# Is the Beeb available worldwide on Youtube now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-beeb-available-worldwide-on-youtube-now/528901>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 13, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-beeb-available-worldwide-on-youtube-now/528901 "2010-02-13T22:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-beeb-available-worldwide-on-youtube-now/528901/1 "2010-02-13T22:38:29Z")

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Officially I mean.

At the start and in the middle of [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQd5PBBEAks) Doctor Who story, there’s an ad break, very un-BBC. Can Dopers outside the UK catch this now?

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-beeb-available-worldwide-on-youtube-now/528901/2 "2010-02-13T23:19:51Z")

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> [@Pushkin](#):
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> Can Dopers outside the UK catch this now?

It’s uploaded by BBC Worldwide so I guess that’s the point. The BBC website, when viewed from non-UK IP addresses, often has ads too.

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-beeb-available-worldwide-on-youtube-now/528901/3 "2010-02-13T23:26:47Z")

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I can’t see it.

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> This video contains content from BBC Worldwide, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-beeb-available-worldwide-on-youtube-now/528901/4 "2010-02-14T04:19:15Z")

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> [@yojimbo](#):
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> I can’t see it.

Same here (USA).

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-beeb-available-worldwide-on-youtube-now/528901/5 "2010-02-15T00:43:16Z")

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> [@yojimbo](#):
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> I can’t see it.

The internet stops dead at the border, except at Armagh, where some of it is piped south underground 😛