Ou Toppies
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Comedy, Afrikaans
Sitcom set in a retirement home and revolving around four retired men from different backgrounds who find themselves living under the same roof, something they'd never do voluntarily.
That's what retirement is all about: accepting the inevitable and each other and finding the fun factor in ageing.
Boetus van der Merwe (played by Tobie Cronje) is an ex-actor who moves into a small retirement home, the only building left on land owned by a conglomerate who would love to bulldoze it and develop an estate.
There he is forced to rub shoulders with the ex-musician slash hustler, Jabu Chili (Amos Ketlele); an ex-army commander, George de Bruin (Ian Roberts); and former food and beverage manager Alvin Adonis (Simon Bruinders).
There is also an insanely gorgeous and retired doctor, Gloria, played by Heidi Mollentze.
The four retirees repeatedly find themselves in tricky situations.
They inevitably compete every chance they get, to the frustration of Gloria, whose affections are at the top of their bucket list.
But ultimately, they must rely on their different strengths and each other to get by.
In the process, they become unlikely friends, sharing the ups and downs of retirement and ageing, proving that it is not the end of the line but the start of a new adventure.
Also in the cast are Nomsa Buthelezi-Shezi as Nhlanhla and Sans Moonsamy as Vikesh, a couple working at the retirement home.
In the series premiere, "Welcome to Huis Wag-'n-Bietjie": The small urn with Sus' ashes is misplaced on the day of her memorial service.
The Ou Toppies all want Sus' old room and decide whoever finds (or fabricates) Sus' ashes can move into her room.
Sus' dead-broke son Boetus arrives for her memorial.
When he "injures" himself he uses it as an excuse to move into his mom's old room... with no intention of ever leaving again, since he has nowhere to go.
TVSA Show Page: Ou Toppies
The Enigma of the Celtic Tomb
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary, History
2,500 years ago, a dynasty of Celtic Princes founded the first towns in Northern Europe.
They constructed harbours along rivers and traded goods with people from all over Europe.
This Celtic Golden Age bears testimony to the intense trade and rich cross influences that existed between Celtic, Greek and Etruscan cultures.
The film brings us to France, Germany, Italy, Greece and Turkey in search of traces of this prominent dynasty, and maps out as never before the considerable Celtic influence across Europe.
Thanks to exclusive access to the Celtic Tomb in Lavau (France) and the exceptionally rich and well-preserved collection of objects found on the gravesite, the history of their origins can now be revealed.
Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
From the outside, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka painted a picture-perfect relationship of a beautiful young couple in love.
Neither shied away from attention, and they captured their entire relationship on their video camera.
But behind those blonde locks and pearly whites was a much more sinister side: the two were orchestrating a horrific crime spree across Canadian suburbs and recording their evil brutality on tape.
When a distressed Karla turns Paul over to the police, she pleads that she was forced to help her husband.
But after six tapes of evidence surface that reveal the reality of the crimes, it begs the question: was Karla another victim, or was she the puppet master behind it all?
Now with exclusive footage, unseen evidence and intimate interviews, Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes reveals an inside look at Paul and Karla's twisted relationship from behind the lens.
The murders led to a transformative trial – with a controversial outcome – that left an indelible mark on Canada's justice system, and one that questions whether a cold-blooded killer walks free to this day.
In the series premiere, "The Murders": Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka embark on a passionate love affair and marry in 1991.
By 1992, missing schoolgirls Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French are both found dead.
Then in 1993, a battered and bruised Karla tells police that her husband, Paul, is the killer of both girls and that home videos depicting his assaults on the girls are hidden somewhere in their marital home.
Beyond the Unknown 2
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 21h10
Genre: Documentary Series, Docu-Drama, History
Don Wildman combs through the vaults of the world's most prestigious institutions to unearth extraordinary artefacts with captivating mysteries.
From uncovering the most macabre secret of the Wild West to investigating a blood-sucking beast and exploring the extraordinary tale of spontaneous human combustion, Don is on a mission for the truth.
Through interviews, archival footage and dramatic re-enactments, he seeks to answer history's biggest questions and explore the most astonishing and inexplicable events of our time.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Alcatraz, Conjoined Twins and Lincoln Grave Robbery": Don unearths four dummy heads that helped three inmates escape from Alcatraz.
He also examines the medical mystery that defined a famous pair of conjoined twins and investigates the attempted robbery of Abraham Lincoln's grave in Springfield, Illinois.
Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Comedy, Special
Y'all wanna hear something crazy?
Ms. Pat finds laughter in the absurdities of parenting, pet lovers and very unfortunate lip trends as she unpacks a painful past with humour and honesty.
She recalls growing up poor in Atlanta during the Reagan era, what she learned spending five days in juvenile detention, how her mom made her get baptized at local churches to get money, and much much more.
Konings van Kitskos 7
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Food, Afrikaans
Best friends Alvin Bruinders and Gerhard Steyn love to eat.
In this lively, fun-filled series they hit the road to visit the best fast-food joints in South Africa and to taste the most indulgent dishes on the menus.
Alvin and Gerhard may have recently shed the kilos but they're still on the hunt for delicious fast food in the sixth season of Konings van Kitskos.
Claws 4
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama
Final season!
Claws is a midnight-dark meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon.
It follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.
Claws is about good women caught in bad places with worse men.
It's the story of hardworking women trying to get by in this economy, set against the surreal, bright, gritty landscape of Florida and the luscious, absurd, extreme excesses of the crime world.
In the Season 4 premiere, "Betrayal": With the casino gone, Desna is prepared to return to her roots as a money-laundering nail mogul, which proves to be more difficult than expected, propelling her and the crew further into a world of criminality.