Cant access iPlayer from the UK

I have exactly the same problem with a new WDTV Live SMP which I purchased yesterday.

I’ve done the factory reset of settings and reset location (confirmed to be United Kingdom) multiple times but still no iPlayer.

I did find this thread re a previous failure of WD’s location server and I wondered whether it was the same problem occuring at the moment?

http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Streaming-Firmware/i-dont-have-acetrax-movies-or-iplayer-on-latest-firmware-1-12-14/td-p/530247/page/2

My model is WDBGXT0000NBK-02 and I too have fw 1.15.10.