A literary classic that's on pretty much high school reading lists the world over, Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World is rivalled only by George Orwell's 1984 as the most important dystopian fiction of all-time. It's also proven notoriously hard to bring to the screen, with legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott among those to have shelved projects based on the book. Now though, the novel has gotten its most promising dramatization yet in the form of a new nine-part Peacock series. Here's how to watch Brave New World and stream the TV show online from anywhere in the world.
There are nine episodes of Brave New World. They have already been broadcast on NBC's Peacock Premium platform in the US and is now being rolled out to international audiences. For anybody abroad from their usual broadcaster, you can always grab an ExpressVPN deal to stream just like you would at home.
As originally imagined, Brave New World is set in a future London and the year is 632 AF (After Ford) in World State speak, or 2540 in the Gregorian calendar. It's 'After Ford' because Henry Ford's revolutionary 1913 assembly line principles have been applied to all humankind and citizens are engineered in 'hatcheries' and 'conditioning centers' to fill predetermined roles in a five-tier caste system.
With this as its premise, the Brave New World TV show is a decidedly modern take on Huxley's magnum opus, featuring both updated humor - New Londoners delight in watching a re-enactment of a Black Friday stampede at an amusement park - and casting.
Starring Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as John the Savage, the cast also includes Demi Moore as Linda, Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones) as Bernard Marx, Jessica Brown Findlay (Downtown Abbey) as Lenina Crowne, and Nina Sosanya (Last Tango in Halifax) as gender- and race-swapped World State Controller, Mustafa Mond.
As in the novel, the series sees the World State government manage dissent largely by doling out an unlimited, free supply of the drug soma, and actively promoting casual sex amongst its citizens. The latter aspect of Huxley's vision is being brought up-to-speed by noted intimacy coordinator Ita O'Brien, who made a splash for her crucial role in Normal People, while the show's executive producer David Wiener is known his work on Fear The Walking Dead.
For its part, Peacock is the all-new streaming service from NBC, launched on July 15. Brave New World is its headline exclusive - and it's actually NBC's second stab at bringing Brave New World to life, following a 1998 movie starring Leonard Nimoy and Peter Gallagher. We can now safely banish that to the great made-for-TV trash can in the sky, though - here's how to watch Brave New World online and stream Peacock from anywhere in the world.
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How to watch Brave New World from outside your country
Heading abroad again now that global travel restrictions are easing? Then trying to tune into Peacock like you would from home is likely going to be impossible because of geo-blocking.
Fortunately, there is a solution in the form of a VPN. This nifty bit of software changes your IP address so that you can access all the content you normally would at home, only from anywhere in the world.
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