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Doc-focused BBC Select now streaming


NEW YORK – As we reported in December was coming in 2021, BBC Studios today launched its new, ad-free subscription streaming channel, BBC Select. The new streamer is focused on culture, politics, and ideas, and won’t have any entertainment programming. Available initially on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app, BBC Select “offers content that ranges from the weighty to the playful, the eccentric to the sublime,” reads the release. It retails for $4.99 in the U.S. and $6.99 in Canada. In addition to the program line-up of documentary series and specials, BBC SELECT delivers The Drop –...