I was watching a decent three part docu-series on the Prime Video BritBox channel yesterday called “Dunkirk” from 2004. This isn’t the movie from 2017 which IMO was not very good. It is a three part series of one hour episodes that is a narrated documentary with actors. It is not too bad. I watched the first two episodes and went to watch the third and final episode only to find that I have to pay $1.99 for it! WTH! They bait you in for free with the pretext that the pay for channel includes shows at no extra cost, then tell you to pay for the ending. @#$&$! That is the most chicken manurish thing Amazon has done lately. I’ve watched a lot of shows on BritBox and have never been told I have to pay for them. I pay a monthly fee for BritBox, and shows should be covered under that monthly fee.
ETA: Added screen capture from Prime Video app on my iPad showing Dunkirk docudrama in the BritBox channel page. Note how it says “season one included in BritBox subscription” but shows episode 3 available through purchase only.
ETA2: I found
this link on the BritBox website explaining why this sometimes happens on the Amazon Prime Video BritBox channel:
Quote:
Why are some episodes showing up for rent or purchase?
Some shows will have new episodes on a schedule, such as a new episode every week or twice a week. You can check when to expect new episodes in the show's season description.
If you're viewing a show or season on Amazon Prime or Apple TV Channels before all episodes have been added by BritBox, the remaining episodes may show for rent or purchase by Amazon or Apple. As BritBox is a subscription streaming service, we don't offer rent or buy options for our content.
You'll be able to watch all episodes using your BritBox subscription when all episodes have been added.
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Amazon needs to explain this on their page. It is rather confusing, especially when I’ve never seen Amazon release a partial season of a really old BritBox series like this one.