Pawn Stars South Africa will follow eccentric pawn shop owner Roy Peretz when it starts on 14 October on DStv's History channel.

South Africa's version of Pawn Stars will follow South Africa's pawn shop owner Roy Peretz when the local version of the show starts on History (DStv 186) on 14 October on MultiChoice's DStv.

The reality show is getting a local version of the hit show which has seen an American and a British version and will debut in three months' time on the DStv channel run by A+E Networks UK. 

A+E Networks UK has not responded to a media enquiry made about the show.

Pawn Stars South Africa was produced by Rapid Blue and the South African version follows the eccentric Johannesburg pawn shop owner Roy Peretz dealing with all kinds of South Africans trying to sell him anything from a 19th century German pencil sharpener to a YAK-52 Soviet-era aeroplane.

The Spanish-born Roy Peretz is supported by an "off-the-wall" team of experts.

The original American Pawn Stars series follows the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas since 2009, revolving around the people who collect and buy and sell antiques and a wide array of weird, wonderful and unusual items.

Pawn Stars UK, a British version, started last year based on the same History channel format and follows Simon Penworth and Mark Manning from Regal Pawn.

Both Simon Penworth and Mark Manning attended MultiChoice's MultiChoice Content Showcase as part of A+E Networks UK's History presentation to journalists.

BREAKING. Pawn Stars South Africa coming to History channel on DStv from 14 October, local season produced by Rapid Blue.

The reality show Pawn Stars on History (DStv 186) is getting a local South African spin-off, Pawn Stars South Africa which will start on History on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform on 14 October.

TV with Thinus can confirmed that Pawn Stars SA is in the works and will debut in three months' time on the DStv channel run by A+E Networks UK. 

Pawn Stars South Africa is being produced by the South African production company Rapid Blue.

It's not yet clear who the South African versions in Pawn Stars SA will be.

The original American Pawn Stars series follows the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas since 2009, revolving around the people who collect and buy and sell antiques and a wide array of weird, wonderful and unusual items.

Pawn Stars UK, a British version, started last year based on the same History channel format and follows Simon Penworth and Mark Manning from Regal Pawn.

Both Simon Penworth and Mark Manning attended MultiChoice's MultiChoice Content Showcase as part of A+E Networks UK's History presentation to journalists.

MultiChoice flew African artists, journalists, international content distributor executives and on-air talent, as well as guests to the Trou Aux Biches Resort & Spa where the Pawn Stars SA news was revealed to the press.

A+E Networks UK orders a first series of 8 episodes of a British version of the History channel's flagship series, Pawn Stars.

History (DStv 186) has ordered a British version of the channel's flagship series, Pawn Stars.

A+E Networks UK ordered the British version which will start production later this year and which will have British contestants and feature items of British heritage.

The first season of the British Pawn Stars will have 8 episodes and will be seen around the world as well as in South Africa in 2013 which gets the UK History channel feed. Leftfield Pictures is the production company.

"This commission establishes a new model whereby History channels around the world will own this phenomenal franchise extension," says Christian Murphy, the senior vice president for international programming and marketing at A+E Networks in a press statement.

"There is such depth and richeness in English history, that we felt marrying it with Pawn Stars was a natural extension of the brand," says Brent Montgomery, the owner of Leftfield Pictures and the executive producer of Pawn Stars. "We are confident that viewers, not just in the United Kingdom but in the United States and internationally, will find a British iteration of the show to be fascinating and very entertaining."