ITV Hub downloads not working

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$./youtube-dl --verbose https://www.itv.com/hub/britains-got-talent/1a7470a0151
[debug] System config: [u'--prefer-free-formats']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.itv.com/hub/britains-got-talent/1a7470a0151']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.04.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Linux-5.0.6-200.fc29.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-29-Twenty_Nine
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.4, ffprobe 4.0.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Using fake IP 25.155.136.38 (GB) as X-Forwarded-For.
[ITV] 1a7470a0151: Downloading webpage
[ITV] 1a7470a0151: Downloading XML
WARNING: Unable to download XML: HTTP Error 504: Gateway Time-out
[ITV] 1a7470a0151: Downloading JSON metadata
WARNING: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 529, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/itv.py", line 260, in _real_extract
    self._sort_formats(formats)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 1326, in _sort_formats
    raise ExtractorError('No video formats found')
ExtractorError: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I used to download videos on itv hub, but it looks like it's not possible any more. I tried with the show (https://www.itv.com/hub/britains-got-talent/1a7470a0151) and others, but ended up with the same result.
Might be related to #20617

Thanks.

[ggdagg]

After further inspection it seems that there is nothing wrong with youtube-dl, but instead it looks like the VPN I use doesn't cover me properly, hence an error when I use youtube-dl since the website blocks me.
Sorry for the misleading issue.