Britain's Most Expensive Home
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary
Documentary following billionaire John Caudwell as his £65-million refurbishment in the heart of Mayfair enters its last crucial stages.
The mega-mansion has eight floors, 15 bedrooms, a 120-capacity ballroom, a Thai-themed dining room with a river running through it and an indoor swimming pool with a volcanic lava installation, to name just a few of the home's extravagant features.
Included in the rebuild is an automated car stacker, a dining room with a river of coy carp fish, a 40-foot swimming pool with lava effect wall and the biggest private ballroom after Buckingham Palace.
To bring this fantasy home to life takes real technical and organisational smarts, yet one of the biggest challenges is the client himself – the billionaire is a self-confessed micro manager and an exacting boss.
FBI: Most Wanted
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama
Stars Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck) in a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, which relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list.
Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix (McMahon) oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that's always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
Jess LaCroix is an enigmatic agent at the top of his game who is called upon to apprehend the most elusive and dangerous fugitives.
His trusted crew includes Sheryll Barnes, an ex-NYPD detective with a psych degree and first-rate street smarts; analyst Hana Gibson, a master of data-mining and social engineering; communications expert Kenny Crosby, an Army intel vet Jess has taken under his wing; and Jess' brother-in-law, Clinton Skye, a deadly marksman with a law degree.
These elite agents are always at the ready to answer the call, picking up the trail to hunt down and catch the "most wanted".
In the series premiere, "Dopesick": Jess and his team track a doctor who's deeply involved in a world of organised crime, drugs and lies, and is on the run after a phone call records him delivering his wife's fatal shot.
Sing On!
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Reality Competition, Music, Game Show
In this fun, fast-paced music contest hosted by Tituss Burgess, players sing their hearts out and try to hit the right notes to win up to $60,000 in the ultimate karaoke contest.
Hidden Spain
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Wildlife, Nature, Documentary
Spain is found at a crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, resulting in diverse landscapes, ancient cultures and magnificent wildlife.
Worlds within worlds, from Medieval towns to farming communities, deserts, mountains and forests, packed with some of the most dramatic wildlife on the continent.
To those who fail to venture outside of the resorts it's a completely hidden Spain.
Still a Mystery 2
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Just because a case is closed doesn't mean the truth has been revealed. Suicide or murder? Runaway or kidnapping? Accidental or premeditated?
Still a Mystery re-examines cases where unanswered questions still remain.
Through original interviews with law enforcement, family members and private investigators, news footage and social media, the series dissects the evidence and presents new theories in a quest to uncover the truth.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Terror After Midnight": A young Hollywood celebrity is out celebrating her birthday and another young woman enjoys a late drink with friends.
Just a few hours later, they both end up dead and investigators try to solve the mystery.
The Affair 5
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama
Final season!
Anna Paquin (True Blood) joins the final season as a series regular. New guest stars in Season 5 include Jennifer Jason Leigh, Claes Bang and Lyric Bent, with Russell Hornsby returning.
Season 5 will chronicle the aftermath of last season's horrific events and find the characters coming to terms with the consequences of their choices - as they make the realisation that if they really want to change their futures, they must first face the past.
Helen (Tierney) begins the season involved in an intoxicating new affair with a charismatic movie star (guest star Claes Bang), who offers to give her everything she's been missing.
Noah (West) meanwhile has to swallow his pride and his jealousy and step in to take care of his family in her absence.
But just when things seem to have stabilised, a chance encounter with someone from the distant past sets in a motion a sequence of events that brings them both to their knees.
Paquin stars as Alison and Cole's now adult daughter Joanie Lockhart, who returns some years in the future to piece together the truth about what happened to her mother, bringing the whole story full circle.
In addition to West, Tierney and Paquin, Season 5 series regulars include Julia Goldani Telles and Jadon Sand as Noah and Helen's children, Whitney and Trevor Solloway; and Lathan, as Janelle, Noah's girlfriend and the principal at the school where he teaches.
TVSA Show Page: The Affair 5
Challenger: The Final Flight
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series, History, Science, Technology
Executive produced by J.J. Abrams, this four-part docuseries examines the 1986 Challenger space shuttle, which tragically broke apart 73 seconds after launch as millions of Americans — many of them schoolchildren — watched live on television.
The series offers an in-depth look at one of the most diverse crews NASA assembled, including high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who was selected to be the first private citizen in space.
Conversations with the crew's surviving family members help create a poignant and relatable portrait of the astronauts.
Directors Steven Leckart and Daniel Junge also delve into the "fatally flawed decision process" and mechanical failures that led to the disaster, interviewing former NASA officials and engineers who worked on the failed booster engine and had repeated concerns about its safety.
Challenger: The Final Flight incorporates never-before-seen interviews, training footage and rare archival material to give the most unfiltered, emotional, behind-the-scenes look at these events to date.
Chicago Med 5
Channel: M-Net City (DStv 115)
TX Time: 19h10
Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
Follows the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together.
They tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Never Going Back to Normal": Will and Natalie face the aftermath of a horrific car incident and are left to battle for their lives.
An investigation is launched following the suspicious death of the elder Cornelius Rhodes, Dr. Rhodes' father; and Maggie receives life changing news.
Meanwhile, Dr. Charles cuts his honeymoon short to tend to a young patient he suspects might have schizophrenia.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "We're Lost in the Dark": Dr. Choi and Dr. Charles have difficult decisions to make as a dying man tries to preserve his future life with a controversial scientific method.
Dr. Marcel and April clash over how to handle a mysterious patient and Will questions Natalie's capabilities.
Meanwhile, Sharon assigns a nurse to shadow Maggie, much to her dismay.
Criminal: UK 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama
Within the walls of an interrogation room and with time running out, London investigators go after three suspects, each accused of a grievous crime.
Criminal UK returns with four new cases, four new suspects and one room that changes everything.
Prepare for bold stories, some surprises and a new take on the police procedural.
Season 2 stars Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington and Kunal Nayyar of The Big Bang Theory fame.
Fatal Attraction 6
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 18h05
Genre: True Crime, Docu-Drama
Narrated by Lynn Whitfield, the series explores the devastating consequences when all-consuming romantic passion erupts with such intensity that ordinary people commit unthinkable and criminal acts in the name of love.
Driven by real-life stories, Fatal Attraction weaves together intimate first person interviews, evocative cinematography and exclusive interrogation footage.
Each episode opens with a shocking crime and then flashes back through reenactments to the beginning of the incident providing a glimpse into the dark heart of a dangerous romance.
In the Season 6 premiere, "A Text from the Grave": A woman vanishes without a trace after moving from Trinidad to be with her long-standing boyfriend.
Rainforest Home
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Nature, Wildlife, Documentary
Rainforest - the richest habitat on Earth, teeming with millions of dramatic plants and animals.
Jungle lies between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, a tropical belt green stretching across South and Central America, Central Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia and Northern Australia.
Without a doubt, rainforests are the last stronghold for some of the most astonishing animal families you will find.
MeatEater 9
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Wildlife, Nature, Docu-Reality
Hunter, author, cook and conservationist Steven Rinella treks into the world's most remote, beautiful regions, bringing game meat from field to table.