News channel MSNBC changing its weekday line-up from 28 February; adding shows for Thomas Roberts and Martin Bashir.

MSNBC (TopTV 410) will have a daily programming line-up change from Monday, 28 February when the British presenter Martin Bashir gets his own weekday hour as well as Thomas Roberts who joined MSNBC officially in December last year.

Martin Bashir will get his own one hour show from 28 February MSNBC announced to staff in an internal email yesterday. Martin Bashir's new show will be broadcast in South Africa weeknights at 22:00 (South African time).

Thomas Roberts is getting an hour from 28 February as well and will be the face of MSNBC Live on weekdays at 18:00 (South African time). As a result the current two hour block of Jansing and Co. will be scaled back to just one hour still starting on weekdays at 17:00. (Chris Jansing will be traveling to London by the way at the end of April to cover the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.)