@TimiZero: thank you for confirming the really bad news. Now, the question is how many of the fee-charging services have much of a back-catalogue, and how much am I prepared to pay.
@isang18: I have seen that site but it does not appear to have any old programmes. For context, over the Christmas and New Year holidays, I watched City Hunter (2011) and Lovers in Prague (2005) using the Dramacool "old" site.