Starting on
e.tv in January, 2009:
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 4 Premiere date: Saturday 2 January 2010 at 18h05
Final Season! Tales of the bizarre and the seemingly impossible. Each episode features stunts recorded live without the use of camera tricks or electronic fakery.
For more about the show and season, see:
TVSA's Ripley's Believe Or Not! 4 Show Page
Rebroadcast: 10.5 (4-part mini-series)Premiere date: Sunday, 10 January 2010 at 11h00
Earth becomes a rumbling jaw as the greatest quake in humankind's history threatens to rock the world.
As dawn breaks, an earthquake trembles through Seattle, Washington. Measuring at a 7.9 magnitude, the quake changes the face of the city within minutes. Monuments are shattered, streets flooded, and thousand are reported missing in the devastation.
It's the biggest natural disaster to hit the West Coast in over a century.
For more about the show, see:
TVSA's 10.5 Mini-Site
Documentaries
Wandering WildOn: Sunday 10 January at 11h55
Synopsis: Wandering Wild is a presenter-driven documentary that explores the greater Kruger National Park through the eyes of a wildlife filmmaker. Lianne Slegh grew up in the Netherlands, and her endeavours to become a wildlife filmmaker brought her into Africa.
In the company of Walter Jubber a head ranger, Lianne explores the Pafuri Triangle; an intersection of two great rivers, the Limpopo and Livuvu and a meeting point of three countries; Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique, and she joins in the tracking of a Lion where signs of a thrilling hunt are discovered.
Lianne's journey also brings her to the experience of the daring work by the anti-poaching unit; a team dedicated to be guardians to the animals, transcending the dangers of keeping vigil through days and nights to retrieve the poachers when they come in sight.
How To Catch A Crocodile On: Sunday 17 January 2010 at 11h55
A look at how a team of crocodile researchers trap and sample these enormous reptiles. Aliki Strydom and her research team are studying the crocodiles' role as a keystone species in the local eco-system.
They desperately need to gather more information on the crocodiles to be used in a management strategy to help the locals see this vital species as an asset rather than a threat. Wrangling huge crocodiles on a daily basis, they work from a rustic bush camp in the heart of the Okavango Delta.
The documentary reveals the lengths that Aliki will go to collect the samples she needs. Things she gets up to include: wrestling a 4-metre long crocodile into submission with a noose and inserting her whole hand into a crocodile's cloacae in search of the all important urine sample.