1899
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Period Drama
When mysterious events change the course of an immigrant ship headed for New York in 1899, a mind-bending riddle unfolds for its bewildered passengers.
1899. A migrant steamship heads west to leave the old continent.
The passengers are a mixed bag of European origins, united by their hopes and dreams for the new century and their future abroad.
But their journey takes an unexpected turn when they discover another migrant ship adrift on open sea.
What they will find on board, will turn their passage to the promised land into a horrifying nightmare.
The Tower
Channel: BritBox
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Tower is based on Post Mortem, the first in Kate London's Metropolitan series of novels featuring Sarah Collins and rookie cop Lizzie Griffiths.
In The Tower's opening sequence, a veteran beat cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London.
Left alive on the roof are a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Adama.
Within hours, Lizzie has disappeared, and Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is charged with leading the investigation.
She not only has to track down Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly deaths.
What chain of events took two police officers and two children to the roof of that tower block - why did two of them die?
Why did two of them survive?
The antagonistic relationship between the experienced Sergeant Sarah Collins and the novice cop Lizzie Adama is at the heart of London's novels and The Tower.
What happened on the roof of the tower is the mystery that Sarah must uncover.
When it's finally revealed, the truth will cast its shadow over Sarah and Lizzie's relationship and their lives.
The English
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Western, Period Drama
The English is an epic chase Western which takes the core themes of identity and revenge to tell a parable on race, power and love.
An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt), and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout, Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), come together in 1890 middle America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood.
Both of them have a clear sense of their destiny, but neither is aware that it is rooted in a shared past.
They must face increasingly terrifying obstacles that will test them to their limits, physically and psychologically.
But as each obstacle is overcome, it draws them closer to their ultimate destination - the new town of Hoxem, Wyoming.
It is here, after an investigation by the local sheriff Robert Marshall (Stephen Rea) and young widow Martha Myers into a series of bizarre and macabre unsolved murders, that the full extent of their intertwined history will be truly understood, and they will come face-to-face with the future they must live.
Reno My Rental
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Home Improvement
HGTV's reigning Design Star: Next Gen champion, interior designer and social media influencer Carmeon Hamilton makes her debut in Reno My Rental.
In each episode, Carmeon will help renters make their place feel like home by transforming the spaces with personalised improvements that don't compromise the structure of the property.
In addition, Carmeon will access the products and services of local design vendors and artisans to create the breathtaking, unique designs.
In the series premiere, "Eclectic Rental Retreat": A creative couple desperately needs help turning their hot dog brown kitchen and bland deck into funky, eclectic spaces they can be proud of.
With a tiny budget, Carmeon takes on a kitchen island made of leftover parts and painted wood floors.
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series
When a 20-year-old attempts to win a fighter jet in a Pepsi sweepstakes, he sets the stage for a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.
Cindy Crawford, Manny Pacquiao and Michael Avenatti make appearances in this slick docuseries.
The year was 1996, and the cola wars were raging.
Despite Pepsi's celeb-soaked advertisements, Coke still held the bigger market share, so the second-place brand decided to roll out their biggest campaign ever.
Called "Pepsi Stuff", it featured a soon-to-be infamous commercial implying that if you just bought enough of their products, you could use "Pepsi Points" to purchase sunglasses, leather jackets... and maybe a Harrier jet?
Pepsi execs assumed the astronomical "price" of the military plane was set high enough to indicate it was a joke, but college student John Leonard saw it as a challenge, and decided to call their bluff.
Enlisting the help (and funding) of mountaineering buddy Todd Hoffman, Leonard hashed out a plan to score the grandest prize of all – even if it never existed in the first place.
Shot in a rollicking, irreverent style and soaked in the music and culture of the mid-'90s, Pepsi, Where's My Jet? sits down with Leonard, Hoffman, the commercial's creative team, and a truly unexpected cast of tangentially-involved public figures to tell the legendary tale of the kid who sued Pepsi for a fighter jet, and became the hero of a new generation.
The Savoy 2
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
The Savoy is back for a second season, as we step inside one of Britain's most expensive and historic hotels.
The Savoy is a Grande Dame hotel with a star-studded history that spans more than 132 years.
After the most turbulent time in its history, when the pandemic forced it to close its doors, the hotel is back open with a new MD, Franck Arnold in charge.
This access-all-areas series follows hotel life in the aftermath of the pandemic, during one of the most challenging times for the hospitality industry.
Having lost tens of millions of pounds in revenue The Savoy is battling to stay at the top in the fiercely competitive London luxury hotel market.
Franck Arnold has big plans: a flagship £16,000 a night Royal Suite newly made over by Gucci, a new restaurant in partnership with Gordon Ramsay and the refurbishment of the hotel's world-famous American Bar, London's original cocktail bar.
