Looking to watch BritBox in Saudi Arabia? As you may already know by trying to watch it, it’s not available there. But it’s also not available in most locations around the world.
Why? We’ll dive into this in this guide, but most importantly, we’ll show you how to unblock BritBox in Saudi Arabia, going through all the steps required to go through to get it. And that includes creating an account, which in theory requires a UK issued card for registration.
The steps shared here? They will also work with many other streaming platforms that are not currently available in Saudi Arabia.
But before we get into it, let’s talk about why BritBox is Saudi Arabia is not a thing.
BritBox is a UK platform with a focus on the UK market. The goal? To have the best UK content all in one place. That’s why the platform was created by BBC and ITV and why it comes with content from BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and 4 Film.
...Meaning Sherlock, Peaky Blinders, Doctor Who, and many more fantastic UK shows and movies.
The issue with all these great shows? That great shows make a lot of money if you sell the rights to them so that other platforms in other countries can view them.
The result? That platforms like BritBox can’t show a lot of their content outside of the UK, whether that is Ireland or Saudi Arabia.
...And of course, BritBox does also come with some 3rd party content that BritBox doesn’t have the rights to show outside of the UK.
And that’s why you are here searching for how to unblock BritBox in Saudi Arabia.
BritBox must think you are in the UK.
That’s the first step to watching BritBox in Saudi Arabia.
...But you can’t just select that you are in the UK. BritBox checks itself, and if you aren’t in the UK, it knows it.
And that’s where VPN services come in.
VPN services allow you to change your virtual location, to in theory, unblock streaming services.
It’s not quite as simple as that, as most VPN services do not work with platforms like BritBox, but VPN services are the key to this.
Why do most VPN services not work with BritBox? As BritBox makes efforts against VPN services.
And that’s where PrivateVPN comes in as a streaming service with a focus on entertainment, meaning fewer servers than of many VPN services, but instead, servers that are able to unblock entertainment platforms like BritBox.
What do you need to do?
...But you do need an account to watch, and that is a slightly harder step that we will go over now.
To create a BritBox account you need to have a card issued in the UK.
...Something that is naturally quite hard to have if you don’t currently live in the UK.
There is however a relatively simple solution to this.
It’s to create a BritBox account via your mobile phone.
Why? As Google and Apple are responsible for payments on mobile devices. That means that BritBox can’t impose its card blocks.
There is however, one catch.
You first need to change the region of your app store to be able to download BritBox in the first place.
Yes, but it is a little bit harder.
Why? As while BritBox is available on almost all smart TV platforms, VPN services, on the other hand, aren’t.
They are not available on neither Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, nor most smart TV platforms.
Your options?
Either connect your laptop to a TV via an HDMI cable or get an Amazon Fire TV Stick.
Why the Fire TV Stick? As it supports VPN services due to the Fire OS being based on Android and thus supporting Android apps, which is why it’s a great option if you want to Watch BritBox in Saudi Arabia on a TV.
If you just ordered an Amazon Fire TV Stick, then create an Amazon account based in the UK.
If you already have one, then here’s how to change your region to get the app:
That’s how to unblock BritBox in Saudi Arabia, but that’s also how to unblock many other services blocked in Saudi Arabia.
Change the server location with PrivateVPN, and apply the steps shared here whether you want to watch Hulu, Hotstar, BBC, or DAZN.
Written by Michael Smolski.
Disclaimer: While PrivateVPN supports BritBox, it cannot guarantee non-stop 100% of the time support at all given times. Since BritBox has to take measures to prevent people outside of the UK from watching, no VPN service can make guarantees like that.