New to BBC Earth (DStv channel 184) in South Africa is the documentary series, Flying to the Ends of the Earth, which airs from 7.30 pm on Tuesday, July 19.
In the show, Arthur Williams flies to some of the most remote and spectacular parts of the world to find out how people thrive in areas that can only be reached by aeroplane. Continue reading
DJ Black Coffee.
Legendary South African artist Black Coffee has become the first South African artist to win best international act: Africa at the BET Awards, while Nigerian newcomer, Falz, has accelerated his career with a well-deserved win in the viewer’s choice: best new act category.
To watch Black Coffee and Falz receive their awards, tune into the BET Awards premiere on BET (DStv channel 129) on Tuesday, June 28 at 7pm CAT. Continue reading
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ON Friday, June 24, the Grammy Museum and BET will unveil a brand new exhibit, Sounds of Africa that showcases and celebrates the unique diversity of African music, spotlighting winners and nominees of both the Grammy Awards and the BET Awards.
Located on the third floor of the Grammy Museum, the display is an extension of the 16th annual BET Awards and the 2016 BET Experience at L.A. Live. Continue reading
THERE are a host of new shows on BBC Channels on DSTV in South Africa. Continue reading
Malachi Kirby plays Kunta Kinte in the 2016 remake of Roots on the History Channel.
When the History Channel first announced it was remaking Roots, the news received mixed reviews. Was it really necessary to redo this beloved cultural work that broke television records when it first aired in 1977?
“They just want to keep showing the abuse that we took hundreds of years ago,” Snoop Dogg vented as he took to social media.
However, the four-part series which premieres in South Africa on DStv Channel 186 on Wednesday, June 15 at 8.30 pm has been widely praised by critics and audiences alike, even being screened at the White House. Continue reading
BBC Africa will bring audiences across the world special programming this week, marking the 40th anniversary of the June 16 Soweto uprisings.
The protests by thousands of students and the police response had a profound impact on the social and political landscape in South Africa.
Dedicated programming will include a live debate from Soweto and special broadcasts of Focus on Africa on Radio (BBC World Service) and TV (the BBC World News channel) as well as features on BBCAfrica.com and coverage across all of the BBC’s African language services. Continue reading
Nickelodeon (DStv channel 305) has teamed up with Life Like Touring and Blu Blood to bring pre-school heroine and intrepid adventuress Dora the Explorer and her friends to South Africa this winter.
Dora the Explorer Live! Dora’s Pirate Adventure, the ultimate, fantastic family-friendly theatrical experience runs at the ICC in Durban from June 30 to July 3, before moving on to Emperors Palace, Johannesburg (July 7 to 10), and finally dropping anchor at the Grand Arena, GrandWest Casino in Cape Town (July 14 to 17). Continue reading
New to BBC Earth (DStv channel 184) is Round Planet, which airs at 5 pm from Sunday, May 15. Narrated by Matt Lucas, this is natural history – but not as you know it!
This comedy archive series delves deep into the BBC’s national history library to retell planet Earth’s greatest stories in a different and irreverent new way, combining mind-blowing fact with genre-bending humour. Continue reading
BBC Earth (DStv channel 184) with will be celebrating the 90th birthday of Sir David Attenborough with a series of programmes, including Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur, this weekend. Continue reading
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