Here is the short version of why this works: free feeds like iPlayer sniff your IP address and lock out anyone outside the country, and a VPN drops you onto a local server so the gate opens. Now the fun part, because I treated this like a multi-screen scavenger hunt. If you are price-shopping the way you would a Steam sale, two others are in the mix. ExpressVPN is $2.49/month and snappy to connect, and ProtonVPN is $2.99/month if privacy is your headline stat. For jumping across screens at kickoff, though, NordVPN gave me the fewest headaches.