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Broadcast on: DStv
Active from: 01 Sep 2015
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Shows

Ambassadors

Genre: Comedy-Drama
Channel: BBC Brit
Summary: Keith Davis is the inept British ambassador in the Asian state of Tazbekistan, a country whose human rights record is as dire as its national dish.
Starring: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Keeley Hawes

Come Dine With Me South Africa

Genre: Food, Reality, Reality Competition
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle, BBC UKTV, BBC Brit
Summary: Local version of the show in which amateur chefs attempt to wow each other with their culinary and hospitality skills in order to win cash prizes.
Starring: Dave Lamb

Downton Abbey

Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, VIDI, BBC Brit, BBC First
Summary: Set in the country house of the Earl and Countess of Grantham, this period drama follows the intrigues of the Crawley family and their servants.
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael

Dragons' Den

Genre: Reality
Channel: BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment, BBC Brit
Summary: Reality series in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to millionaires willing to invest their own cash if they can be convinced the idea is a winner.
Starring: Evan Davis, Rachel Elnaugh, Deborah Meaden

Episodes

Genre: Comedy
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BritBox, BBC Brit
Summary: A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British sitcom with none other than Matt LeBlanc.
Starring: Matt LeBlanc, Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig

Friday Night Dinner

Genre: Comedy
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BritBox, BBC Brit
Summary: Sitcom focused around the regular Friday dinner experience of an English Jewish family (the idiosyncratic Goodman family) on each Friday night.
Starring: Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird

Little Big Shots

Genre: Comedy, Reality, Kids, Variety
Channel: M-Net, e.tv, eExtra, BBC Brit
Summary: Created by Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey, with Harvey hosting, this talent show features young performers and every form of wunderkind in the USA.
Starring: Steve Harvey

Miranda

Genre: Comedy
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC Brit
Summary: Follows a joke shop owner called Miranda whose attempts in life, whether they be dating or simply dealing with her mother, always seems to fall flat.
Starring: Miranda Hart, Sarah Hadland, Tom Ellis

The Graham Norton Show

Genre: Comedy, Talk Show
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC Brit
Summary: Graham Norton presents a show about the people, trends, stories and celebrity culture that interest him, featuring comedy monologues and celeb chat.
Starring: Graham Norton

Top Gear USA

Genre: Magazine, Science/Technology
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, SABC3, BBC Brit
Summary: Hosted by comedian Adam Ferrara, drift racer Tanner Foust and analyst Rutledge Wood, Top Gear explores the history of America, one lap at a time.
Starring: Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust, Rutledge Wood