The international version of BritBox will become available to streamers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden from 28th April.
It will extend the reach of BritBox to eight countries internationally, with further countries to follow in 2022-23.
From Thursday 28th April subscribers will be able to watch the biggest collection of British box sets, with thousands of viewing hours available from launch. A range of new dramas will also land during the streamer’s first year, including true crime dramas Stonehouse, starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes and The Thief, His Wife, and the Canoe, shown this month on ITV in the UK, starring Eddie Marsan. Additionally subscribers can look forward to light-hearted murder mystery series Sister Boniface Mysteries, starring Lorna Watson and Jerry Iwu, plus lush period drama The Confessions of Frannie Langton with Sophie Cookson and Jodhi May.
BritBox will also launch exclusive new titles every month. This includes the highly-anticipated Idris Elba’s Fight School to the critically acclaimed Anne, starring award-winner Maxine Peake.
Lifestyle content
In addition to drama and comedy, lovers of lifestyle content can catch seasons 17 and 18 of Masterchef UK exclusively on BritBox, while crime-watchers won’t want to miss season six of the gripping police series Line of Duty, with all five previous seasons also available to binge.
Neale Dennett, New Markets Launch Director at BritBox International commented:
“We know that Nordic viewers are huge fans of British TV, and we’re sure they’ll be hooked on the content we’ll be including in BritBox from launch. Signing up is easy with our seven day free trial, and provides the immediate ability to binge-watch favourites like Peaky Blinders, Vera, The Office, and classics such as Absolutely Fabulous, Blackadder and Prime Suspect”
Availability in Scandinavia
BritBox will be available to stream via the web at BritBox.com, on Android and Apple mobile/tablets, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV and LG Smart TV.
It will also be available for C More subscribers in Denmark, Finland and Sweden*. In Norway, the service is part of TV 2 Play.
Prices in Scandinavia (after a 7-day free trial):
- Sweden – 89 SEK a month, 695 SEK a year
- Norway – 89 NOK a month, 699 NOK a year
- Denmark – 79 DKK a month, 599 DKK a year
- Finland – €7.99 a month, €59.99 a year
BritBox International is a 50:50 joint venture between BBC Studios and ITV. This not be confused with BritBox UK, which is controlled by ITV and being absorbed into ITVX.
BBC Studios and ITV titles have previously been made available to ITV’s streaming service Cirkus in the Nordic region. Additionally, BBC Studios operates BBC Brit and BBC Earth in the area.