GREAT Classic TV
I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford many years ago and while there I fell in LUV with British comedies and murder mysteries. For years, my local PBS station was the only place I could watch some of my old faves...until (Netflix and) BritBox!
This app has a good variety of comedies, mysteries, dramas, etc., and I’ve had no problems streaming with or without WiFi.
I do have a better experience suggestion: it would be really helpful to have the ‘Up Next’ feature like Netflix so when one episode ends, within a few seconds the next one begins.
A couple of requests: there are so many crazy funny comedies that would be great additions — shows like Open All Night, ‘Allo ‘Allo, Yes, Minister, Last of the Summer Wine, Waiting for God, May to December, Dad’s Army and You Rang, M’Lord. A few really good mysteries to add to the current library: Murder in Suburbia, Foyle’s War, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The Avengers, Special Branch and The Saint.
If you like watching British classics mysteries like Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Prime Suspect and comedies like Are You Being Served, As Time Goes By and Blackadder, then I highly suggest you check out the 7-day FREE trial. During my FREE trial I discovered a few new shows so I decided to subscribe and I’m very glad I did — I’m really enjoying having all the time access to some of my favorite British shows!!!
This app has a good variety of comedies, mysteries, dramas, etc., and I’ve had no problems streaming with or without WiFi.
I do have a better experience suggestion: it would be really helpful to have the ‘Up Next’ feature like Netflix so when one episode ends, within a few seconds the next one begins.
A couple of requests: there are so many crazy funny comedies that would be great additions — shows like Open All Night, ‘Allo ‘Allo, Yes, Minister, Last of the Summer Wine, Waiting for God, May to December, Dad’s Army and You Rang, M’Lord. A few really good mysteries to add to the current library: Murder in Suburbia, Foyle’s War, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The Avengers, Special Branch and The Saint.
If you like watching British classics mysteries like Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Prime Suspect and comedies like Are You Being Served, As Time Goes By and Blackadder, then I highly suggest you check out the 7-day FREE trial. During my FREE trial I discovered a few new shows so I decided to subscribe and I’m very glad I did — I’m really enjoying having all the time access to some of my favorite British shows!!!
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Good Content, but sign in issues
I am a huge Brit tv fan, and luckily live in DC metro area where we get a unique PBS channel, WETA UK showing 24 hour Brit programming. Even though it's wonderful, I also subscribe to Acorn, and now BritBox to round out my options with very few duplications. However, I have had to sign out and back in every day to access BritBox as I am prompted with " invalid token". This is got to be resolved soon. Support suggests to sign out and back in, duh,... I get that, but every day? UPDATE...I've adjusted my rating to 5 stars after sign in issues resolved. Britbox app support contacted me to confirm their update corrected my issue. Barely over a week new, and already more content. I haven't used any other apps all month! Very Happy!!
Edit/Update Several months on and I'm still loving this app!!! No longer any sign in issues.
I've learned that 95% of the classic Doctor Who episodes that are NOT available on BritBox can be watched on Dailymotion, although some are animated.
Edit/Update Several months on and I'm still loving this app!!! No longer any sign in issues.
I've learned that 95% of the classic Doctor Who episodes that are NOT available on BritBox can be watched on Dailymotion, although some are animated.
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Great app, bandwidth issues for me
Beautiful app works great with Apple TV v4. Wonderful alternative to the cable options when traveling. We would have kept using, but the bandwidth in our house is not fast enough to load the content without serious buffering issues. -no trouble with other streaming service. The only criticism would be that the seasons button (to select other seasons) of was not obvious at first, but delighted that the content was not abridged to limited seasons. We never even reached for the DVD's we brought with us on holiday because the app worked so well. Great alternative and lots of content. Again, just bandwidth issue for us.
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Needs an update to fix bug issues
This app could be better. No, it needs to be better when people are shelling out their money every month to it. Until now the only issue I had was that there is no fast forward or rewind button when casting to your TV and often times the app won't remember where I left off on an episode of a show so that option is needed. Now I have to deal with crashes. It works perfectly when watching the first episode of something but the moment I try to load up the next episode it crashes or freezes 15 seconds in. I don't want to cancel my subscription but I don't see how it's worth keeping if I can't actually enjoy watching the shows. Come on guys, you can do better.
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I want my money back!
During the free-trial period this app, while not brilliantly organized, worked fine, no crashes. The day after the first month was billed, it began crashing! Every darn time I start to watch an episode of something, about 10-15 minutes in, it crashes. Doesn't matter which device (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV) or what the program is. Close app, reset device, restart app, crash, repeat. Delete app, reset device, reinstall app, sign in again, choose program, start to play, crash. Doesn't matter at that point that I like programs offered, I'm fed up!
As for the app's design, it's as if whoever the developers were, they must have never used any other streaming service themselves, since the app has virtually none of the features a good streaming service has. Doesn't properly track and save what you've watched so you can immediately return to a series and/or episode you've already watched. Search makes it crash. What's the point?
While I like the huge selection of British programming that it has, what use is it if the app is unusable?! The only reason I gave this app two stars is the size of its library of programming.
As for the app's design, it's as if whoever the developers were, they must have never used any other streaming service themselves, since the app has virtually none of the features a good streaming service has. Doesn't properly track and save what you've watched so you can immediately return to a series and/or episode you've already watched. Search makes it crash. What's the point?
While I like the huge selection of British programming that it has, what use is it if the app is unusable?! The only reason I gave this app two stars is the size of its library of programming.
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Response from developer
Hi, Thank you for your feedback. Please try the latest version our app, we've made many iterations since 1.0.4 and rest assured you will find it greatly improved. Thanks.
FANTASTIC!
I was a little skeptical at first as I had not heard much about this app until recently; but that aside I am so far very pleased with it. The main draw for me is the fact that your service provides all of the classic Doctor Who episodes, save those few episodes that had to be animated since the original footage has been lost, but that aside it is a fantastic app that has really made my day. The only change I would like to see is a continue to the next episode button so that you don't have to close the one episode and find the one after it again; a small nuisance, but a great app all the same. Looking forward to more of the wonderful movies and series that the U. K. produces.
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Worse app and search ever!
If you try to look at all the shows available on ipad pro it hangs up every time at some point and then the search wheel of death. If you select a show from a-z and you decide to look at a show when you return search you have to re start from A again. It should load load the entire shows list. This is keeping me from subscribing. Apple tv will not go back from search to the main menu. I found my Apple TV has many issues requiring rebooting even. Leaving the app requires voice to say main menu pressing the menu key does nothing.I also started watching a program paused the program the audio continues, even when backing out and starting another program, then you have two soundtracks playing. Using the Apple TV and search once you're done can not back out stuck again use voice to say main menu at least you're are taken completely out of the app.
This app need a rewrite and a real beta test
This app need a rewrite and a real beta test
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