BritBox UK, the new joint streaming subscription service from ITV and the BBC, is getting ready for Christmas, with more than 100 Christmas specials from years past, and a few British family films on top.
BritBox UK (not to be confused with its US version), which was launched last month, is a subscription service that brings a variety of past and current British TV programmes, as well as classic British films.
The service normally costs £5.99/month, but you can also get a 30-days free trial. Some Samsung TV owners can get a 90-days free trial, but the offer is only valid until December 10.
BritBox launched with close to 300 titles from ITV, the BBC and Channel 5, and more content is being added every week. In 2020, BritBox will also add TV programmes and films from Channel 4.
In December, BritBox has begun a month of Christmas celebrations, with British Christmas TV specials from years past. A different special will be highlighted daily in the run-up to Christmas Day, in a nostalgic digital advent.
The Christmassy content can be found on a new “Britmax” page, and highlights from the collection include sixteen Christmas specials from Only Fools and Horses, all four Downton Abbey Christmas specials, and festive episodes from Extras, Blackadder, The Good Life, French and Saunders, Outnumbered, Jonathan Creek, Birds of a Feather, Mock the Week, Keeping Up Appearances and many more.
If you’re an Agatha Christie fan, BritBox’s “Very Christie Christmas” will launch in mid December, highlighting over 100 episodes of Agatha Christie classics including BBC’s original Miss Marple series starring Joan Hickson, all six seasons of Christie’s Miss Marple starring Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie, and David Suchet’s Being Poirot documentary.
And, to top it all up, Doctor Who fans are getting a special treat on Boxing Day, as more than 600 classic Doctor Who episodes will be added to the service. It’s the definitive classic time lord collection from ‘63 to ’96 – from William Hartnell to Paul McGann.
The 2005+ incarnations of Doctor Who will not be added to BritBox for the time being, as the rights were originally sold to other streaming services.
Here’s the complete list of the Christmas content coming to BritBox TV in December:
Content Added On December 1
A Bit of Fry and Laurie-Christmas-Special-1987
Absolutely Fabulous-Christmas-Special-2002
Birds of a Feather-Christmas-Special-2017
Blackadder-Christmas-Special-1988
Darling Buds of May-Christmas-Special-1991
Doc Martin-Christmas-Special-2006
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2011
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2012
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2013
Downton Abbey-Christmas-Special-2014
Drunk History UK-Christmas-Special-2014
Extras-Christmas-Special
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1988
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1994
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1998
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-1999
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-2002
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-2003
French and Saunders-Christmas-Special-2005
Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip-Christmas-Special
Grantchester-Christmas-Special-2016
Harry Enfield and Chums-Christmas-Special-1997
Harry Enfield and Chums-Christmas-Special-1998
Jonathan Creek-Christmas-Special-1998
Jonathan Creek-Christmas-Special-2001
Jonathan Creek-Christmas-Special-2009
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1991
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1993
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1994
Keeping Up Appearances-Christmas-Special-1995
Little Britain-Christmas-Special-2006
Mock The Week-Christmas-Special-2016
My Family-Christmas-Special-2002
My Family-Christmas-Special-2003
My Family-Christmas-Special-2005
My Family-Christmas-Special-2006
My Family-Christmas-Special-2007
My Family-Christmas-Special-2008
My Family-Christmas-Special-2009
Nigel Slater’s 12 Tastes Of Christmas-Christmas-Special
Nigel Slater’s Christmas Suppers-Christmas-Special
Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking-Christmas-Special
Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers: Christmas Suppers-Christmas-Special
Nigella: At My Table-Christmas-Special-2017
Nigellissima: An Italian Inspired Christmas-Christmas-Special-2012
One Foot In The Grave-Christmas-Special-1991
One Foot In The Grave-Christmas-Special-1996
One Foot In The Grave-Christmas-Special-1997
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1981
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1982
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1983
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1985
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1986
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1987
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1988
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1989
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1990
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1991
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1992
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1993
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-1996
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-2001
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-2002
Only Fools And Horses-Christmas-Special-2003
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2009
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2011
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2012
Outnumbered-Christmas-Special-2016
Rock and Chips-Christmas-Special-2010
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2013
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2016
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2017
Still Open All Hours-Christmas-Special-2018 – from late Dec
The Good Life-Christmas-Special-1977
The League Of Gentlemen-Christmas-Special-2000
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2010
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2011
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2012
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2013
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2014
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2015
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2016
The Only Way Is Essex-Christmas-Special-2017
The Royle Family-Christmas-Special-2000
The Royle Family-Christmas-Special-2008
The Thick of It-Christmas-Special-2006
The Two Ronnies-Christmas-Special-1973 TBC
The Two Ronnies-Christmas-Special-1982 TBC
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-1996
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-1997
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-2004
The Vicar of Dibley-Christmas-Special-2006
Vicious-Christmas-Special-2013
Victoria Wood-Christmas-Special
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV-Christmas-Special-1987
Content Coming On December 19
BBC’s Miss Marple Season 1, 2 and specials
Harry Potter: A History of Magic
Being Poirot documentary
Polyanna
Tarka the Otter
Content Coming On December 26
627 Classic Doctor Who Episodes.
If you have plex installed on any of your devices they now give you a selection of ad supported titles for free its quite good you should check it out.
I just posted about the new Plex service – free is always nice, but the content (in the UK), for now, is pretty obscure