While it’s easy to lust after content on Hulu, it’s worth stating upfront that most of the content available on Hulu is already available to watch in the UK, albeit on different streaming services. Of course, this does not mean that everything is available and Hulu is certainly a brilliant streaming service, if only for the convenience to watch its great line-up of TV shows and movies in one place.
Disney Plus UK recently launched its sixth brand Star in a move that added over 75 TV shows and over 280 movies to the streaming service in the UK overnight. This content included many items that are already available on Hulu in the US, which is not surprising given that Hulu is owned by Disney Plus’ parent company.
At present, UK viewers cannot use Hulu, so we’ll be outlining other ways to stream Hulu content from the UK. For those of you travelling abroad, your best option to access the streaming service is to use a good VPN service (like ExpressVPN) then go to the Hulu website.
Remember, the service offers a 30-day free trial, after which its cheapest plans start at $7/mth. Hulu subscription prices are due to increase by up to $5/mth on 10 October 2022, so bear this in mind when choosing your plan as cheaper plans will only be increasing by a dollar.
We’ll first give you a brief list of the best TV series and films that are currently on Hulu (at the time of writing), then explain the different Hulu plans that can get confusing, before telling you how to watch Hulu in the UK and abroad.
What’s available to watch on Hulu
Best TV series currently on Hulu
- American Horror Story
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Normal People
- Conversations with Friends
- The Kardashians
- Tell Me Lies
- Euphoria
- Game of Thrones
- Sex and the City
- Chernobyl
- Skins
- Killing Eve
- Looking for Alaska
- Under the Banner of Heaven
- The Wire
- Little Fires Everywhere
- How I Met Your Father
Best movies currently on Hulu
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Prey
- Spencer
- Elvis
- Hustlers
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- Parasite
- The Truman Show
- Venom
- Black Swan
- Cold Pursuit
- Nomadland
- Jumanji
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Batman: The Dark Knight
- Ghostbusters
- Die Hard
- Death on the Nile
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- The King’s Man
What are the different Hulu plans
We’ll get the most straightforward answer out of the way first: if you’re a US resident, you’ll be able to sign up to Hulu no questions asked (other than your bank details, that is).
US subscribers have three different Hulu subscriptions plans, which are all explained in detail below. Two of these three plans include a 30-day free trial of the service for new subscribers before money is first taken from your account.
The same three plans are also available as a package deal, with ESPN+ and Disney Plus included, though this combo plan is slightly more expensive and doesn’t include any free trials.
Hulu Basic: The most basic – and most popular – plan is the Hulu Basic plan which costs $7/month and comes with a 30-day free trial for new subscribers. On 10 October 2022, the monthly fees are due to increase to £8/mth. This plan lets you create up to six user-profiles and stream simultaneously on two devices at the same time, which is the same as what most other UK streaming services offer.
Hulu (No Ads): The only drawback with the Hulu Basic plan is that some TV shows may have ads in between and you can’t download content to watch offline. To do this, you’ll need to choose the Hulu (No Ads) plan, which costs $13/mth and also comes with a 30-day free trial. Like the rest of the plans, the cost of ad-free Hulu is due to increase on 10 October, this time by $2/mth.
Hulu + Live TV: The third plan is Hulu + Live TV. As the name implies, this plan includes everything in the Hulu Basic plan as well as Live TV with over 65 channels, a TV guide to navigate the channels and the option to record Live TV with 50 hours of cloud storage. It’s worth noting that this plan costs $70/mth, due to increase to $75 on 8 December 2022, and does not come with a free trial. Not all is lost though, as Hulu is currently offering this plan at just £50/month for three months, after which point it renews at the regular monthly price.
Hulu, Disney Plus + ESPN+ bundle: Since all three streaming services are owned by the same parent company, you also have the option of adding Disney Plus and ESPN+ to each of the three plans mentioned above. The regular price of this plan increases to $14/mth for the Basic plan, $20/mth for the Hulu (No Ads) plan, and $76/mth for the Live TV plan.