BBC Lifestyle

Broadcast on: DStv
Active from: 09 Feb 2008
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Shows

Listing Jozi

Genre: Reality, Docu-Reality
Channel: BBC Lifestyle, SABC3
Summary: Reality series which follows the daily hustle of five high-end brokers competitively listing and selling multi-million-rand homes in Johannesburg.

Dinner Date

Genre: Food, Dating Game Show
Channel: SABC3, BBC Lifestyle, BBC UKTV
Summary: South African version of the show which gives one person each week the chance to find love over three meals cooked by a blind date in their own home.

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.

MasterChef Australia

Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Channel: BBC Lifestyle, M-Net, M-Net Series Reality, eReality, M-Net Family, M-Net City, Vuzu, Me
Summary: The battle is on to find the most promising, undiscovered talent in Australia, as ambitious kitchen enthusiasts take on demanding challenges.
Starring: Sarah Wilson, Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris

Hotel Hell

Genre: Reality, Reality Makeover
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle
Summary: Gordon Ramsay visits establishments in the USA in an attempt to reverse their misfortunes, following a concept established in Kitchen Nightmares.
Starring: Gordon Ramsay

The Ultimate Braai Master

Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Channel: SABC3, eExtra, e.tv, Travel Channel, BBC Lifestyle, eReality
Summary: Teams of two contestants each take part in a culinary adventure as they compete for a variety of prizes and the title of Ultimate Braai Master.
Starring: Justin Bonello, Bertus Basson, Marthinus Ferreira

The Only Way Is Essex

Genre: Reality
Channel: BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle
Summary: The Only Way Is Essex is a British reality television series created by Ruth Wringley and Tony Wood, produced by Lime Pictures and based in Essex, England which shows "real people in modified situations, saying unscripted lines but in a structured way".
Starring: Denise Van Outen

Hell's Kitchen (USA)

Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Channel: BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment, eReality
Summary: Hosted by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, this competition series features prospective chefs competing in an elimination format for a grand prize.
Starring: Gordon Ramsay

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

Masterchef: The Professionals

Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Channel: BBC Lifestyle
Summary: Masterchef: The Professionals is a British cooking reality series created by Loyd Grossman and Gary Rhodes as a spin-off of their series Masterchef Goes Large, in which Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux, Jr. and ingredients expert Gregg Wallace hunt for a young chef who has the ambition, drive and talent to make it to the top table of the culinary world.
Starring: Michel Roux, Jr., Gregg Wallace, India Fisher