Second season of Pawn Stars South Africa will start on History on 29 March; Cecily Pavoncelli joins the team as more intriguing local artefacts surface.

The second season of Pawn Stars South Africa will start on History (DStv 186) on Tuesday 29 March at 20:30 with the new season of the local pawn shop show that will see intriguing artefacts ranging from bronze hands and something from Nadine Gordimer to sketches from the Zambezia movie.

The second season of the Rapid Blue produced show sees the addition of new team member Cecily Pavoncelli to Pawn Stars SA, and its her job to hunt for some valuable items for the Cash Inn pawn shop in Johannesburg that owner Roy Peretz can possibly end up selling for even more money.

Besides Roy Peretz and Cecily Pavoncelli, partners Eytan and Liel and assistants Irene and Solly also return.

They once again haggle with customers who want to pawn or sell a range of often strange and unique items.

In the second season of Pawn Stars South Africa on History viewers will see an original bronze casting of heart doctor Professor Chris Barnard's hands exchange hands, an interesting piece of literary history from the Nobel Prize winning author Nadine Gordimer come up, as well as original art from the South African film Zambezia.

Other items include maps and firearms, as well as items related to South Africa's liberation struggle over the last 50 years.

"We are absolutely thrilled to be working on a second series of Pawn Stars SA for A+E Networks," says Kee-Leen Irvine of Rapid Blue.

"We're really proud of our first season, which has not only been shown in South Africa but also in the United Kingdom, Canada and Romania, receiving enthusiastic feedback from far and wide".

Second season of A+E Networks UK's Pawn Stars South Africa on History looking for treasured, weird and rare South African artefacts.

The producers of Pawn Stars South Africa, working on the second season of the A+E Networks UK commissioned series set for 2016 on History (DStv 186) on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform, is now looking South Africa's treasured, weird and rare artefacts and trinkets.

At the MultiChoice Content Showcase held last month in Mauritius (with no South African press present) the announcement was made that the South African produced show about a South African pawn shop has been renewed for a second season.

Pawn Stars SA is produced by Rapid Blue in South Africa and is a South African spin-off of the global hit series Pawn Stars, following owner Roy Peretz and his Cash Inn pawn shop in Johannesburg, together with partners Eytan and Liel and assistants Irene and Solly.

Pawn Stars South Africa is now looking for South Africans who perhaps own something of historical interest, a weird or wonderful collectible or something truly unique, bizarre, rare, fantastical or eye-popping for the second season.

"We want to showcase unusual local collectibles with interesting back stories," says Ed Worster, Pawn Stars SA series producer.

"Our Pawn Stars experts may be able to shed light on the value and uncover the detail - and Roy Peretz may make you an offer you can't refuse!"

People with interesting stuff collecting dust and taking up space they might want to exchange for cash or think is worth something, can get in touch with Pawn Stars SA at pawnstarssa@rapidblue.com and must send details of their unusual, and potentially valuable artefact.

In the show, based in Johannesburg, Roy Peretz, his partners and assistants at Cash Inn meet customers from all walks of life who flock to pawn or sell anything from the quirky, the unexpected and the downright hilarious.

Of course South Africa's rich and diverse cultures provide a treasure-trove of fascinating artefacts from muscle cars to military memorabilia, while the backroom shenanigans of the pawn shop team, combined with the historical backstories of the objects make for spellbinding and entertaining viewing.

Pawn Stars South Africa on History renewed for a second season; Fifth Gear has a South African episode and History grabs Idris Alba exploration film.

Pawn Stars South Africa on History (DStv 186) on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform has been renewed for a second season.

The announcement of the renewal was made at A+E Networks UK's presentation in Mauritius at the MultiChoice Content Showcase.

MultiChoice's 5 day DStv Content Showcase in Mauritius started on Tuesday with the satellite pay-TV service doing a programming and content upfront where several TV channels - from Sony Television and BBC Worldwide to SuperSport, M-Net, Viacom's BET, MTV Base, A+E Networks UK's History, Lifetime and others - are presenting their latest and upcoming programming and content over the coming months.

MultiChoice excluded South Africa's press and TV critics from attending the MultiChoice Content Showcase that media from other Africa countries are attending and MultiChoice didn't inform South African journalists covering the TV industry beforehand that the event would be taking place.

Pawn Stars SA, the South African spin-off of the global hit series Pawn Stars, follows owner Roy Peretz and his Cash Inn pawn shop in Johannesburg, together with partners Eytan and Liel and assistants Irene and Solly.

Pawn Stars SA is produced by Rapid Blue in South Africa.

Pawn Stars SA will return for a second season on History with more fascinating finds, stories and characters from Johannesburg's Cash Inn pawn shop. The series is due to air on History in early 2016 says Anthea Petersen, A+E Networks' regional director for Africa.

A+E Networks also announced the two O.J. Simpson special documentaries, The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Simpson Case: The Untold Story which will be broadcast on Crime+Investigation (DStv 170) on 6 October at 21:00, and O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes which will be broadcast on 13 October at 21:00.

The car magazine show Fifth Gear will also return for a new season to History, with a special episode filmed in South Africa - again news relevant to South African press and TV critics who were not told about it, not attending the MultiChoice Content Showcase.

Yet another History announcement made at the MultiChoice Content Showcase concerns South Africa and South African programming.

History has the exclusive rights to Idris Alba: Mandela, My Dad & Me, a non-scripted film that follows Idris Alba - who might be the new 007 - on a journey of self-discovery after the filming of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Idris Alba: Mandela, My Dad & Me will be shown on History in December.

Although A+E Networks UK talked about it, the information wasn't shared. A+E is looking for African stories to possibly put on History as part of growing local content on the channel.

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.