BBC Brit: Here’s what to watch in November

The acclaimed BBC Brit – Channel 120 on DStv – has everything from tear-jerking moments to dancing battles, as well as the 29th season of Top Gear. Here a few highlights to look out for in November.

BBC Brit – November 2020

‘Top Gear’ – Season 29

For their first series, Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness go bigger than ever before as they test new cars, old cars and their own physical endurance to the very limit.

This time around, they’ll be tackling a giant Wall of Death in old insurance write-offs, downhill skiing in holiday hire cars, unveiling a go-anywhere fully electric-powered ice-cream van for the twenty-first century, and attempting to survive 24 hours in their cars.

When to watch: From Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 20:00 BBC Brit (DSTV Channel 120)

IMDb score: 8.7

‘Strictly Come Dancing’ – Season 18

BRIT’s cherished dancing competition is back with brand new professional dancer and exciting new line-up celebrity hopefuls, all competing for that coveted glitterball trophy.

Each week, one pair leaves, and those with the right amount of rhythm, passion and footwork make it to the next round, vying for the finals.

When to watch: Sundays at 19:00 on BBC Brit

IMDb score: 5.9

Contestants

• DJ and TV presenter Clara Amfo
• Comedian Bill Bailey
• Olympic boxer Nicola Adams
• Eastenders star Maisie Smith 
• Reality TV star Jamie Laing
• Good Morning Britain newsreader Ranvir Singh
• American footballer Jason Bell
• Former politician Jacqui Smith
• Former Royal Marine and Invictus Games medallist JJ Chalmers
• Wanted singer Max George
• Actress Caroline Quentin

‘Agatha Raisin’ – Series 1

Agatha Raisin, a retired PR whiz and recovering career woman, settled into her comfortable Carsely cottage but is still restless to fit in and make her mark among the locals.

Still pining after next-door neighbour James Lacey, Agatha Raisin joins a local ramblers’ group of which James is a member too.

When to watch: From 20 November at 21:00 on BBC Brit, DSTV Channel 120

IMDb score: TBA

Cast and characters

• Ashley Jensen as Agatha Raisin
• Matt McCooey as DC Bill Wong
• Mathew Horne as Roy Silver
• Jamie Glover as James Lacey
• Lucy Liemann as Sarah Bloxby
• Jason Barnett as DCI Wikes
• Katy Wix as Gemma Simpson
• Jason Merrells as Sir Charles Fraith

‘Small Axe’ – Anthology

Small Axe is an anthology, which compromises five original films by Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen.

Set in the late 1960a to the mid-1980s, the films each tell a different story involving London’s West Indian Community, whose lives have been shaped by their own force of will, despite rampant racism and discrimination.

Even though this collection of films is set some decades ago, the stories are as vital and timely today as they were for the West Indian Community in London at the time.

When to watch: From 16 November at 20:00 on BBC Brit, DSTV Channel 120

IMDb score: 6.4

Cast and Character

• Letitia Wright as Altheia Jones-LeCointe
• John Boyega as Leroy Logan
• Malachi Kirby as Darcus Howe
• Shaun Parkes as Frank Crichlow
• Rochenda Sandall as Barbara Beese
• Alex Jennings as Judge Edward Clarke
• Jack Lowden as Ian MacDonald
• Micheal Ward as Franklyn
• Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn as Martha

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