Redemption
Channel: BET (DStv 129)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Telenovela
Telenovela which depicts a family at war with itself, as beneath the surface exists many secrets and lies which threaten to test their belief system and tear them apart.
Set in a mega church, the story revolves around the close-knit and highly respected Zikode family.
After the mysterious disappearance of celebrated pastor Simon Zikode, played by Themba Ndaba, his daughter Faith (Kwanele Mthethwa) - who is on the cusp of an international music career - drops everything to come to her family's rescue.
As Faith immerses herself in the church and the family's affairs, she uncovers devastating secrets about those closest to her and is confronted with her own skeletons.
Dark truths come to light and the Zikode family are faced with many baffling decisions as they scramble to salvage the family's legacy.
Will Faith Zikode's discovery about the truth about her family's unscrupulous and devious past and present make her walk her away from her own blood for good or will she stick around to save the family's legacy?
The series tagline is "God for us all, Guluva for himself".
The series stars Themba Ndaba, Tina Jaxa, Sparky Xulu, Sthandiwe Kgoroge, Seputla Sebogodi, Kwanele Mthethwa, Pakamisa Zwedala, Yonda Thomas, Mmarona Motshegoa, Peter Mashigo, Helen Lebepe, Sonni Chidiebere, Pearl Modiadie, Luthando Mthembu, Zenzo Ngqobe, Marjorie Langa and Leera Mthethwa.
The repeat airs at 21h30.
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The First Lady
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama
A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies.
Starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, this series delves deep into the Ladies' personal and political lives.
Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House's women is no longer hidden from view.
In the government's East Wing, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic First Ladies.
The series will peel back the curtain on the personal and political lives of three unique, enigmatic women and their families, tracing their journeys to Washington, dipping into their pasts and following them beyond the White House into their greatest moments.
Through interweaving storylines so intimate it's as if the White House walls are talking, the series focuses on the enlightening lives of Michelle Obama, Betty Ford and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The series also stars Kiefer Sutherland as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Aaron Eckhart as President Gerald Ford, Dakota Fanning as Susan Elizabeth Ford, Regina Taylor as Michelle Obama's mother Marian Shields Robinson, Lily Rabe as Lorena "Hick" Hickok and Jayme Lawson as Young Michelle Obama.
Additional guest stars include O.T. Fagbenle as President Barack Obama, Judy Greer as Nancy Howe, Ellen Burstyn as Sara Delano Roosevelt, Jackie Earle Haley as Louis McHenry Howe, Maria Dizzia as Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd and Kate Mulgrew as Susan Sher.
In the series premiere, "That White House": After Franklin's sudden polio diagnosis, Eleanor Roosevelt commits to enabling his political future despite pressure from her mother-in-law, Sara.
As the Watergate scandal unfolds, Betty Ford unexpectedly becomes Second Lady upon Jerry's nomination as Vice President and she clashes with his staff over her newly public role.
Following the historic 2008 election, Michelle Obama wrestles with the expectations and dangers that Barack and their children face as the first black family to live in the White House.
Hidden Passion 2
Channel: Telemundo (DStv 118)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Telenovela
Professor Genaro Carreño has been found drowned and tied to a chair at the bottom of a lake.
A blackmailer makes a taunting phone call or two.
When the police raid the Reyes-Elizondo family farm, twin sons León and Erick Reyes have fled, while an incriminating video shows them physically attacking the Professor, who has a reputation for bullying and abusing them at school.
Later, the twins confess that the Professor accused them of getting his (now-missing) daughter Adela Carreño pregnant.
Could this shocking murder and pregnancy scandal link back to the events that brought León and Erick's parents together nearly 20 years back (in the original Hidden Passion telenovela in 2003)?
The original Colombian title of the series is Pasión de Gavilanes.
In the Season 2 premiere: León Reyes receives a call from a blackmailer, who tells him that the authorities have found the lifeless body of Professor Genaro Carreño.
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Last of the Giants: Wild Fish
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary Series, Docu-Reality
In this intense, fast-paced miniseries, Cyril and his seasoned, four-man crew embark on a punishing and dangerous mission to find and study the last giant fish on the planet.
This first season follows the determined team through the Amazon and the Great North of Canada, in pursuit of the explosive, prehistoric Pirarucu, the massive, armor-plated White Sturgeon, and one of the most endangered freshwater goliaths on the planet: the shark-like, 400 lb+ Piraiba...
These behemoths once ruled the world's wild rivers and lakes, but after years of habitat destruction, pollution and commercial pressure, are there still real giants out there?
There's only one way to find out, but it's going to be a real challenge.
In order to collect the samples they need to help save these gigantic fish, Cyril and his team will have to survive in some of the most remote and hostile environments known to humanity.
From the raging rivers and deadly canyons on the last frontier between northern Canada and Alaska, to the fearsome jungles and piranha-infested rivers of the Amazon rainforest, the series takes us behind the scenes as the team doggedly pursues their mission while facing jaguars, grizzly bears, anacondas, caimans, tarantulas, treacherous weather, and even menacing, armed locals.
The Block Australia 15
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Reality, Home Improvement, DIY
Five new couples arrive at the biggest block ever, The Oslo Hotel, built in 1856.
These ambitious couples must transform the neglected Oslo Hotel in St Kilda into five top-end, three-storey homes.
They have just one week to deliver a guest bedroom and an en-suite bathroom in renovation that's bigger, tougher and longer than ever.
Could this be The Block that finally pushes its contestants too far?
Hosts Scott Cam and Shelley Craft; site foreman Keith Schleiger with Dan Reilly; and judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer, all return from the previous season.
A Trip to Infinity
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary, Science, Technology
Eminent mathematicians, particle physicists and cosmologists dive into infinity and its mind-bending implications for the universe.
Features interviews with Moon Duchin, Delilah Gates, Carlo Rovelli and Steven Strogatz.