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access the series transports you both upstairs and downstairs, from guests and famous faces walking through the gilded revolving doors, to the army of staff catering to their every request.
This second season sees the return of Head Butler Sean who has been promoted to Guest Experience Manager and now oversees the doormen, the concierge and the porters, as well as the butlers.
In the fully booked Savoy Grill restaurant, director Thierry is overjoyed to be back serving his glamorous customers with his renowned flair.
After a challenging start to life at The Savoy, Michael is now one of Sean's most trusted butlers and is up for a prestigious hospitality award.
As well as the return of some familiar faces, the hotel has seen an influx of new staff, all getting to grips with the Savoy's five-star standards.
Battling staff shortages, the looming pressures of future COVID restrictions and the decline of international travel, we follow new housekeeper Kirsten, chefs Andrew and Dennis who are working round the clock for the launch of Gordon Ramsay's new River Restaurant and event sales director Jamie who has a backlog of weddings to deliver as cameras capture life behind the do not disturb signs of this amazing, iconic hotel.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Welcome Back": After being forced to close during the pandemic, The Savoy has reopened its doors, but with millions of pounds of revenue lost the hotel faces new challenges.
In a fiercely competitive luxury hospitality market, New MD Franck has big plans to keep the hotel on top, with a refurbishment of the flagship Royal Suite and a new Gordon Ramsay restaurant.
Doorman Tony is emotional to be welcoming old friends back to the hotel, while in the Savoy Grill, Restaurant Director Thierry welcomes dancing queen Shirley Ballas and national treasure Christopher Biggins for dinner.
Guest Experience Manager Sean will do 'anything as long as it's legal' to look after a wedding party staying in the newly-refurbished, £16,000 a night, Royal Suite by Gucci.
In The Savoy's own Lancaster Ballroom, butler Michael is nominated for a hospitality award.
Will all Sean's training pay off?
I Am Vanessa Guillen
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary, True Crime
Vanessa Guillen was 20 years old when she was found murdered at a US Army base.
Rather than submit to silence, her family fought for justice and change.
When a young Mexican-American soldier vanishes from a US Army base, her family leads an international movement to find her and expose ongoing corruption within the military ranks.
Vanessa Guillen always dreamed of joining the US Army, but after reporting being sexually harassed at Fort Hood in Texas, she disappeared.
After a two-month search, her remains were found in a nearby rural area, sparking rage at Army officials – and a fight for justice.
The film follows Vanessa's sisters Lupe and Mayra as they carry her name from protests in the streets to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., and offers a behind-the-scenes look at their tenacious pursuit to change a deeply rooted, controversial military justice system.
Featuring interviews with family and friends as well as elected officials like Rep. Jackie Spears and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, I Am Vanessa Guillen is a bracing, candid testament to what a family's love can do, even in the face of unimaginable grief.
Alaska: The Last Frontier 11
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 20h55
Genre: Docu-Reality
The Kilcher family return as their lives as homesteaders outside of Homer, Alaska continue to be documented in an all-new season of Alaska: The Last Frontier.
Several generations proudly live off the land that Yule Kilcher obtained more than 80 years ago.
A longtime Alaskan who helped write the state constitution and later served in the Legislature, Yule was fiercely dedicated to his family's mission as homesteaders.
He and his wife Ruth taught their family to be self-sufficient and to live solely off the resources the land can provide.
Yule's sons, Atz and Otto Kilcher, continue Yule's vision and traditions of a subsistence lifestyle and teach this way of life to their children and their families who live on the 640-acre homestead, including Atz's son, Atz Lee; and Otto's son, Eivin.
The new season begins when Otto is critically mauled by a steer during a severe snowstorm.
With doctors unsure if he will recover, his wife Charlotte is left reeling with grief and the family overwhelmed with homestead work.
Life has always been unpredictable yet rewarding on the homestead but now the Kilcher family is faced with a hard truth after Otto's accident: the younger generation must step up and take on more responsibilities or the homestead will not survive.
Other stories this season include Atz, with the help of his daughter, singer-songwriter Jewel, mobilising a group of military veterans to do good deeds for others and bring water to a local homesteader.
Also, Eivin considers expanding the Kilcher's reach in the state by becoming a bush pilot and Charlotte leaves the homestead for the very first time since Otto's injury.
Meanwhile, August and his brother Eivin take a trip to Red Mountain and Atz's son Etienne endures a homestead rite of passage in the wilderness before he leaves the homestead for college.
Dead to Me 3
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy
Final season!
A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
Jen (Christina Applegate), Judy (Linda Cardellini) and the lies that entwine them are back for the third and final season.
In the aftermath of yet another hit and run, both women receive shocking news, and are ready to risk their lives for a friendship that's above the law.