BritBox’s Australian subscribers will have access to content specifically curated for local audiences, including classic and contemporary British series, and exclusive and premiere titles, spanning drama, crime, mystery and comedy, MediaWeek reports. Viewers will be able to access BritBox on mobile and connected home devices.
In Australia, BritBox will offer the entire available collection of ‘Doctor Who’ from 1963-2019, premiere shows including the reboot of All Creatures Great and Small, featuring Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton and Callum Woodhouse.
In addition, BritBox Australia is working with its global team to bring BritBox original series direct to Australian audiences, the first of which will be the newly commissioned series of sketch satire comedy, Spitting Image, from original show creator Roger Law, returning after a 20 year break. All available episodes will be on the service from launch, with all remaining episodes from the series currently airing made available express from the UK.
BritBox will also include crime dramas A Confession (Martin Freeman and Imelda Staunton) and Appropriate Adult (Emily Watson and Dominic West), in addition to complete seasons of drama series such as Vera (Brenda Blethyn), Endeavour (Shaun Evans and Roger Allam) and Prime Suspect (starring Helen Mirren). Australians will also be able to stream complete seasons of Shakespeare & Hathaway, Father Brown, Victoria and Lewis.
BritBox is available to Australian subscribers for AUD 8.99 per month, or AUD 89.99 per year. BritBox is available via web, iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets, Chromecast, Apple TV, Samsung Smart TVs, LG Smart TVs, Telstra TV, and Fetch.
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