BritBox: The Best British TV Positive Reviews

BritBox: The Best British TV App User Positive Comments 2024

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BritBox: The Best British TV for Positive User Reviews

✓ 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..NichstoppableVersion: 1.04

✓ Love my BritBox Fix...Please ImproveBefore this newest update, I’d rate my two-year BritBox membership a 10-star streaming option for it’s variety, quality, and frequent additions of vintage and current programming. I’ve used my membership access to review various shows for an online magazine. However, this Nov. 2020 update has many issues! I was very disappointed that my “entertainment” iPad (10.3.3) no longer plays the video, even though it states it works on IOS 10.0.0 and above; I hear the audio, but see nothing. I can access programming on my “business” iPad, but the full-screen is still not a real “full” screen, and watching on my iPhone is, of course, inherently small. Also the app is aligned with portrait for browsing and landscape for viewing making it just slightly annoying. Lastly, the video end before the ending credits finish...maybe it’s an OCD thing, but I like for the program to be complete, ending credits and all. I do like the addition of the 10-second forward or rewind. I’m not in anyway saying “so long,” I greatly enjoy my daily “Brit Fix” way too much and just hopes these and other issues will be addressed and corrected...soon. If and when they do, I’ll revise my review!.Kat CostaVersion: 2.0.1

✓ Good Content, but sign in issuesI 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..Merman_93Version: 1.04

✓ Difficult to cast for the untech savvyI was really disappointed that the last update didn’t move the cast button to your Home Screen. It’s really tricky to cast content and would be so much easier if you could, like all the other castable apps have the cast button on the Home Screen - I’m sure not a hard thing to do so please just do it and make your customers happy!.Suffolk ArtgirlVersion: 2.0.3

✓ Great programsThis has great content and is easy to use. Would like to have the ability to download programs and also there needs to be a way to identify easily if you have already watched it. For example Netflix has thumbs up or down so you can see iff you watched it..7FionaVersion: 2.2.6

✓ Credit where credit is due! UpdateI don’t know who thought this new design was a winner for BritBox but it’s a total clunker for users. The design is neither clean nor intuitive - it is in fact a total disaster. And who was the genius that decided you would force users to navigate this app in portrait mode only - even though your content is best viewed in landscape mode? Back in November you stated a new design would be delivered soon. You promised it would allow us to navigate and view content all in landscape mode. Remember that promise? Well, it’s February and while there have been updates, we are still forced to twist our iPads like we are clearing an Etch a Sketch just to view and navigate your content. Why? UPDATE Well, it took a while but the latest app update is a real winner. Gone are all the forced awkward gymnastics needed to search and play content. Now the app is smooth, intuitive, and it just plain works! Finally, an app worthy of the truly great content offered by BritBox..Photo IdahoVersion: 2.0.6

✓ Very happy.I have been on britbox a couple of months. I have watched some great shows and a few I didn’t really like. But that’s fine. I’m on my last episode of McDonald and Dodds and loved it. Hope more to come. There’s still heaps more for me to get thru. Thank you. I’m a Scottish person who has lived in australia for 57 years..GrannylizVersion: 2.1.9

✓ GREAT Classic TVI 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!!!.LaDanaWendyVersion: 1.04

✓ BritBoxI think that your new App is a great improvement…. Thank You I would like to have a section where we could suggest past programmes we would like to be able to view again….. favourites..50 Year UserVersion: 2.1.9

✓ Love itDidn’t expect much when I downloaded this because of all the negative reviews but with free trial nothing to loose. I love it works fine for me with Chromecast. Content is great and has played everything I have wanted to watch. I have found if you press Chromecast then press the program you want works fine. It actually works and streems better than some of the commercial stations..Ariel AbbyVersion: 2.0.6

✓ User for more than 2 yearsWorks great on my firestick after side loading it. Works ok on my iPad and laptop. Cheaper to subscribe thru Apple than thru Britbox..Hansel-GretalVersion: 2.2.1

✓ App needs option to turn off auto playWould love to see option to turn off auto play or leave it on. I tend to watch the shorter comedies and would like this feature very much because my IPad stays on until I shut it off. It used to shut off until the last update. Or maybe an ‘are you still watching’ after it has played for a couple of hours. If you don’t reply, it could shut itself for off. Also I get a lot of shows in my keep watching section that I never watched to begin with or have already removed. Like watching the shows and I pay a monthly fee, but the app needs a lot of help..8 & Sk8Version: 2.1.1

✓ Great app, bandwidth issues for meBeautiful 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..Little GilliganVersion: 1.04

