How to watch Honey - stream the Killing Eve prequel

L-R: Kurt Fischer (Nate Mann), Martha Schmitt (Ann Skelly) and Friedrich Baumann (Jannis Niewohner) for Honey — (Image credit: Ludovic Robert/Sid Gentle Films Ltd)

If Christmassy films and twee romcoms aren’t really your thing, the BBC have the perfect alternative this cosy season - a slick Cold War spy thriller that promises to keep you guessing and keep you glued to your screens.

Acting as a quasi-prequel to the massively popular Killing Eve, Honey is set in 1982 East Berlin and follows the origin story of the fan-favourite character, Carolyn Martens, the head of MI6's Russia Desk.

Originally played by Fiona Shaw in Killing Eve, Ann Skelly (House of Guinness) steps into the role of the young Carolyn - aka Martha Schmitt - who is a young MI6 operative dealing with dangerous alliances, the Stasi and a rogue CIA agent all while living behind the Iron Curtain.

How to watch Honey in the UK

If you're in the UK, great news, Honey is easy and free to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Providing you have a TV licence, you can watch the episodes for free when they begin airing from Saturday, November 14. If you’re watching live on BBC One, episode one starts at 9pm, immediately followed by the second episode from 9:50pm.

The first two episodes of the six-part series will also be available to stream on your own schedule through the app from November 14, with the remaining four episodes releasing weekly rather after that.

BBC iPlayer is free to use, and all you need is an email address, UK postcode and TV licence to sign up for an iPlayer on demand account.

How to watch Honey from anywhere

If you’re going to be away from your usual TV set-up when Honey starts airing, you can still enjoy all of the episodes available and potentially still for free, with the use of a Virtual Private Network - a VPN.

A VPN allows you to change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to the show, even if you're not there.

Our sister site, TechRadar, has tested all of the major VPN services and they rate Nord to be the absolute best.

They say, "It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services, and ranks among the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, and PlayStation. So for a one-stop-shop, you can’t go wrong with Nord."

If you've never installed a VPN before, don't worry, it's quick and easy. Just follow these three steps:

Download and install the VPN following NordVPN's easy-to-follow instructions.
Once you've installed your VPN, open the app and select your server location as anywhere in the UK.
With your VPN installed and server location set to UK, you can now watch Honey on BBC iPlayer.

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