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How to Watch BBC Select on Android Phone/Tablet

Here’s how to sign up, download, install, and start streaming BBC Select using your Android Phone/Tablet. Learn how to get the most out of your Android Phone/Tablet while using BBC Select.


BBC Select

BBC Select is a documentary streaming service offering premium programming from the BBC. See programs based on history, travel, true crime, art, royalty, and more.

Android Phone/Tablet

Android Phone/Tablet is a mobile device that can be used to watch Live TV Streaming Services and On Demand Streaming Services.

Limited Warranty

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Can you stream BBC Select on Android Phone/Tablet?

How to Sign Up and Download BBC Select on Android Phone/Tablet

BBC Select is not available on Android Phone/Tablet devices.

You can still sign up for BBC Select and use it on other devices like Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, Android TV, Mac, Windows, Sony Smart TV, and VIZIO Smart TV.


How to Sign Up for BBC Select on Other Streaming Devices

If you have other devices, you can learn how to sign up for and use BBC Select on Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, Android TV, Mac, Windows, Sony Smart TV, and VIZIO Smart TV.


What features are available on BBC Select?

No Parental Controls

There are no parental controls for BBC Select.

Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, and STARZ have parental control features.

Ads

BBC Select displays ads while watching content.

Offline Downloads

At least for Prime Video subscribers, titles can be downloaded.


Movies

Users will see documentaries focused on history, culture, travel, true crime, politics, and more.

Some titles include “Mariupol: The People’s Story,” “Putin vs the West,” “Ukraine: The People’s Fight,” “African Apocalypse,” “A Life in Ten Pictures,” “Russia: 1,000 Years of History,” “Who Killed the Princess in the Tower?” “Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World,” and “The Source Family.”

DIRECTV STREAM Cash Back

Let us know your e-mail address to send your $50 Amazon Gift Card when you sign up for DIRECTV STREAM.

You will receive it ~2 weeks after you complete your first month of service.

Sling TV Cash Back

Let us know your e-mail address to send your $25 Uber Eats Gift Card when you sign up for Sling TV.

You will receive it ~2 weeks after you complete your first month of service.

Hulu Live TV Cash Back

Let us know your e-mail address to send your $35 Amazon Gift Card when you sign up for Hulu Live TV.

You will receive it ~2 weeks after you complete your first month of service.