Amy Schumer Learns to Cook
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 19h55
Genre: Food, Docu-Reality, Comedy
Stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, have quarantined themselves, their son, his nanny Jane, and their dog at their home in the woods as they share a behind-the-scenes look at their lives.
Chris and Amy bring viewers into their kitchen and share what home-life is like, including Jane's promotion to part-time camera operator when the baby is napping.
During this unusual time, phoning a friend becomes a reality as the couple also stay in contact with family and some surprise celebrity friends via video, all the while Chris - who specialises in farm-to-table cuisine - creates comfort food through eight episodes with a whole lot of fennel as Amy takes the lead tending to the bar.
In the series premiere, "Breakfast and Late-Night Eats": Amy begins her culinary education where most of us begin the day - at breakfast.
Chris shows Amy how to make a perfectly poached egg, some crispy bacon, and a celery and fennel salad, while homemade latkes are frying up and Amy crafts an old-fashioned cocktail to start the day.
Chris then works on a menu for some of Amy's favourite late-night treats, including homemade fried rice, chicken wings, peanut butter cup cookies, and Amy's favorite snack to eat in bed, matzah with butter, while Amy makes a Moscow Mule for a night cap.
Other episodes feature Amy and Chris enjoying taco night with tempura-battered fish tacos, and Chris and Amy taking time to enjoy a quarantine movie night dinner with crispy potatoes, lamb sliders and a very inventive Greek salad dip.
A Perfect Planet
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 16h00
Genre: Wildlife, Nature, Documentary Series
The latest series from Sir David Attenborough, A Perfect Planet is a unique fusion of blue-chip natural history and Earth sciences which explains how the living planet operates.
This five-part series will show how the forces of nature - weather, oceans, sunlight and volcanoes - drive, shape and support Earth's great diversity of life and will reveal how animals are perfectly adapted to whatever the environment throws at them.
One episode will also focus on the shocking impact humans have on the perfectly balanced ecosystems of land, ocean and atmosphere.
From the white wolves of Ellesemere Island to bears in Kamchatka; vampire finches of the Galapagos to golden snub-nosed monkeys of China, the series will combine a global view of the planet from space with intimate animal stories from the most spectacular habitats.
From the Indian monsoon to Hawaiian volcanoes; tidal islands of the Bahamas to the extremes of the Arctic winter, A Perfect Planet will take the you on a stunning visual journey that will change the way we see our home.
Cecil: The Legacy of a King
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary
This special follows the life and legacy of one of the world's most famous lions - Cecil.
The ultimate big cat king, Cecil was a warrior, a father and a loyal brother.
But his untimely death at the hands of an illegal hunt spelled the end of his extraordinary reign, evoking feelings of fury and sadness to all who heard his tale across the globe.
This special will look at the life of the lion behind the headlines, his pride before and after his death as well as how he came to be Africa's ultimate king of the beasts.