SABC 3’s gripping daily drama, The Estate, is making a move. The telenovela will start airing from scratch on SABC 1 as of next month. From Monday 6 September at 7:30PM, The Estate will air on SABC 1 from Mondays to Fridays, while the first run remains on S3 at 7PM, just over 100 episodes ahead. The Omnibus also stays on S3 on Saturdays from 10h30 to 13h00.
The Estate is a game-changing gripping premium daily drama that probes the hot-button issues on every South African’s lips: Land and Identity, Corruption, Patronage, Money (old and new), Power, Class and Equality, all told through a colourful mix of South African families that fight for their space in these topical debates. The telenovela is produced by Clive Morris Productions.
The storyline centres around a gated suburban community haven that is Echelon Estate. Beautiful homes line the landscaped green parks of the golf course. There is a clubhouse, a gym, and the entire Estate is surrounded by an 8-metre-high brick wall and tight security. There are the families that live within the walls – a diverse cross-section of South African society from all walks of life, from the super elite to the struggling middle class trying to keep up with the Jones’, as well as the working class who are labouring visitors in this ‘wonderland’.
Meanwhile, trouble brews outside the iron gates of suburbia as growing pressure around a land claim concerning The Estate from the neighbouring Thembalethu township community intensifies. The ever-present threat of ‘the peasants storming the castle’ looms over the privileged Estate residents, while and long buried secrets are about to be unearthed (literally!) as the terrible Faustian deal between two men is revealed.
The Estate deals with themes such as identity and heritage, historical disempowerment and the fight for true economic freedom, truth vs lies, corruption and its consequences and other social issues that have relevance and resonance, in the current state of South Africa. The show will reflect a wide mix of diverse characters that speak to the 3 strata of society and how they are interconnected.
The production boasts great sets and top locations, amazing performances, crisp, authentic and on-trend looks, incredible technical work (cinematography, lighting and production design).
The Estate combines aspiration; glitz and glamour infused with the reality of the modern-day every South African. Audiences will see themselves, who they wish to be and who they pray they never become.
The Estate’s cast include some of the best-loved actors in South African television as you have never seen them before as well as some fresh new faces that the audiences will fall in love with.
The Estate on SABC 1 premieres Monday 6 September at 7 PM.
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