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Get a host of brilliant science documentaries at your fingertips with Paramount Plus starting at just $2.99 a month

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If you're in the market for a Black Friday streaming deal, this offer on Paramount Plus is definitely one well worth your attention. The channel's Essential (usually $7.99) and Premium (usually $12.99) packages are available for just $2.99 for the first two months, and you can cancel at any time.

Get Paramount Plus Essential (usual price $7.99), or Paramount Plus Premium (usual price $12.99) for just $2.99 a month.


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Choose from Paramount+'s Essential plan (usual price $7.99), or Premium (usually $12.99), and pay just $2.99 for the first two months. Your subscription is cancellable at any time.


Whether opting for the Paramount Plus Essential plan, or Premium, this Black Friday streaming service deal means you will pay just $2.99 for the first two months.

The subscription fee is paid monthly, and with no minimum subscription, you can cancel whenever you like.

There are over 200 documentary series on Paramount Plus, many from the Smithsonian Channel, covering a wealth of popular science topics suitable for any age. Top-rated science-oriented shows include How Did They Build That?, Inside Mighty Machines, America's Secret Space Heroes, Tomb Hunters, and many more.

At the time of writing, there are 248 feature-length documentaries on Paramount Plus. Popular science features include Breaking the Sound Barrier – the story of the planes and people that first broke the sound barrier in 1947, delve inside futuristic tech with Incredible Flying Jet Packs, Making Tracks on Mars looks at how scientists design and operate Mars rovers, and Stephen Hawking explores the challenges of living on an alien planet in Leaving Earth: Or How to Colonize a Planet.

As well as science documentaries, there are many excellent natural history documentaries. There is also a whole universe of TV and movie fiction covering science topics, including Star Trek, Transformers, War of the Worlds, Halo, Under the Dome, Geostorm, I.S.S., Minority Report, Total Recall, and many others.

Once you've exhausted that, you'll also find a host of gripping shows to get stuck into, including Mayor of Kingstown, MobLand, Tulsa King, Dexter, Fire Country, CIS, NCIS, to name but a few.

Key features: 77% discount on the Premium plan, 63% off Essential, cancel anytime, a wide range of science documentaries, award-winning original series, movies, sci-fi and dramatic TV shows.

Price history: Without the current deal, an Essential Paramount Plus subscription would set you back $7.99 a month, while Paramount Premium is $12.99. Paramount Plus discounts don't happen that often, which makes this deal even more attractive.

✅ Buy it if: You want to watch a wealth of popular science documentaries, award-winning series and blockbuster movies for just $2.99 a month.

❌ Don't buy it if: You already subscribe to Paramount Plus, or you're not in the market for a streaming deal.

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Rich Owen
Knowledge and Sports Deals Editor

Rich has been a journalist and editor for over 25 years, beginning his career in Future's videogames division. He's spent the last 12 years working in cycling media and, until recently, was the editor of BikePerfect.com.
Rich is a keen mountain biker, surfer, and all-round fitness enthusiast. Away from journalism he also works as an on-call firefighter and holds a Level 3 Certificate in Fire Engineering Science from the Institute of Fire Engineers.

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