✓ App for Apple TV claims I’m in a different country. FIXEDUpdate on 18 May: I received a response and was told how to fix the issue. Just a simple restart of the Apple TV box. Everything is working fine now. I up to Four Star. I would give Five but I do agree the CC needs work: option to keep it on all the time and a larger font size. Great customer service to my issue. Original post: Latest update for the app has geography issues. My Apple TV is set for United States, I am located in the United States, and I have been using Britbox for a few years. Now all I get on my Apple TV is “Unfortunately, Britbox is exclusively available in the United States and Canada.”.GouletdrgVersion: 1.17

✓ My favourite streaming service!!I will cancel netflix and prime before I give up britbox!! Amazing shows - easy to use I’m glad they made using chromecast easier!!.FavoritedogsVersion: 2.1.10

✓ Better than most, but getting worseI have watch almost all the older series on Britbox. Better than any Shies I find in US. Just better acting, better writing and so much history in the scenes in England. But most of the recent shows just don’t have the appeal. They are incredibly Woke, pushing an agenda on viewers that just isn’t believable. The writing is geared for that so it’s tiresome. The acting is stilted also as a result. It’s a shame because there are so many great British actors. But I guess Britbox is going the way of all the other channels that have churned out poorer quality programs of late. More like brainwashing now rather than entertainment. Unfortunate..SoVeryKerryVersion: 2.2.8

✓ ProblemWill not let me sign back in.Bena06Version: 2.3.5

✓ Midsomer Murders.Fabulous show. Can’t get enough..Aunti MameVersion: 2.1.9

✓ Great content, strange appOn the upside, Boffo content. It remembers its place when I return to it after using other apps (unlike the Disney Plus app which restarts from the beginning). It pops up a Next Episode box that’s small and lets lots of credits roll before jerking you to the next episode. (Rolling all of the credits would be even better.) But under “needs improvement” (for that fifth star), No user profiles so favorites/lists can’t be kept separate, for example. Disregards play/pause signal from AirPods. No downloading for offline viewing. Their app for the Apple TV has 2 play buttons, the extra one being for turning captions on as it starts to play. Other video players (including their app for the iPad) use settings, so it’s remembered. It’s an interesting idea but maybe (?) takes away from deciding to toggle captions during a show. non-standard text field use on Apple TV app forced me to peck out my very long password instead of allowing autofill. Here’s hoping the app doesn’t forget. No Picture in Picture support on the iPad..Gearloose2013Version: 2.3.2

✓ Only have BritBox - no Netflix or AcornI love, love, love BritBox. I have everything I need there, instead of a lot of junk on Netflix I’ll never watch. And Acorn was fine, but I could get most of what’s there on PBS Passport. BritBox was a little shaky at first (a year ago, when they first started). The video streaming would malfunction, and it wouldn’t keep track of where you had left off. But the toll-free customer service was friendly and quick with their response. They even reinstated a show I wanted back (“Vicar of Dibley”) the day after we talked! One last thing: Some will roll their eyes at this, but I really like it that you can watch cultural programs like the Royal Wedding, Edinburgh Tattoo, and King’s College Choir Christmas and Easter services. With my mum living in the UK, it makes me feel like I’m there with her... Thank you, BritBox, for bringing cheer to us here in the States!.Mattie from D.C.Version: 1.12

✓ Looks like I wasted my moneyPurchased this app and paid 1year in advance to enable my wife to watch on her iPad get it working and next time she try’s wheel of doom. Cannot download but works ok on my iPhone. App says you can share but surely we don’t need to spend hours trying to get the app working every time I turn iPad off. I think it’s time to ask for my money back🤪😫😫😫.FhjlnprtVersion: 2.0.8

✓ Fantastic service Clumsy AppI’m new to Britbox by a few months now, and the selection of programs available is fantastic. There’s so much I look forward to watching, that’s why I signed up with a year subscription to start. My only disappointment is the lack of features with the app itself, mainly Picture in Picture for iPhone. If I need to check another app, I need to exit Britbox then go back to restart it. In the future I hope to see more comprehensive and intuitive suggestions, better categorization of available shows, added features of app control and most importantly….PIP. Still love the service regardless!.OptigmanVersion: 2.1.6

✓ Needs multiple profilesBritBox is an awesome app has alot of great shows that I love to watch. But can you please add a way to have different Profiles so there for if I am watching a show and another family member in my house is watching the same show we know where we are since it would be on our own profiles. Thank You.DJC 93Version: 2.3.1

✓ Great Content | App Needs WorkWe unsubscribed from Netflix for BritBox, best thing we ever did. The app and UI on Apple TV works, I don’t understand what people are on about, the app is not amazing but the improvements have been steady and we enjoy BriBox so much ! Often it’s poor internet speed which results in poor performance. Nobody like to admit they have a lousy connection these days 🤣.SneakypuffVersion: 2.1.4

