I am going to sound 'old' for mentioning this....but here goes: I remember when mp3's were just starting to come into their own and people could actually buy mp3 players making music really much more portable. The music industry hacks were slow on the take and pirate sites went up daily offering free mp3's to the masses. Finally Metallica and Dr. Dre complained about not getting their Ferrari money so they unleashed the RIAA. Chief complaint was that no music was available legally and so people were forced into breaking the law. So, given a choice of not getting Ferrari money or making music and video available to a wider audience the hacks at the labels got a clue and figured out the bottom line was better going with this new fangled interweb delivery system thingy called iTunes.
The same thing has happened with other media content, such as our beloved TG. I would buy their content if they made it available and I don't believe that there is some international copyright law preventing them from making it available to the masses - if Steve Jobs over at Apple can do it, surely the BBC can.
I lived in the UK and paid a license fee, which was not THAT expensive so why cant they rub two brain cells together like the music hacks and figure out that we live in a digital age and people want the goods!
Sorry for the rant...