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Missing England? This is how to stream BBC abroad!

Missing England? This is how to stream BBC abroad!

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Have you been to London and England and now you miss BBC? Would you like to stream BBC iPlayer in your home country as well? It can be done!

There is little doubt about the fact that BBC is one of the best TV networks in the world. On our list of favorite BBC shows you can find Sherlock, Cuckoo and lots of other programs. But, if you try to stream these shows and lots of other BBC content in the BBC iPlayer when outside England you will simply get an error message. That can be really annoying, but luckily there are ways in which you can still get access to BBC when abroad. The following instructions are based on the guide in the IP Address Guide.

BBC iplayer outside London
Watching the UK General election programs on BBC on June 8th, 2017

How to stream BBC abroad

In order to stream BBC when outside London and England, you will need to make BBC believe that you are in the UK. This can be achieved through using a working VPN provider and connect to one of their VPN servers in the UK. Unfortunately not all VPN services work for this purpose, but at the time writing there is one working. If you read this article in a long time from now, we suggest that you visit the IP Address Guide to read their article, which is updated frequently (something this article most likely will not be). At the moment, this is how it can be done.

If you follow these instructions you should be able to stream BBC iPlayer in a few minutes from now. It is really easy, and you will get access to lots of program from the iPlayer library, and also to live streams of all the BBC channels, including the children’s channels.

Lady Gaga concerts in London

Lady Gaga concerts in London

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Lady Gaga concertAfter two concerts in Paris, Lady Gaga will arrive to London to perform in O2 Arena on October 9th and October 11th. Sounds cool?

Lady Gaga will visit quite a lot of cities in Europe in 2017. After visiting some other continents, she will arrive to Barcelona where she will perform in Palau Sant Jordi on September 21st and 22nd. Following her Barcelona concert, cities such as Zurich, Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam and Antwerpen will be visited, but for us in the UK, the concerts in London will be the highlight.

If you want to be there at one of the Lady Gaga concerts in London, then you can buy your tickets for Viagogo (use the link beneath).

Lady Gaga concerts in London

October 9th and 11th
O2 Arena

Tickets: Viagogo

For more information about the city of London, read around in our London Guide. Here you can read about attractions in the city, popular activities, famous restaurants and some hotels that can be warmly recommended.

Children reacts to A Roman Triumph by Rubens

Children reacts to A Roman Triumph by Rubens

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Would you like to see what children think and how they react as they see A Roman Triumph, a work created by Peter Paul Rubens in 1630? Come to the National Gallery in London.

Roman Triumph
A Roman Triumph by Rubens

Every year the National Gallery in London arrange a “Take One Picture” event. This year children in the UK have been presented to the work A Roman Triumph by Rubens, and based on this they have decided to create their own works and show what they noticed and felt interesting about the picture.

This might not be a traditional art exhibition, but it is brilliant in its own way, and it for sure helps bring art closer to children and youth.

The exhibition will open on June 6th in the National Gallery and it will remain on display till September 24th.

For more information on the exhibition, visit the official homepage.

British watercolour landscapes 1850–1950

British watercolour landscapes 1850–1950

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Would you like to see and get to know more about watercolour pictures made between 1850 and 1950, portraying beautiful landscapes? Visit the British Museum.

The exhibition named British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950 had its opening on February 23rd in 2017 and it will remain available until August 27th in 2017.

Landscapes

Beneath you can read the official press release about the exhibition:

Drawn from the British Museum’s rich collection, this is the first exhibition devoted to landscape drawings and watercolours by British artists in the Victorian and modern eras – two halves of very different centuries.

The exhibition celebrates the work of British landscape artists during the hundred years following the death of J M W Turner. It demonstrates how they worked in many different styles and techniques on paper – not only in watercolour, but also in mixed media including bodycolour, pastel, chalk and pen and ink – to interpret the changing landscape of the period. It charts their technically brilliant, virtuoso and imaginative responses to the artistic, cultural and social upheavals of the time.

Most of the 125 works are from the British Museum’s remarkable but little-known collection – over half have never been on display before. The exhibition includes works by James McNeil Whistler, Edward Burne-Jones, John Singer Sargent, Muirhead Bone, Paul Nash, John Minton, Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland.

Different sections of the exhibition explore not only the variety of techniques and styles but also the effects of tourism at home and abroad, the role of artists’ colonies, contemporary writing and the devastating effect of two world wars. The exhibition’s title is borrowed from the poet and critic Geoffrey Grigson’s 1949 collection of essays, Places of the Mind. It acknowledges how every landscape drawing is a construct of the mind and imagination of its creator – an attempt to convey not merely the physical properties of a landscape but an almost spiritual quest to capture its essence and sense of place.

The accompanying book, available in the Museum shops and online, is supported in memory of Melvin R Seiden and by a grant from the Dr Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation, awarded to the American Friends of the British Museum.

The press release was copied from the British Museum website.

Get to know the secrets of London on Netflix

Get to know the secrets of London on Netflix

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London is a very fascinating city, and now you can discover the secrets of London, without actually visiting the city. Get to know more about the secrets of London on Netflix.

It has been made quite a lot of TV programs about London throughout history. Now you can watch some of these interesting programs on Netflix. Now you can stream two brilliant programs on Netflix titled:

  • Secrets of the Tower of London
  • Secrets of Westminster

The Secrets of Tower of London

In the program about the secrets of the Tower of London, you can get to know more about the real history of this terrifying structure in the heart of London. It has been there for years, but few people know much about it. If you decide to stream the program about the Secrets of Westminster on Netflix, you will soon get to know more about the Tower of London, than 99% of all the inhabitants of London. Does it sound interesting to you? Find out more about the different rooms in the building, about the Traitors Gate and all the other attractions and famous locations in the building.

The tower of London on Netflix

The Secrets of Westminster

What is the program about? You might have heard about the Westminster Abbey, and in this program you will not only get to know more about that attraction, but also about both the Parliament and Big Ben which are located next to the Westminster Abbey. Get to know more about popular myths and legends, and find out which ones are based on true stories, and which are made up.

Do you want to discover the Secrets of London on Netflix?

If you want to know more about the secrets of London and watch the two mentioned programs on Netflix, then you can find them both on UK Netflix. You can also find them on US Netflix and on Netflix in Canada. Do you live somewhere else? It is possible to get access to these Netflix regions also in other countries. You can read more about how it is done right here.

Don’t you feel like discovering London on Netflix?

Would you rather discover London in real life? Plan your trip to London now and read more about the public transportation, the airports in London and popular activities and museums here in our London Guide.