GiP and working abroad

[Budge]

Hi,
Slightly OT request:  I am in NZ staying with family and will be away for another month or so.

All is well except that I have been starved by absence of BBC.  Here I cannot get even the BBC world service or whatever it has been downgraded to because the TV does not have a BBC channel.  It has AJ, France 24, Euro channel, CNN and even GB News but not BBC!

I am not worried about streaming so some questions on GiP or any equivalents that I can use to access BBC.

Is GiP geoblocked?
Are there equivalent methods to access the BBC content servers.  I read here a long time ago that there is a yt-dl option.

I am reaching out because I am away from my home machine and have forgotten most of what I used to know about GiP.  Some of you may understand!!!
Best wishes and regards,
Budge.