1802: Love Defies Time
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Telenovela, Drama, Fantasy
Romantic fantasy telenovela Xhosa love story that follows two star-crossed lovers as they travel through time in search of their destiny.
What if you were about to be married to the man of your dreams, only to discover that there was someone else in another realm who was your true love?
When Khosi (played by Sikelelwa Vuyeleni) accepts Zuko's proposal of marriage and starts her career as an intern doctor, she believes that her life is just beginning.
She doesn't realise that her fate has already been decided, creating an impossible situation for these two lovers.
A world filled with casual relationships, parties, shopping, high-end cars, social media addiction and the neverending pursuit of money is the world Khosi is familiar with.
When Khosi gets pulled back in time to the 1800s, she finds a world unlike anything we have ever seen before.
This world is run by the Jola Royal Family, led by King Jonginamba KaMajola, Melisizwe's father.
Here, the King has three wives who live separately in their homesteads.
First wife MamCwerha is a strong, ferocious woman who will do anything to protect her son Longamo, whom she considers the rightful heir.
Second wife MamThembu is King Jonginamba's favourite, along with their son Melisizwe.
MaMpinga is the youngest wife and doesn't like to get pulled into family dramas. Her household is filled with daughters and is renowned for its dancing and singing.
Can Khosi and Melisizwe's love endure through space and time?
The cast includes Thembisa Mdoda-Nxumalo, Prince Grootboom, Motheo Ratikane, Vuyolwethu Ngcukana and Amanda Quwe.
1802: Love Defies Time is produced and co-created by Lulu Hela from Hela Media.
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The Girl from Plainville
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Drama, True Crime, Miniseries
Inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter's unprecedented "texting-suicide" case.
Based on the Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron, the limited series explores Carter's relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
In the series premiere: A teen's death by suicide unearths painful questions for his family and reveals a complicated, mostly virtual relationship with a young woman who may hold the answers.
Love & Death
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Drama, True Crime, Miniseries
The true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore - two churchgoing couples enjoying their smalltown Texas life... until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
Love & Death takes a close look at Candy Montgomery's shift from a bright, devout Christian housewife to a merciless ax-murderer and the peculiar affair that started it all.
Set in a close-knit, trusting Texas community full of carefree families and faithful churchgoers, it's an idyllic picture -and the perfect cover for dangerous secrets and vicious jealousy left unchecked.
In the series premiere, "The Huntress": After a surprisingly charged moment at a church volleyball match, Candy proposes that she and Allan have an affair.
Though he initially refuses, the pair soon begin strategising their secret arrangement.
Death in Paradise 12
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Mystery
DI Neville Parker and his team solve a series of murders on the island of Saint Marie.
The new season kicks off with the mysterious death of a celebrity astronomer and a change of job for Darlene.
We also meet a bunch of Preppers digging in for the apocalypse on a Saint Marie hillside, when the end comes dramatically early for one of them.
An impossible killing on a boat takes the team to a beautiful beach under threat, and an apparently straightforward domestic murder twists into what could be Neville's greatest ever challenge...
Meanwhile, is romance blossoming for Neville?
Find Your Dream Home
Channel: The Home Channel (DStv 176 / Openview 113)
TX Time: 11h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Home Improvement
Deborah Hutton is curious to find out what your dream home means to you.
The dream means something different to every one of us. Our homes are as individual as we are.
Deborah tours a vast array of diverse homes in Australia and talks to the owners to get their story.
From tiny little compact abodes to a church conversion and great architectural masterpieces, all of these homes have owners that adore them.
Each episode is themed and we'll see three different options and price points, starting with the lowest price and ending with the most expensive.
So, what is your dream home?
In the series premiere, "Off Grid": Deborah travels through regional Victoria and to the Blue Mountains to check out some homes that are off the grid.
Container Ship XXL
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Science, Technology, Documentary
Take a look behind the scenes ofthe elaborate construction of a giant container ship.
In just a few months, all nine ships currently under construction will carry up to 22,000 containers, setting a world shipping record that was unattainable - until now.
Witness how technological visions become reality with the largest container ship the world has ever seen.
The largest cargo ship ever built is as large as four soccer fields, reaching 400 metres long and 63 metres wide.
Tipping Point 11
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Game Show
Four players take on the show's distinctive machine in a battle of skill and luck.
The machine is filled with counters worth money.
The contestants answer a series of questions and every time they get a correct answer, they take control of the machine.
Through a combination of timing and intuition, the contestants must drop special counters into the machine to try to push other counters off the shelf and into the 'win zone', where they are converted into cash.
Contestants showing quick wits, good strategy and nerves of steel will reach the final where they must focus on just one counter - the golden jackpot disc.
Strong general knowledge and good luck will enable them to beat the extraordinary Tipping Point machine, and take home a big cash prize.