Superstructures: Engineering Marvels
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Factual, Technology, Science
This series reveals the extraordinary feats of engineering hidden inside the world's most spectacular man-made constructions.
From the world's biggest plane and largest free-spanning dome to the tallest building and the largest space ship, each superstructure is taken apart using state-of-the-art CGI and insight from world class specialists to reveal the startling innovations that turn it from dream to reality.
In the series premiere, "Space Station": Take apart the $150-billion International Space station to uncover the extraordinary innovations that enable it to support life in deadly space.
Child Genius UK
Channel: Discovery Family (DStv 136 / StarSat 222)
TX Time: 20h10
Genre: Quiz Show, Game Show
Sixteen of the UK's brightest 8-to-12-year-olds battle for the title of the UK's cleverest child.
Quizmaster Richard Osman asks questions difficult enough for adults to struggle with.
The participants will be tested over the course of four gruelling competition days, overseen by British Mensa – the exclusive society for those with a high IQ.
The series also follows the family life of the remarkable competitors, revealing their exceptional talents and the dilemmas their parents face in raising gifted children.
As the competition intensifies, the intellectual rivals know that ultimately only one can be crowned Child Genius.
Murder Loves Company
Channel: IDx (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Docu-Drama
Murder can happen anywhere – even among a close group of people.
This series introduces a group of people in a unique world, from a group of co-workers to neighbours in a tight-knit community.
A beloved friend and co-worker goes missing on a desolate mountain; detectives must sort through a list of colleagues with potential motives for murder.
Fun-loving co-workers at a popular chain restaurant appear to be the best of friends until one of their own is found dead on a football field at the edge of town.
A girls' movie night gone bad leads to a not-so-happy ending for this group of college roommates as police investigate a murder that leads them halfway across the state in search of the killer.
Each case unfolds to reveal that someone in this group will be murdered and someone in this group is the killer; the identity of each is a mystery and always a surprise.
Snowfall 3
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Drama
It's the summer of 1984, and it's Season 3 of Snowfall.
Crack cocaine is spreading like wildfire through South Central Los Angeles, continuing its path of destruction and changing the culture forever.
Police are waking up to this growing epidemic, and Sergeant Andre Wright has set his sights on budding Kingpin and next door neighbour Franklin Saint and his people.
While local law enforcement fights to stem the tide, Teddy McDonald and the CIA are working hard to make sure the flow of cocaine into LA doesn't stop.
To continue funding the war against communism in Central America, Teddy will need to find new routes into the United States using Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata and what's left of the Villanueva family.
As the stakes and losses continue to mount our players truly begin to understand the destructive force they have set in motion, forced to reexamine their own motivations and the cost of continuing forward from here.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Protect and Swerve": Franklin and Cissy look to make an investment in the community, while Andre tries to figure out what is destroying it.
Also, Jerome unveils his new business, a new cook on the streets is competing with Franklin's crew and Teddy's operation in Mexico becomes more complicated.