How to Stream ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’ on BBC in the U.S.

Following the U.K.’s recent controversial Supreme Court ruling, the BBC‘s newest TV series is attracting interest for bringing Paris Lees’ coming-of-age memoir to the small screen.

Set to the beat of the Y2K club scene in the early 2000s, What It Feels Like for a Girl follows 13-year-old Byron (Ellis Howard) before she becomes known as Paris, and who will do anything to escape the working-class coal mining town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. After becoming a teen sex worker and discovering the mesmerizing underworld of Nottingham, Byron finds belonging with “The Fallen Divas,” a “charismatic group of hedonistic misfits” and dives into self-discovery fueled by drugs, love and anarchy.

At a glance: How to stream What It Feels Like for a Girl online

The series also stars Jake Dunn as Liam, an intimidating teen who is also secretly a sex worker. Rounding out the cast is Laquarn Lewis, Hannah Jones, Alex Thomas-Smith, Adam Ali, Laura Haddock, Hannah Walters, Calam Lynch and Michael Socha.

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Dunn spoke about the U.K.’s ruling in which judges decided that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex.”

“We’re living in a very scary time, and I feel excited in the sense that I’m so proud to be a part of this show,” Dunn says. “I think that the acting is nuts, and I think Ellis and Hannah and Laquarn are incredible, but it’s a very uncertain time, politically, to release a show that has, at the head of it, trans people.”

Watch the official trailer below and keep reading to find out how to stream What It Feels Like for a Girl on the BBC in the U.S.

How to Watch What It Feels Like for a Girl Online in the U.S.

What It Feels Like for a Girl season one spans eight episodes, all now streaming on BBC iPlayer in the U.K.

Those who want to stream the series in the U.S. won’t be able to access BBC iPlayer due to licensing rights. However, a virtual private network (VPN) such as ExpressVPN, Proton VPN, or NordVPN will allow you to connect to servers in the U.K. and stream BBC while in the U.S. Both services allow you to securely access your content while traveling and protect your connection with anti-malware tools, including dark web monitors and phishing blockers.

VPNs also allow you to access your streaming subscriptions when you’re traveling outside of the U.S., such as Hulu, Disney+, Netflix and other services. (Not all countries offer access to certain content due to licensing rights.) Keep reading for more details on how to watch the BBC in the U.S. using a VPN service.

Can You Watch BBC iPlayer on Amazon’s Prime Video?

Although Prime Video does offer the BBC Select channel and select BBC series, the Amazon-owned video-on-demand streaming service does not include access to BBC iPlayer.