# How to get a UK Video in America **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737 "2015-09-19T05:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/1 "2015-09-19T05:30:26Z")
There is this great series called, “Make Me.” It is narrated by Michael Mosley and produced by the BBC. You can find it here: [BBC One - Make Me..., Stay Awake](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hvvj1). I would like to watch this series again, but it aired in 2009 and I haven’t seen or heard of it airing again since. Even if it is for sale somewhere, it is unlikely that it would work in my DVD player, because it was made in the UK, where they use a different DVD format. So, I am wondering how to get a copy of it? Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/2 "2015-09-19T08:34:35Z")
I couldn’t find any DVDs, but if you do find them, you can easily play them by [buying one of these.](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D1266092011&field-keywords=region+free+dvd+player) ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/3 "2015-09-19T10:57:28Z")
Maybe it was never been published as a DVD. I did find this though: > **[Inside the Human Body \[DVD\]: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Mosley, Gideon Bradshaw,...](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Human-Body-Michael-Mosley/dp/B004URO45Q)** > > Michael Mosley embarks on an astonishing voyage through the world's most complex organism--you. Inside The Human Body takes us deep under our skin where we are dwarfed by even the smallest cell, where blood vessels become vast cathedrals and the... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Webbliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@The\_Webbliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Webbliest)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/4 "2015-09-19T12:12:38Z")
You might also see if you can find it on a streaming service such as Netflix. They do have several British programs availble either by mail on DVD or through streaming. ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/5 "2015-09-19T12:19:46Z")
The link says the episode is not available. Is that because I’m not in the UK? If so, there are services like ProXPN (paid service). Typically VPN services are used by Canadians (and others) to view US-specific streaming, but Pro-XPN also has a connection point in England for this sort of viewing. Not sure about free services, since most tend to place the exit point inside the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/6 "2015-09-19T14:49:11Z")
> [@Ficer67](#): > > Even if it is for sale somewhere, it is unlikely that it would work in my DVD player, because it was made in the UK, where they use a different DVD format. It won’t help if the DVD was never made available but I bought a Philips DVD player for about $40-50 from Target and used a code published [on the Internet](http://www.videohelp.com/) to change the region code (or make it regionless). I’m then able to watch Region 2 DVDs that I purchased from [Amazon.co.uk](http://Amazon.co.uk) (which sends them via mail in about a week). And if you want to watch BBC programs using their iPlayer, you need to be located in the UK, or appear to be. Google “BBC proxy” for more information. i think the SDMB moderators frown on open discussion of such services here. ---
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/7 "2015-09-20T04:26:10Z")
Thanks for these great suggestions. It seems as though I am going to have to suck up the $250.00 + cost of purchasing this video, if I really want to watch it that bad. Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/8 "2015-09-20T04:35:03Z")
> [@Ficer67](#): > > Thanks for these great suggestions. It seems as though I am going to have to suck up the $250.00 + cost of purchasing this video, if I really want to watch it that bad. > > Thanks again Now I’m curious. I searched quite a bit trying to find this and the only place I found it was on the [BBC site for schools where it cost 585 pounds](http://www.bbcactivevideoforlearning.com/1/SeriesDetails.aspx?SeriesID=225). (I assumed you wouldn’t be interested.) Where did you find it for $250? ---
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/9 "2015-09-21T03:20:01Z")
I don’t remember, exactly. And I looked in 2011 or so, so the price could have changed since then. What I do remember, exactly, is that the price was woefully out of my budget, and I was not going to buy it from that source at all. I am just going to have to wait to see if PBS or LPB will air it again, and DVR it when/if it airs. ---
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/10 "2015-09-21T03:21:48Z")
After clicking on your link, I remember surfing that site. While the series costs almost 600 pounds, the individual episode, make me stay awake… costs nearly 200 pounds. That is what I am remembering ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-uk-video-in-america/731737/11 "2015-09-21T08:09:18Z")
> [@Ficer67](#): > > After clicking on your link, I remember surfing that site. While the series costs almost 600 pounds, the individual episode, make me stay awake… costs nearly 200 pounds. That is what I am remembering Thanks.