Hi Hugo

I haver found that using VPN to get UK TV is not always reliable whereas the DNS method has always worked for me

Basically - you need to edit the DNS servers in the house network as described at this site:

smartdnsproxy.com

it costs $40 a year but there is a free trial period where you do not need to enter any financial info.

It’s usually better to make this change at house network level so that you do not need to mess around with every device individually

You can select various regions for TV / Netflix and various other services.

Other services using device location are not affected. 

Hope this helps and that all is well with you and family

We missed you all this time round in Biarritz!

all the best
Barry
+49 177 1588 978