The agreement between BBC Studios and the Seychelles Broadcasting Company aims to see over 150 hours of BBC Studios content air on SBC1 and SBC2 channels. Titles in the mixed comedy and drama package include:
  • The Durrells (Season 1 to 3), a family drama set on the Greek island of Corfu
  • Doctor Foster (Season 1 and 2), an award-winning relationship drama 
  • Still Open All Hours (Season 1 to 3), a comedy series starring David Jason (from Only Fools and Horses)
In Kenya, BBC Studios has agreed to its largest package deal to date, with Kenyan free-to-air broadcaster MediaMax Network Limited, for its K24 and Kameme TV channels.

The natural history, children's and lifestyle package include:
  • BAFTA award-winning Planet Earth II
  • Junior Masterchef (Season 2 and 3) 
  • MI High (Season 1 to 7)
BBC Studios says that Standard Media has picked up documentaries such as Icons, Bang on Budget and The Secret Life of the Farm for KTN Home. A mixed-genre package was brokered via Vubiquity for SVOD providers across 22 African markets, including Cell C's Black, Vodacom, Deod and MTN.

The package, consisting of over 250 hours of content, including: 
  • Call The Midwife (Season one to eight)
  • Death in Paradise (Season one to eight)
  • Famalam (Season one to two)
  • BAFTA award-winning pre-school series Sarah & Duck
Elsewhere in South Africa, SVOD service Showmax has licensed over 230 hours of premium drama, children and factual content, including:
  • Les Miserables starring Dominic West and David Oyelowo
  • landmark science series The Planets
  • BAFTA award-winning pre-school favourite Hey Duggee
The relationship drama Trigonometry and spy-thriller Summer of Rockets are, according to the studios, making their territory premiere in the market. 

Pay-TV channel MNET picked up a music and documentary package, which will aim to see MNET become the new broadcast home in Africa for Glastonbury — the world's biggest music festival.

SABC3 will be taking 18 hours of natural history content, including:
  • Animals with Cameras
  • Spy in the Wild
  • Earth's Greatest Seasons
Salim Mukaddam, SVP CEMA at BBC Studios, concludes, "We are pleased to be bringing content to East Africa with SBC and KTN so [that] more homes than ever before will have access to our world-class programming — across the genres of natural history, premium drama, children's and lifestyle, and can become part of the global conversation and excitement around them."

BBC Studios is now located at its new stand at 18 Croisette.

For more information, visit www.bbcstudios.com. You can also follow BBC Studios South Africa on Twitter.