Some shows in UK are free to watch but you need to create an account in their webpage and you usually need a physical address (plus they have ads but maybe those I can skip). I don’t live in the UK, so I’m unsure how to watch those shows. Torrents are extremely hard to find, even more of good quality. Does someone have some advice on this? In particular I was looking for certain cooking tv show contest, but not only that.
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Just put a UK address in?
I did try, but I think the next step was an UK phone number or something… The thing is that they try as hard as possible to block it. And I just want a workaround for it, if there’s any…
r/tv_bunny has a lot of good UK downloads. I use it mainly to watch QI :p
Thanks a lot! I’ll check what they have there!
Just use a VPN , ProtonMail have a VPN and the basic level is free and works very well at getting around geo locked sites. I use Mullvad, another VPN that is affordable at £5 a month.
Another good option is to use something similar to Smart DNS Proxy to bypass geo-blocking by UK (and other) TV channels. I’ve been using it for years with no issues. There is some configuration involved, but it’s not too complicated. You may also have to change you system clock to a UK timezone for the BBC, since they sometimes check for that. I wouldn’t recommend using their DNS service for any other purpose though, since there are no privacy guarantees.
IMO most VPNs simply can’t keep up with their IP addresses being quickly blocked by UK TV websites, so they are very hit and miss for that particular use case. Plus it’s not their necessarily their core business, so they don’t put so much effort into circumventing geoblocking. You might find one that will work, but it will often be blocked in a few days or weeks. But your mileage may vary & you may get lucky.
Thanks for the info, I’ll check that DNS proxy. But my issue is not geo blocking itself, I already passed that with VPN but they also require an account with a lot of details in order to watch the content. I have tried creating an account to manage it but without success and it felt too much effort, I’d prefer to find some alternative. Thanks anyway!
No problem. In that case, you could use something like sonarr to subscribe to a specific show and have it download automatically when a new episode is available. It’s great for quality of life as everything happens automatically after the initial setup, and of course, you will avoid ads this way. There are plenty of guides on how to set up an *arr stack if you do a quick web search.
Darkflix group releases many TV shows regularly with good quality. https://predb.me/?search=Darkflix
For live TV you can find some channels on https://www.daddylivehd.life/24-7-channels/
Or use IPTV-ORG playlist, with the VPN you can watch the geo-blocked channels
https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/countries/uk.m3uCheck my posts for a media share. We have a large international library of non English and English media, including UK.
Come check us out and see if we’re for you ongoing.
Reminds me of the good old days when you could still receive Cartoon Network unencrypted over satellite. Batman, Dexter and Cow and Chicken helped me learn English as a child.
The main reason why people my age have good english skills I believe
