Can I record direct from a basic Sky box to an external hard drive recorder??

Hi - we only use our apartment for a few weeks of the year for holidays, so just have a basic satellite connection using a Sky box with no subscription that allows us to watch the 'basic' UK channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, plus a few others), which is enough for us whilst there..  Is there any way we can record programmes directly from the Sky Box to either an external hard drive recorder/player, or a DVD recorder/player, so we can watch them at a later time??  We don't need to watch something else & record at the same time!

Any advice welcome, thanks.