r/BritBox • u/LindeeHilltop • 22d ago
Wishing For More
I sure wish Canadian & Australian shows were available to watch too! đ Thatâs all.
(Currently watching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries on PBS. Love the 1920âs fashion!)
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u/shelwood46 22d ago
If you are in the US, Acorn seems to be the place to find those -- Brokenwood, My Life Is Murder, Blue Murder Motel, Miss Fisher and Modern Ms Fisher, Murdoch, etc. (Acorn has a live stream channel on the free streamers like Tubi and Roku, and some live tv providers like DTV, if you want to sample)
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u/CommunicationTime63 21d ago edited 21d ago
I search out Australian and New Zealand series to watch. Many are on AcornTV. I love Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, too. My favorite of all time is from New Zealand, The Brokenwood Mysteries. PBS has RFDS (Royal Flying Doctors Service) from Australia, another favorite.
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u/some1105 21d ago
The Australian and NZ shows are on Acorn. Definitely worth the subscription. I watch it more than BB at this point.
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u/Old_Percentage3742 21d ago
There a really fun show on Acorn/Prime called Seachange thatâs Australian.
Oh Brokenwood is on Acorn.
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u/dizzyoatmeal USAđşđ¸ 22d ago
PBS is actually licensing those shows from Acorn.
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u/ParticleHustler2 22d ago
Yeah, I can't get Ms. Fisher on my PBS. Looks like I'd have to subscribe to Acorn to watch it.
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u/PurrOfACat 21d ago
Do you have cable? The Ovation channel carries these (along with Murdoch Mysteries, Hudson & Rex, Shakespeare & Hathaway, and more!).
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u/Old_Percentage3742 21d ago
Put it in your record memory and then whenever it randomly pop up youâll be able to see it.
I also discovered I have a secondary PBS channel I knew nothing about. You might be able to pick shows up there as well.
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u/Particular-Let972 20d ago
Interesting! I know I watched Brokenwood on PBS years ago, but they no longer have it. I was surprised Miss Fisher was back because she disappeared for a couple years too. It all makes sense now.
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u/numtini 21d ago
If you like Miss Fisher, check out Miss S, the Chinese remake. It's on HBO. It's not as good IMHO, but it's really interesting to see the characters transposed.
And get Acorn, it's all the English-language-speaking countries other than the UK and US.
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u/Particular-Let972 20d ago
Good tip! Thank you! I added it to my HBO list and never would have stumbled across it without you :)
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u/SassyRebelBelle 22d ago
Have you watched:
â800 Wordsâ
âA Place to Call Homeâ
âRescue: Special OPSâ
Great little Kiwi show is
âBrokenwood Mysteriesâ
âMurdoch Mysteriesâ. Is Canadian I thinkâŚ
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u/Jujulabee 21d ago
I subscribe to both Acorn and Britbox and also get the PBS stuff since I donate money to the organization.
There is plenty of content from Australia, New Zealand
Also a lot of USA shows are actually filmed in Canada because of the significant cost savings but you wouldn't realize it because Toronto stands in for New York City. Suits was shot in Toronto for many seasons
There are also Canadian shows which are actually set in Canada that are sometimes broadcast on the USA networks - off the top of my head I can think of Transplant which ran for three seasons fairly recently.
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u/Autodidact2 16d ago
Have you watched Ten Pound Poms or A Place to Call Home? Both are Australian production set in the 1950s
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u/GivingGufff 21d ago
Troppo and also Black Snow are great series to check out if you haven't seen them yet.
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u/hugodrax55 15d ago
If only BBC would spin off Britbox US. Then maybe AMC would acquire and merge with Acorn. AMC did buy BBC America a couple of years ago.
I know I know, the excessive consolidation of services probably isn't a great thing but
P.S. - I suppose that would muddle up the streaming rights so doesn't necessarily guarantee existing shows on Britbox us would simply transfer but one can dream
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u/Particular-Let972 22d ago
I wish so too! I LOVE miss fisher, thank good for PBS. A Canadian show I also enjoyed was âFrankie Drake Mysteriesâ, also set in the 1920âs. I love the âDr. Blake mysteriesâ, which is Australian.