@ jeremy50
You are going to have even greater problems in the future, the BBC isn't just tracking where you are by IP alone. But even if/when VPNs do work, access to BBC content is going to become more difficult, you will actually have to be a BBC license payer to access content.
To view this BBC iPlayer content will probably require that you prove that you are a UK TV license payer and presumably create an account that you logon to when you want to connect to iPlayer.
I live in the UK and am a TV license payer and even if I wanted to use the iPlayer service, I too would have to provide proof. I don't know if this has been fully implemented yet, but there has been much talk, reporting about it in the press. I have just connected to the BBC iPlayer but when trying to view content I do get a warning about having to register/logon.