If you want to watch videos from other countries, Youtube and the producers limit it by restricting the videos only for local viewers. But now there is a neat trick you can use to watch videos from anyplace, anytime.

You may have noticed this when you try to watch videos from the US or UK, you will be given a notice that says, “this video is not available in your country”. Now you can watch them by employing a simple hack or trick.

Some videos are restricted in YoutubeYoutube.com (Creative Commons - Attribution)

Example 1: Madonna’s video 4 Minutes.

This video is available only for the US users when you access this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ciR9qR1dU

To watch this video say in Canada or in England then try this link: http://www.youtube.com/v/I9ciR9qR1dU

Example 2: Doctor Who, a BBC show.

This video is available only in United Kingdom and can access it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA2F_LeCbSA.

To watch this in Canada or in the US, you can try this link: http://www.youtube.com/v/RA2F_LeCbSA

To do this for any video that is restricted in your country, just copy the video link, which will be in the form of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEOID

with this link:

http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEOID

Each video has a unique ID and is stored in a specific folder “v” in Youtube, thus you access the video directly with the second link.

Alex from Google Operating System says the same trick can be used to watch Youtube videos without logging in. Youtube requires a login to watch videos that are inappropriate for young users. They will ask you to verify that you are 18 or older by logging into Youtube.

Let me know how it works in the comments. I tried the above trick and now I can watch my favorites BBC shows without any problems. Youtube might alter this later on but for now you can watch any videos there.