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Remember the film The Great Escape, which depicted the genuine life escape by associated troops during WWII, from Stalag Luft III. They attempted assorted methods 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 TV industry's best programming - whether they want us to or not. To be more exact, we are going to employ a VPN Tunnel.

the wonderful thing about a VPN tunnel is that it helps you to appear to be in the UK or the US ( or any other country ) - in a way that a proxy never could. Various companies offer a VPN service - the one you use obviously relies on the country's TV programming you want 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 won't cost a bomb.

When you connect to the VPN tunnel your IP address will cease to be Australian or American or wherever you currently based. As far as any server knows, once that connection's live - you are from the country of the destination VPN.

I am British, but i live in Australia and I use VPNs to get access to the BBC's excellent programming. The BBC have, in their infinite wisdom, blocked access to their iPlayer TV show library by any one not in the UK. When I need to watch or download something from iPlayer, I just connect the VPN tunnel and start downloading. It really is that easy.

The same rules go for the other UK TV corporations. Whether it's the BBC's iPlayer, ITV Catchup or Channel four on Demand, with a VPN I'm able to access it all. Its not just UK channels either, you can watch television from the usa for the exact same cost of under $10 a month.

All in all its a bit of a bargain!

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