A Taste of Iran

[bikenerd]

A very warm portrait of a country usually portrayed as a pariah:

BBC iPlayer - A Taste of Iran

[pcolbeck]

A very warm portrait of a country usually portrayed as a pariah:

BBC iPlayer - A Taste of Iran

Irans a very civilized country it's just its current government that's a bit mad.

[αdαmsκι]

The view it's just the Iranian government that's mad is backed up by Colin Thubron's account of Iran in is amazing book The Shadow of the Silk Road. During his whole journey across the country he encounters incredible displays of hospitality and generosity. I'd really like to visit the place.

[fred the great]

We non UK Residents are forbidden to use IPlayer.

Hence the link won't work

[bikenerd]

Irans a very civilized country it's just its current government that's a bit mad.

Like America under the Bush regime, then!

A chap in the department has been to Iran twice in recent years.  He says it's an amazing country, the food is great and the people are very friendly and not at all anti-West.  Of course, he would have spoken to the educated, who are more likely to be liberal, as his Farsi is pretty rudimentary (mine is none existent of course!).  I believe Ahmadinejad has his power base amongst the rural poor.

Anyway, hopefully in another 10 or 20 years Iran will open up and we can go and visit.

ljerams: I believe there are ways around the country restriction for iPlayer.  A quick Google should reveal some methods, some of which might actually work!

[clarion]

This Iranian government is no more mad than the last one, but that's a discussion for another day.  Although I have never been to the country, I have met a number of ex-pat Iranians in various settings, and I have found them inveriably generous, hospitable and caring, if a bit loud

[Mr Larrington]

From John Harwood's Cycling To Australia (and beyond!) Automatic Diary:

Friendliest people: It would be easy to say the Aussies, but they are pipped by the Iranians for their everyday act of kindness

[fred the great]

"ljerams: I believe there are ways around the country restriction for iPlayer.  A quick Google should reveal some methods, some of which might actually work"

The BBC seem to have found a way to stop proxies accessing iPlayer. So far Google website suggestions appear not to work, for me at least

[bobb]

We non UK Residents are forbidden to use IPlayer.

Forbidden? Not entirely unsurprising as you don't pay £142.50 a year!!!

[Andrij]

We non UK Residents are forbidden to use IPlayer.

Forbidden? Not entirely unsurprising as you don't pay £142.50 a year!!!

UK resident, don't pay the Licence Fee, iPlayer works fine for me. 

BTW, I don't watch shows 'live'.

[clarion]

We non UK Residents are forbidden to use IPlayer.

Forbidden? Not entirely unsurprising as you don't pay £142.50 a year!!!

I don't either

I was wondering whether I needed to renew my wireless licence...

[bobb]

We non UK Residents are forbidden to use IPlayer.

Forbidden? Not entirely unsurprising as you don't pay £142.50 a year!!!

UK resident, don't pay the Licence Fee, iPlayer works fine for me.  

BTW, I don't watch shows 'live'.

You fucking foreigners come here, call us cnut, steal our girls and don't stump up the TV licence?! I feel like beating you all about the head with a copy of the Daily Mail!!!  

[Andrij]

We non UK Residents are forbidden to use IPlayer.

Forbidden? Not entirely unsurprising as you don't pay £142.50 a year!!!

UK resident, don't pay the Licence Fee, iPlayer works fine for me.  

BTW, I don't watch shows 'live'.

You fucking foreigners come here, call us cnut, steal our girls and don't stump up the TV licence?! I feel like beating you all about the head with a copy of the Daily Mail!!!  

We ride bikes with Shimano parts, too. 

BTW, it was "Knut", not "Cnut".

[PaulF]

We non UK Residents are forbidden to use IPlayer.

Forbidden? Not entirely unsurprising as you don't pay £142.50 a year!!!

Not all of us! I'm living in New York temporarily but still paying a licence fee in the UK!

[bobb]

We ride bikes with Shimano parts, too.  

WHAT?!!!  

Edit: *Goes on rampage with cricket bat*

[fred the great]

I am 100% British born and bred to British parents, paid more than enough in Licence Fees over the years, I am a very old retired git, have earned my Pension properly and the right I believe to watch BBC TV

I have a clean record.

Oh, and I have Shimano  on my road bike

A perfect combination wot?

[Jakob]

"ljerams: I believe there are ways around the country restriction for iPlayer.  A quick Google should reveal some methods, some of which might actually work"

The BBC seem to have found a way to stop proxies accessing iPlayer. So far Google website suggestions appear not to work, for me at least

VPN, baby, VPN.
I use these guys:http://www.vpngates.com/

[fred the great]

VPN costs money