✓ I love BritboxWe are very pleased with the shows available and look forward to new shows being added. Definitely recommend Britbox.1*3*5*Version: 2.2.4

✓ BBC Mysteries are the best!I am really enjoying the line-up of mysteries on BritBox. I especially liked Murder In Provence, Shetland , Silent Witness..Labgirl11Version: 2.2.0

✓ Love this app so so so much!I am an Anglophile, even though I am an United States of America born citizen and a Daughter of the American Revolution. The British have some of the best writers of plays..Shakespeare for one and books, Chaucer, Charles Dickens..and repertory companies with so many brilliant actors I can’t list them all! I was watching The Hercule Poirot Mysteries, switched to Death in Paradise..since I live in the Caribbean..love both of them so much I stay up at night when I really should go to sleep, getting to the end of episode. Next night I start on the new episode! Thank you BritBox for having so many series to watch on your station! Xxxxxx..Lotus22222Version: 2.3.4

✓ Great starter build!This build is a really great start so please keep working on it. Just doesn’t seem like it was ready to be released just yet. -Buttons are not responsive immediately. There is a very big delay. This is probably the most important quality of life update needed. -Chromecast doesn’t show up for me at all even though I can use it as it shows up in other streaming apps. (Didn’t even show up on the tutorial page, just a circle - for those that don’t know what CC is, the icon should be there for the tutorial.) -When Airplay is activated and I turn on subtitles, it doesn’t cast on the screen, they turn on for 3 seconds on my phone screen and then completely disappear. -If the app isn’t open while Airplay is on, it doesn’t start the next episode automatically. -While in Airplay mode, I can’t touch my phone screen anywhere without the app thinking I am “pausing” the show. The pause area needs to be built around the pause button. The show annoyingly pauses when I tap on the screen near the bottom as I want to fiddle with the volume or the subtitles or even if I want to see the episode name. -While it’s casting with Airplay I can’t keep browsing through the app..DeequuVersion: 2.0.4

✓ Poor castingGreat shows. But every time you finish an episode and get out of the app you need to delete it and reinstall as it can’t seem to bring up the Chromecast prompts when reopened. Kind of annoying..Robsey111Version: 2.0.5

✓ GoodLiking the app and the shows offered. A few problems with the app being slow to load initially. Also, once casting from a device to a tv has been enabled the app tries to automatically cast all the time even if the tv is off. It is then difficult to redirect back to the device. Once these issues have been overcome, however, the app is great and works as expected. I am enjoying the shows..DangerflowerVersion: 2.0.6

✓ Great Value, RecommendGreat content overall and the pricing is very good. However, the ability to download for offline viewing is missing..EbsjmaVersion: 2.1.10

✓ Good content. Mediocre navigation.I keep getting emails saying you’ve updated your app but mine hasn’t changed since I started watching Britbox. I’m not thrilled with the navigation of the app although I do not seem to have as many problems as others do. Other than that, I’m happy with the content although some of the shows I plan to watch were suddenly removed but I suppose that’s the same with all the other apps..Jezabelle.Version: 2.1.10

✓ Top Crime StoriesWasn’t sure about Britbox, read some good and bad reviews, but we gave it a go due to the variety of UK shows, and we have really enjoyed the crime shows, and the comedy, bit disappointed that doctor who was discontinued, but that’s ok, the rest of the content is great. No problems with the app, with buffering, or any cliches, works great on our Sony Bravia tv, and the Apple TV, iPad..QstevoVersion: 2.2.6

✓ Won’t resumeLately it won’t resume playing where I left off last time? For example if I watch half an episode of something, next time I go to watch it it just starts right from the start again, rather than resuming at the point I stopped watching it. Never used to do it, very annoying. Otherwise I love it..Bride811Version: 2.3.0

✓ Classic Doctor Who Finally!I have been searching for a place to watch surviving episodes of Classic Doctor Who and this service provides! Though it isn’t perfect due to missing the episodes that have not survived (including the parts of those episodes that did survive) having 90% of the classic series available makes up for it anyway. Plus, since I am subscribing to the service I also get to check out everything else the service has to offer besides Doctor Who. The actual streaming service of the app is good, much better than most reviews suggest, but it could use a few improvements. It would be nice if it kept track of what you have watched and had a “continue watching” section where it had the next episode ready for you instead of making you remember what you have already watched yourself. Other services also have features that let you skip back or skip ahead a few second to get to a part you want to see which is also absent here. You also cannot watch videos on this app while opening another. Despite these small flaws, the app has been reliable so far and I have subscribed to the annual plan. Here’s hoping to a good use of it..Classic Who FanVersion: 1.16