Well I rebooted the stick and had a look.
Still no watch list, but I now had the US as my location which I could tell from the apps. Faffed around a bit then deregistered the stick on the web and registered it again on the stick itself.
Watch list in place, movies to stream, installed iPlayer, ITV player, 4 player the new 5* player which plays all the "5" channels.
Seems to now do what it says on the tin. I'll have to play. Well it refuses to show me the about page at which I can update the firmware but we'll get to that.
What I've had to go through is beyond the skills of most users. They'd have given up long before. I shall update my feedback with a bit more acid and lemon grater a little later on when my ire is less than it is now.
Looks like it can do the job. What I also need to know is whether it works on my VPN but that can come later.