{"id":11814,"date":"2022-04-22T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T09:36:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T13:36:22","slug":"britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/","title":{"rendered":"BritBox Gears Up for Nordic Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC and ITV\u2019s joint streamer BritBox is set to launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland on April 28 with thousands of hours of premium British content.<\/p>\n<p>Nordic viewers will gain access to critically acclaimed BritBox originals, exclusive new series and a wide range of TV classics, all spanning drama, crime, comedy, factual entertainment and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>At launch, BritBox subscribers in the Nordics will be able to watch <em>Crime<\/em>, adapted by author Irvine Welsh from his best-selling novel and starring Dougray Scott (<em>Mission: Impossible 2<\/em>, <em>Batwoman<\/em>), and <em>The Cleaner<\/em>, from Greg Davies and starring Helena Bonham Carter, both of which debuted this month. Viewers can also catch seasons 17 and 18 of <em>MasterChef UK<\/em> exclusively on BritBox, as well as season six of the police series<em> Line of Duty<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The BritBox slate also includes <em>Stonehouse<\/em>, starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes; <em>The Thief, His Wife, and the Canoe<\/em>, starring Eddie Marsan; <em>Sister Boniface Mysteries<\/em>, starring Lorna Watson and Jerry Iwu; and <em>The Confessions of Frannie Langton<\/em>, starring Sophie Cookson and Jodhi May. The streamer plans to launch exclusive new titles every month, from <em>Idris Elba\u2019s Fight School<\/em> to <em>Anne<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>BritBox will be available to C More subscribers in Denmark, Finland and Sweden and on TV 2 Play in Norway. Viewers will also be able to access it via its website, on Android and Apple mobiles and tablets, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung smart TVs and LG smart TVs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdding fresh originals to our deep range of genres and quality classics is a powerful combination that has just helped us surpass 2.5 million subscribers around the world,\u201d said Reemah Sakaan, BritBox International\u2019s CEO. \u201cNow, the BritBox team can\u2019t wait to bring some of Britain\u2019s biggest established names and brightest breakthrough stars to millions of new fans in the Nordics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that Nordic viewers are huge fans of British TV, and we\u2019re sure they\u2019ll be hooked on the content we\u2019ll be including in BritBox from launch,\u201d added Neale Dennett, BritBox International\u2019s new markets launch director. \u201cSigning up is easy with our seven-day free trial and provides the immediate ability to binge-watch favorites like <em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>, <em>Vera<\/em>, <em>The Office<\/em> and classics such as <em>Absolutely Fabulous<\/em>, <em>Blackadder<\/em> and <em>Prime Suspect<\/em>. We\u2019ll also be bringing a wide range of the iconic period drama titles that Britain is so famous for, including Andrew Davies\u2019 landmark <em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, as well as <em>Brideshead Revisited<\/em>, freshly remastered in HD.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC and ITV\u2019s joint streamer BritBox is set to launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland on April 28 with thousands of hours of premium British content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":11815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1913,2702],"class_list":["post-11814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-britbox","tag-britbox-international"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BritBox Gears Up for Nordic Launch - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BritBox Gears Up for Nordic Launch - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC and ITV\u2019s joint streamer BritBox is set to launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland on April 28 with thousands of hours of premium British content.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-22T13:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-22T13:36:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/britbox-logo-0321.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/\",\"name\":\"BritBox Gears Up for Nordic Launch - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-22T13:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-22T13:36:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/04\/22\/britbox-sets-nordic-launch-date\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BritBox Gears Up for Nordic Launch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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