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BBC UKTV

Broadcast on: DStv

About


BBC UKTV is an South African pay television channel broadcast exclusively on MultiChoice Africa's DStv platform, screening British entertainment programming sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, RTL Group and ITV.

AVAILABILITY

DStv: Channel 134
Bouquet: Compact, Family, Access, Easy View

PICTURE FORMAT

16:9 (1080i, HDTV)

ABOUT

Launching on DStv on Thursday 15 December 2022, the channel offers more DStv viewers access to a variety of entertainment, natural history series, soaps, and children's shows from BBC Studios' catalogue.

It is BBC Studios' sixth channel on DStv. It was originally announced to debut on eMedia's Openview platform on 18 October, 2022, but for undisclosed reasons it never made it to air.

At launch, the channel carried a number of shows that have previously aired on other channels, including:

The sitcom My Family, a collection of the BBC's natural history shows including Wild Africa and Africa with Ade Adepitan, the hospital-based soap Doctors (Season 22), Top Gear (Season 19) and entertainment for children aged 0-12 between 06h30 and 09h00 every morning.

Other shows to launch the channel include The Great British Bake Off 8, Impossible, Death in Paradise, Father Brown and Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle.

It was originally available on DStv's Family, Access and Easy View bouquets and extended to the Compact bouquet on Friday 1 September 2023.
 


Latest Updated Shows

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


The Great South African Bake Off

Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Channel: BBC Lifestyle, BBC UKTV
Summary: Culinary reality competition series based on the international format which is a nationwide search to find and crown South Africa's best amateur baker.


The Musketeers

Genre: Action/Adventure, Period Drama
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC UKTV, BBC First
Summary: Set in 17th century Paris, this is a contemporary take on the story about a group of soldiers and bodyguards assigned to protect King and Country.
Starring: Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Peter Capaldi


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