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British TV Channels as Low as 99 Cents/Month
Published 24 days ago • 3 min read
Amazon's annual Prime Day sales are this week, and as usual, that means a number of streaming channels have been heavily discounted. For us, this is always a great time to subscribe to services we want to try, or to catch up on shows we want to see on services we don't use enough to keep year-round.
Amazon makes it easy to cancel when you're ready (no calls or customer service necessary, just a few clicks on the "Memberships and Subscriptions" section of the account), and if you use something like Google Calendar or Any.do (free for personal use), you can schedule a reminder so you cancel before the price goes back up to normal.
Below, we take a look at the channels most likely to be of interest to British TV fans - including some recommendations for what to watch on the services with less obvious British TV appeal.
What we're...
Watching: QI (the new season, V) - If you've never watched QI, I highly recommend giving it a try - ideally, for at least 2-3 episodes so you get a good feel for what's going on. The long-running comedy quiz show poses strange trivia questions, only asking that participants make the answers interesting. As you watch, you learn a lot of strange things - usually accompanied by a few laugh-out-loud moments.
Reading: How to Get Away with Murder by Tam Barnett - I spotted this one on sale for 99 cents (still on sale at time of writing), and so far, it's been great fun. If you enjoy darkly hilarious murder mysteries, it's well worth the gamble.
Amazon Prime Channels on Sale for Prime Day: A Look at the Best Ones for British TV Fans
Acorn TV: Get it HERE ($.99/mo for 2 months, $8.99/mo after)
BritBox: Get it HERE($.99/mo for 2 months, $8.99/mo after)
PBS Masterpiece: Get it HERE ($.99/mo for 2 months, $5.99/mo after)
Apple TV+: Get it HERE($4.99/mo for 2 months, $9.99/mo after)
After years of only being available directly from Apple, it's great to have the option to subscribe outside the Apple ecosystem. They've been steadily building a nice stable of British TV shows, including...
Slow Horses (about screwups at MI5, based on Mick Herron's novels)
Ted Lasso (an upbeat American football coach meets British culture)
Trying (about a young British couple trying to build a family)
Bad Sisters (a dark Irish comedy about sisters being investigated for the death of their brother-in-law)
Paramount+ Premium: Get it HERE ($.99/mo for 2 months, $12.99/mo after)
Paramount doesn't have a lot of purely British shows, but they do have...
MobLand (with Pierce Brosnan, Dame Helen Mirren, and Tom Hardy)
Watson (a Sherlock Holmes spinoff about a modern Watson after the Reichenbach Falls incident)
"Listen, little drop, give yourself up without regret and in return you will gain the ocean. Give yourself away and in the great sea you will be secure."
British TV news for American audiences. Enjoy British TV shows like Sherlock, Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, or Midsomer Murders? Wish it was easier to know when new shows are out on each of the different streaming services? Want a way to discover older British shows you might like? Sign up and we'll keep you updated.
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