How To Watch Douglas Is Cancelled
| Premiered: Thursday, June 27 at 9pm BST |
| Channel: ITV1 |
| Free live stream: Stream all episodes on ITVX now (UK) |
| Watch anywhere: Stream from anywhere with NordVPN |
Watch Douglas Is Cancelled: Synopsis
Former Doctor Who and Sherlock boss Steven Moffat takes on cancel culture in ITVX' new four-part comedy-drama. Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) leads the star studded cast as the titular news anchor Douglas while Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy) plays his co-host Madeline. Alex Kingston (Doctor Who) portrays Douglas' wife, Shelia, while Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed also stars. Dropping on free service ITVX, we explain how to watch Douglas Is Cancelled online from anywhere.
Exploring cancel culture, Douglas (Bonneville) is subject to a social media witch hunt when an in-poor-taste sexist joke made by the news presenter at a wedding is leaked online. Trying to stifle the fire is his newspaper editor wife, Sheila (Kingston), while co-host Madeline (Gillan) seemingly plays both sides, assuring Douglas she's backing him, while manipulating the situation to her own gains.
It is so often said that life emulates art, and there's certainly something eerily familiar about these characters if you happen to know much about UK daytime talkshow hosts as of late. Regardless, in light of the #MeToo movement and Weinstein, these stories are becoming ever more popular to tell – though Moffat will assure you he initially wrote Douglas Is Cancelled long before such stories of cancelled TV personalities became the norm.
While the show begins as a seemingly tongue in cheek look at cancel culture, full of expletive spewing privileged buffoons scrambling to extinguish the flames, by it's dramatic end, Douglas is Cancelled is an altogether more uncomfortable affair, asking questions around what's worse – the awful people that do awful things, or the good people that turn a blind eye?
A controversial watch that's sure to divide audiences, find all the details about how to watch Douglas Is Cancelled online from anywhere.
How to Watch Douglas is Cancelled online free in the UK
Douglas Is Cancelled began airing on Thursday, June 27 at 9pm BST on ITV1, with new episodes going out at the same time every Thursday for its four week run.
You can also watch Douglas Is Cancelled from start-to-finish now on ITVX, with all episodes available now.
ITV1 is a free-to-air channel in the UK, though it requires a TV licence to watch live. However, you don't need one to watch catch-up TV, which you can do so via ITVX, ITV's on-demand streaming platform.
Sign up is free for an ITVX account. All you need is an email address and a UK postcode (e.g. EC1N 2ST).
Abroad? Use a VPN using the instructions below to access ITVX back home
How to watch Douglas is Cancelled from anywhere
If you're a UK citizen on vacation or working overseas, you can watch Douglas Is Cancelled and stream every episode just like you would back home.
While ITVX is only available to Brits and blocks access from IP addresses outside of the UK, there's a handy piece of software called a VPN which can change your IP address, allowing you to watch UK TV online from anywhere by making it look like you're accessing streaming services from any country in the world.
For example, UK citizens in the States can subscribe to a VPN, join a UK based server and tune into all the programmes on ITVX from anywhere in the world, just like you would back home.
Step-by-step of using a VPN to unblock:
1. Choose your ideal VPN and install – our go-to recommendation for unblocking is NordVPN, costing from $3.99 a month with its 2-year plan.
2. Connect to a server – for ITVX, for example, you'll want to connect to a server based in the UK.
3. Go to the stream you wish to access - for Douglas Is Cancelled, head to ITVX.
Can I Watch Douglas Is Cancelled in the US, Canada, or Australia?
Currently there are no official broadcasters or streaming homes for Douglas Is Cancelled outside of the UK. We will update this page if and when plans are announced.
Remember, if you're a Brit abroad, you can always port yourself back home and watch concurrent with the UK using a VPN.
Douglas Is Cancelled Trailer
Douglas Is Cancelled Cast
- Hugh Bonneville as Douglas Bellowes
- Karen Gillan as Madeline
- Alex Kingston as Sheila
- Ben Miles as Toby
- Nick Mohammed as Morgan
- Simon Russell Beale as Bently
- Madeleine Power as Claudia
- Joe Wilkinson as Tom
- Millicent Wong as Theresa
- Michael Parr as Sebastian
- Patrick Baldi as Tilson
- Stephanie Hyam as Helen
- Toby Longworth as Driver
