BBC Worldwide Unveils A Stellar Season Of Programming For Summer
BBC Worldwide today announced its summer season of programming at its Summer Upfront event held in Johannesburg. Exclusive to DStv viewers in South Africa, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, BBC Earth, BBC First and BBC Brit will be showcasing premieres of new and returning series such as the highly anticipated second series of The Great South African Bake Off and the return of pre-school animation favourite Go Jetters. To help launch the exciting new season of content was British comedian and world renowned actor Sanjeev Bhaskar (The Kumars, Goodness Gracious Me). Sanjeev stars in the BBC First series Unforgotten, which will return to South African screens next year. Also in attendance was award-winning Natural History producer Chadden Hunter to help promote the forthcoming out of this world documentary series, Planet Earth II. Kully Kaur-Bains, Head of Programming South Africa, BBC Worldwide commented, “This Summer our South African channel portfolio is one of our strongest yet. From