It would appear that Google Play now do TV shows. Kind of an “On Demand” thing. True, you still have to pay for the shows, but they’ve got some pretty big name shows there now:

• Doctor Who
• Top Gear
• Being Human
• Sherlock
• Faulty Towers
• Heroes
• House
• Bones
• Grey’s Anatomy

And even for the learning types, they’ve got documentary series too:

• Wonders of the Universe
• Banged up Abroad
• Megafactories
• Stephen Hawking‘s Grand Design

They’re running a couple of free episodes at the moment via here.

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