What kind of logic is that?
So, if you live in the UK and directly (through license fee) or indirectly (through taxes) fund the BBC then you don't get access to the content they give away to the rest of the world for free? Okaaaaaay
Free proxies like Hide My Ass work.
Alternatively, here is pastebin for convenience:
BBC World Wide makes it's money on BBC.com with advertising. For instance, Rolex watches in banner adverts.
If UK citizens were to see a BBC property with advertising on it there would be a shit storm of epic proportions, since we pay the license fee. So, if there isn't a separately maintained version without adverts then we don't get to see it.
Coral Cache to the rescue :-/
and, ok, so it's a part of BBC Worldwide which is run as a commercial property to fund standard BBC programming, but does anyone have any insights as to why allowing access to such content in the UK would prevent or hinder this goal in any way?