Where have all the British TV shows gone from Amazon Video?

griffin1977
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:39:39 +0000
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There are a few British shows on our watch list, all fairly light stuff (all we are up for nowadays when we collapse on the sofa after putting the kids to bed, True Detective? Happy Valley? Looks great but way too dark for us). The three on the top of the list are:

QI (all time great panel quiz show, rare example of changing iconic host and actually improving IMO)

Grand Designs (meme worthy home renovation show)

Great British Menu (not quite up to Bake-off standards particularly in the later series, but still entertaining enough fair)

All these were on Amazon Video (either Prime or the Britbox channel), usually appearing shortly after they are released on British TV. But then in around 2021/2 they all stopped getting new shows. The last season of QI is the “Q” season from 2022, the last season of Grand Designs is season 18 from 2021, and the last Great British Menu is from 2017 (I seemed to remember there was a later one than this on BritBox but it was taken down?). All these shows have continued since then, but none of the newer series are on Prime Video. There is the odd episode on YouTube, but nothing on any of the official streaming platforms (TaskMaster being on YouTube has been the only thing that has kept us going )

Where have they gone? Is there some licensing issue that caused this? Has another streaming platform I don’t have taken over? (I don’t have AppleTV or Disney+).

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