Here's a wrap of the new shows on BBC Entertainment this month, starting with a South African highlight coming up this Sunday (21 March) at 19h30: the South Africa Sport Relief Mile.
It takes place at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town during the day and will be broadcast in the evening.
More about it:
SPECIALS
South African Sport Relief Mile
On: Sunday, 21 March 2010 at 19h30
Created in 2002 by British charity Comic Relief and BBC Sport, Sport Relief is a biennial charity event that brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money and support for vulnerable people from all over the world.
At the heart of the campaign is the Sport Relief Mile, an event open to everyone - regardless of athletic prowess or mobility.
This year South Africa will join the cause as the first Sport Relief Cape Town Mile takes place at the V & A Waterfront on 21 March.
The event features a 1, 3 or 5 Mile race (you can choose according to your stamina), with all proceeds going to Child Welfare South Africa. Anyone can enter (see more info on how to get involved below).
BBC Entertainment will be in the action on Sunday and will be broadcasting a special two-hour show featuring all the highlights from the day - in the evening at 19h30.
The show will provide information about the charitable work funded by Sport Relief round the world, putting the Cape Town event into the context of Sport Relief’s history and includes interviews with celebrities, sports stars and other participants doing their bit to help in the Mother City.
Ex-England and Newcastle Captain Alan Shearer, OBE and double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes will be on hand to introduce footage from UK Sport Relief which takes place two days before.
Also on the show: Sir Michael Parksinson will put in an appeal from the UK and footage of Eddie Izzard who challenged himself to run 43 marathons in 51 days. Starting in Trafalgar Square on 9 September 2009, Eddie covered more than 1,100 miles through England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
If you'd like to get involved - either by entering the race or dropping by to see who's made it and who's collapsed, all the info is available on the Sport Relief website: Sport Relief Mile South Africa.
PREMIERE SHOWS ON THE CHANNEL THIS MONTH
Hustle
Premiered: Monday, 8 March at 20h30
New episodes every Monday at 20h30
Following his stint in Australia selling the Sydney Opera House to an unsuspecting punter, Mickey has returned to a new London, with a new crew, for a new heist.
For more about the show and season, see: TVSA's Hustle Mini-Site.
The Fixer 2
Premiered: Monday, 8 March 2010 at 21h30
New episodes every Monday at 21h30
The Fixer returns for a second season. Existing in the hinterland of law enforcement, the undercover team are: Mercer the passionate assassin trapped by his past, Rose the intuitive ex-cop, and Calum the reckless petty thief, plus calculating boss Lenny – deal with criminals, big and small, who are outside the normal reaches of the law.
The team’s success lies in their freedom to do whatever is necessary to exact their own form of justice. It is this success that brings them under the radar of MI6 who want to make the unit their own, leaving the team fighting for their very survival.
For more about the show, see: TVSA's The Fixer Mini-Site.
Hotel Babylon 4
Premiered: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 at 20h30
New episodes every Tuesday at 20h30
Hotel Babylon returns for a new season, which once more gives insight into the sexy world of the luxury five-star hotel industry.
In the premiere episode: when Sam Franklin attempted to check into Hotel Babylon, little did he know that his ex-wife, Juliet, had been appointed as a trouble-shooter to either shut down or save the hotel.
As the day unfolded some disturbing events threatened the hotel's equilibrium and Sam decided to take matters into his own hands. Several phone calls later and Sam Franklin became the new owner of Hotel Babylon much to his ex-wife's annoyance.
For more about the season, see TVSA's Hotel Babylon 4 Show Page.
PA's
Premiered: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 at 21h30
New episodes every Tuesday at 21h30
Set against an emotional backdrop of friendship, ambition, sex and filing, PAs follows the fortunes of four personal assistants in the City.
Life is hectic for this group of PAs, as they try to juggle the demands of their jobs and their own complicated lives. With ill-judged sexual liaisons, unfulfilled dreams of fame, and bosses who are either totally useless or alarmingly over-amorous, these girls are experts at multi-tasking. But when one of the group goes missing, it sets in motion a shocking chain of events that none of them could have predicted.
Will they be able to solve the mystery and avert tragedy?
The Real Hustle 5
Premiere date: Wednesday, 24 March 2010 at 21h30; and 22h00
Double episodes air weekly at the same times
The Real Hustle’s team of expert hustlers return to try out some more notorious scams on members of the public. The aim is to reveal how scams work so that the viewer can avoid being ripped off by the same con.
In this series, the hustlers join the antiques trade and make a killing in an antiques scam, Jess leaves some clubbers with a bad taste in their mouths with a hustle involving cocktails, and the team show that a picture is worth a thousand words in a fine art con.
The Apprentice UK 4
Premiere date: Wednesday, 31 March 2010 at 20h30
New episodes every Wednesday at 20h30
16 new budding entrepreneurs attempt to win the opportunity of a lifetime in the fourth series of The Apprentice, as they compete to become technology tycoon Sir Alan Sugar’s protégé - a prize that also comes with a bumper six-figure salary package.
For more, see: TVSA's The Apprentice UK Mini-Site.
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