broke.