SABC Encore

Broadcast on: DStv
Active from: 11 May 2015
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About

SABC Encore is a South African television channel broadcast exclusively on MultiChoice Africa's DStv platform which was created as a showcase for vintage South African television series from the SABC's archives.

AVAILABILITY

DStv: Channel 156
Bouquet: Premium, Extra, Compact Plus, Compact, Family, Access

PICTURE FORMAT

576i (SDTV, 16:9) - DStv

ABOUT

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) partnered with MultiChoice to launch SABC Encore in 2015, an entertainment channel exclusively available on DStv.

The channel showcases vintage South African comedies, dramas, kiddies and lifestyle shows from the 1980s and 1990s, including iconic titles such as 'Sgudi 'Snaysi, Agter Elke Man, Interster, Ubambo Lwami, Pumpkin Patch, Haas Das en Nuuskas, Dikolong and Hlala Kwabafileyo, among many others.

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Shado's

Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama
Channel: SABC3, SABC Encore
Summary: Comedy-drama series set in a downtown bar called Shado's, which is co-owned by Shado and her partner Shawn, with a variety of other characters.
Starring: Nambitha Mpumlwana, Craig Urbani, Mary-Anne Barlow

Tsha Tsha

Genre: Drama, Education
Channel: SABC1, SABC Encore
Summary: Youth drama following the lives of young people in the fictional rural Eastern Cape town of Lubusi, as they negotiate love, sex and relationships.
Starring: Sisanda Henna, Zolani Mahola, Noxee Maqashalala

Gaz'lam

Genre: Drama, Education
Channel: SABC1, SABC Encore
Summary: Drama series about love, sex and relationships, with recurring themes of male and female identities and expectations and sexual negotiations.
Starring: Siyabonga Shibe, Mbali Ntuli, Hlengiwe Lushaba

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