Sometimes when I’m bored I will do those online surveys you might have heard about or seen that reward you with perks like Starbucks gift cards, VISA gift cards, and a lot of other gift cards you might see online. It’s through doing those surveys I received a 30 day free subscription to something called Acorn TV. The site that I use for doing the online surveys is called https://inboxdollars.com (Inbox Dollars). I have been a member of Inbox Dollars for the past 5 years or so and it’s a great time waster with incentives. It’s because of Inbox Dollars I get my coffee at Starbucks half the month for free. Completely reputable and reliable it’s one of the few survey sites out there that does what it says. I’ve never heard of Acorn TV before but since the subscription was free for 30 days I signed up for it. Earlier in the year I received a 30 day free subscription to Hulu and that was great. I was able to watch the new Alien: Earth series that was on Hulu as well as a few other movies on Hulu I wanted to see at the time.
When I first logged onto Acorn TV I took a quick perusal of what was available. I quickly realized the streaming content focuses on British television, murder mysteries, crime dramas, comedies, period pieces, foreign-language series, and documentaries from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Some specific titles I noticed were Doc Martin, Manhunt, Signora Volpe, Murdoch Mysteries and much much more.
Since it was my first time on the service and I didn’t know a a lot bout British television so I chose a nature documentary featuring animals of the African desert and how they survive year to year foraging for the most precious resource of all, water. A family of elephants and a family of wild dogs are followed in a sometime thousand mile journey for water. Dealing with the harsh and hot African desert and the occasional dry season we watch some of the challenges the animals go through on their annual cycle across all manner of inner African lands. Other animals are also tracked during the annual trek for water and we learn about them as well. It’s a five or six part series and this one I’m describing is the first episode. I enjoyed it as I enjoy most nature documentaries. I love learning about the real world and about wild animals so I can become more “worldly” myself.
It may be difficult for me alone to pick out something to watch on this service as I know nothing about Brits and their TV but I’ll do some research and find some beloved favorites to start out with. I’ve always enjoyed dry British and slapstick humor and I bet there’s no shortage of that on Acorn TV.
Acorn TV costs $9.99 a month after a 7-day trial. It can be streamed to any capable device including Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV. As mentioned above I received it as a perk through the online survey service Inbox Dollars that I use. Though I mainly do the surveys on Inbox Dollars they are affiliated with many national chains and retail outlets featuring discounts at well know grocers, malls, and online stores.