Big Trouble In Thailand Premiere date: Friday, 7 May 2010 at 22h00
Cameras follow a unique police task force set up to try to reduce the huge number of tourists who die or are sent to prison in Thailand.
Over 500 officers from around the globe work in conjunction with the local Thai police to try to educate excited and naive tourists before it’s too late.
In the premiere episode: the show visits the hedonistic beach clubbing scene, and captures how all goes horribly wrong for one young teenage girl.
18-year-old Misha was caught with cannabis, was arrested and faces a potential jail sentence.
Also in the first episode five Royal Marines suspect they are being conned by the owner of the Jet-Skis they’ve hired ... but then things turn bad when the Thai owner pulls out a high-powered rifle on the young men.
LifelinePremiere date: Tuesday, 18 May 2010 at 21h00
Thereafter runs weeknights at the same timeA series that features stories of some of the highest-stakes battles in medicine today, told by the people who are pushing the boundaries of medical science - scientists, doctors and researchers, as well as patients and their families.
Lifeline gives viewers a clear understanding of the medical and scientific issues involved. Topics include the race against time for donor transplants, the increasing success rate of children battling cancer, and more.
In the premiere episode: a young girl called Taylor Winston is treated for severe burns with a cutting edge treatment known as TranCyte. The damaged skin on Taylor’s body is covered with a synthetic membrane which acts just like skin, and allows Taylor’s body to heal normally without the threat of infection.
DOCUMENTARIES
Jess - My New FaceOn: Saturday, 8 May 2010 at 09h40 and 16h05
Meet brave young Jess, a 17-year-old who has undergone a number of operations to change her severe facial disfigurements. But Jess wants to know why it’s seen as the normal thing to try to fit in with the way most people look. Why isn’t it OK to look different?
The Waking Pill
On: Saturday, 15 May 2010 at 09h40 and 16h05
Could sleeping pills have the reverse effect for certain people in long term comas? That’s what is being suggested in South Africa. Recently a national newspaper published a story with a one word title - Reborn. It spoke of patients in South Africa, who’d been in long term comas waking up “as if a switch has been flicked…” This documentary features South African doctors who are trialling the use of a sleeping pill on patients with brain injuries.
One Kiss Could Kill
On: Saturday, 22 May at 09h40 and 16h05
Nine-month-old Toby Ellis has Ipex Syndrome, which is an extremely rare and dreadful auto-immune disease. His body lacks the cells which would help his immune system decide what's harmful and what's harmless. This means that Toby's immune system attacks his own major organs.
Toby's mother has never been allowed to kiss him, as her everyday germs could kill him. Without a bone marrow transplant Toby will die. There are further worries for Toby’s family because other children run a 50% risk of also being born with the disease.
Zone Reality is on DStv Channel 125.