BBC PrimeTime now available only on S3

weekdays from 21h00-23h00

BBC PrimeTime now available only on S3

  • Monday’s to Wednesday’s - Enjoy Exceptional Dramas
  • Thursday - we’re going the extra mile with Extraordinary Documentaries
  • Friday’s - race into the weekend with some Exhilarating Entertainment

 

 

Highlights

Synopsis

Death in Paradise - S10

The hugely popular comedy-drama is back for its tenth anniversary series with its usual combination of baffling murders, intriguing puzzles and famous guest stars. There are also some big surprises in store – starting with the shock return of D.S Florence Cassell. Can Florence help Neville embrace life on the island? New characters turn up on shore – including 18-year-old petty criminal Marlon Pryce, who quickly stirs up trouble. The arrival of twins is the least of JP’s challenges as Marlon, and work, tests him to his limits. Meanwhile, Selwyn finds himself in the firing line and Catherine faces grave danger following the death of a friend.


Mondays - Wednesdays at 20:30, Starts 13 July

Civilisations

This genre-defining series explores the global history of art as the driving force for civilisation. Specialist filming techniques capture the majestic scale of the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, and pick out the exquisite detail of Michelangelo's Basilica of St Peter. Until now, these illuminating creations have been remote. Now you can immerse yourself in their awe-inspiring craftsmanship, as great masterpieces are brought closer and made clearer than ever before. An epic blockbuster, Civilisations shows how art defines the human experience. It's a story of passion and struggle, introducing a new generation to classic works created across the continents.

Mondays - Wednesdays at 21:30, Starts 6 July

Silent Witness - S26

Award-winning crime drama Silent Witness returns for an exciting 26th series, with five more thrilling cases for the team at the Lyell Centre to solve. Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) and the team of forensic pathologists and scientists investigate intriguing new cases: a body falling from the top of a skyscraper, a people trafficking operation, a suspicious death at a festival, a train crash, and corrupt police officers. The cases that end up at the Lyell Centre are rarely straightforward. Initial suspicions are challenged as the evidence mounts and Nikki and the team must work harder than ever to uncover the truth.

Thursdays - Fridays at 20:30, Starts 16 July

Can Science Make Me Perfect?

Anatomist Alice Roberts embarks on an audacious scientific stunt - to rebuild her own body, editing out errors left behind by evolution. With the help of one of the world's best virtual sculptors, Scott Eaton, and top SFX model maker Sangeet Prabhaker, Alice creates a life-size model of the perfect human body. She meets leading experts to find out what the body's biggest problems are, and how adaptations in the rest of the animal world could inspire her new, improved design. Ambitious, audacious and packed with cutting-edge science, Can Science Make Me Perfect? challenges everything you thought you knew about the perfect body.

Thursday - Friday at 21:30, Starts 23 July

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World

The untold story of Black America – struggle, triumph and resistance – told through the lens of a unique art form: rap. Narrated by Chuck D and a galaxy of rap superstars, cultural experts and historians, each episode – starting from the smouldering ruins of the Bronx in the 1970s to the present day – reveals how rap has protested injustices, revolutionised society and spoken truth to power. Via interviews, archive, specially shot footage and slick graphics, this ambitious series weaves two seemingly separate narratives (the rise of rap and American history) into one seamless, emotive thread.

Thursdays - Fridays at 21:30, Starts 9 July

Top Gear - S26

The world's biggest motoring show returns in 2018 with not one but two series, the first kicking off in February, the second later in the year. Yes, Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Rory Reid and The Stig are back, with guest appearances from German driving legend Sabine Schmitz. In 2018, the team will be tackling the big issues: building the world's fastest tractor, tackling America's Wild West in shiny new V8 sports cars, testing the world's fastest estate cars by racing to the top of a fjord, attempting to land a Nasa research plane in America's ultimate muscle car, and much more besides. Filmed in locations including Japan, Utah, Italy and just-outside-of-Guildford in the UK, Top Gear features a trademark array of stunning photography, state-of-the-art supercars, celebrity guests and a healthy disrespect for presenter safety.

Mondays - Wednesdays at 21:30, Starts 27 July

South Korea with Alexander Armstrong - S1

Alexander Armstrong explores South Korea and finds out what makes one of the most dynamic nations on earth tick, delving into K-Pop, robot waiters and stunning palaces. Gangnam Style, Squid Games and K-Pop have all helped to boost South Korea's global popularity, yet most people know little about this extraordinary country.

Monday - Wednesday at 21:30

Turkey with Simon Reeve - S1

Simon Reeve takes a dramatic journey across the historical nation of Turkey, a popular tourist destination that's now at the epicentre of a crisis. Caught between war-torn Syria and a foundering European Union, the country is under threat from terrorism, mass-migration and political unrest.

Thursday - Friday at 21:30

Mud, Sweat and Gears - S1

The ultimate car construction and challenge competition where regular hosts and their teams of petrolheads go head-to-head super-customising, super-racing and generally blowing up the craziest mutated cars this side of Mad Max!

Mondays - Wednesdays at 21:30 , starts 8 June

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Ties That Bind

Moral and principled, Jonathan 'Jack' Whicher was the real life, 19th-century "Prince of Detectives" whose ability to read people inspired the works Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. In The Ties That Bind, Whicher returns to rural Wiltshire, where his career as a police officer was destroyed.

Thursday - Friday at 20:30 , starts 11 June

New Blood - S1

Rash and Stefan are two guys in their mid-twenties, stuck at the bottom of the career ladder. One is a trainee police detective, the other a very junior investigator at the Serious Fraud Office.

Mondays - Wednesdays at 20:30, starts 29 June

Top Gear: Best of the Specials - S1

A compilation of the wildest, funniest, and most exciting bits from classic Top Gear Specials. For over a decade, Top Gear's road trips - and off-road trips - travelled the globe and tackled the biggest questions in motoring.

Mondays - Wednesdays at 21:30, starts 29 June

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FAQs

BBC Primetime is BBC Studios’ first dedicated BBC branded block in South Africa, available on public broadcaster, SABC. The content block will be available to watch weekdays between 21:00 and 23:00 and will home award-winning BBC catalogue dramas, documentaries and factual entertainment.

BBC Primetime is available on SABC3 Monday-Friday between 21:00-23:00.

BBC Primetime is available on SABC3 which is a free-to-view public broadcaster.

  • Curated especially with SABC3 audience in mind working closely with SABC team to select the fantastic, high-quality line-up of British content
  • The block is specifically focused on drama, documentaries and factual entertainment to suit SABC3 audience tastes. A window for new South African viewers for some of the wider offering and genres available in our award-winning catalogue