British TV in Thailand

**muddyleopard** · 10th October 2011 22:45

Not sure if this belongs as entertainment or classroom aids, so will cross-post. Just discovered you can get British TV on a laptop using what's called a VPN. I pay this company called uktvaccess.com four quid a month and can watch live and catch up TV from the BBC and Channel 4. Sorry if this is old news to some, but for me it's a godsend. Using Dr Who with my young learners makes Saturday fly by.

**bree** · 20th February 2012 17:02

I'm really happy with uktvaccess , thanks a lot

it's time to catch up on Corrie !!!

**Robin Hood** · 20th February 2012 17:17

Why pay?

Download this program. Expat Shield. It gives you a British I.P.address.

There you go.

BBC I player, Channel 4 on demand...Everything......Works as a proxy as well.

**slamb** · 20th February 2012 21:37

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

Why pay?

Download this program. Expat Shield. It gives you a British I.P.address.

There you go.

BBC I player, Channel 4 on demand...Everything......Works as a proxy as well.

Nice. Works on Windows 7 as well. I see Frank Skinner has taken over on Room 101.

Only problem is it stopped halfway stating 'insufficient bandwidth.

I have 3BB 6Mbps but it reported 377kBps. Need 500-1500 for TV & 3500 for HD. Looks like the bandwidth is throttled for sites outside of Thailand.

**Robin Hood** · 22nd February 2012 18:09

Originally Posted by slamb

Only problem is it stopped halfway stating 'insufficient bandwidth.

It happened to me a couple of times. Just refresh the page and it starts from where it left off...

**Bangkok Phil** · 22nd February 2012 18:28

Why not just try and get a free membership to UK Nova? I've watched all of the Frank Skinner room 101s so far (five of them)
They put the Coronation Streets up there as well I think. Download them and watch them at your leisure.
At the moment I've got the two My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (series two) to watch along with the last two episodes of 'The Fixer' with Alex Polizzi. When I've watched all the stuff, I burn them on to DVD and send them to my Mom and Dad in Spain.

---Update---

Originally Posted by muddyleopard

Using Dr Who with my young learners makes Saturday fly by

UK Nova often put up megapacks of Dr Who stuff and you can download whole series of Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, etc.

**kingdomcome** · 22nd February 2012 18:35

Originally Posted by muddyleopard

British TV

A sure-fire cure for insomnia.

**wobble** · 22nd February 2012 18:45

^^ Also, when you've got Dr Who, or whatever, on your USB you know for sure what's going to be happening in your lesson and you can use the show to actually teach something rather than just park the kids in front of it.

**slamb** · 23rd February 2012 17:33

Man that software sticks fat ads at the top of your browser window.

I even had to shut it down in task manager after I closed the program.

I have uTorrent already & have found the room 101s. Think I'll stick with that...for now.

**Fortesque Smythe Brown** · 23rd February 2012 19:16

I use Expat Shield and it work fine, however my main conduit of access to U.K. T.V is U.K. Nova and the Box.

Been with both of them a long time and have a good ratio too.regarding Utorrent. I stick with version 1.8.3 as demanded by The Box, works well more than can be said for the more modern versions of Utorrent

**Bangkok Phil** · 23rd February 2012 19:18

Originally Posted by Fortesque Smythe Brown

Been with both of them a long time and have a good ratio too

I applaud you. I couldn't get a decent ratio with The Box to save my life. I loved the site and the stuff available - I even paid them for some gigabytes at one stage - but once that had run out I just couldn't get a decent ratio going.