Secrets in the Jungle
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Documentary Series
Discover the extraordinary secrets behind uncharted jungles across the globe as experts use the latest science and tech to explore the lost civilizations and undiscovered treasures rumoured to be hidden inside.
The jungles and forests of Earth have terrified the human race for years.
There's just something unsettling about not knowing what could be lurking behind the next tree.
But that hasn't stopped us from exploring them and searching for the lost cities and treasures rumoured to be inside.
Secrets in the Jungle is a one-hour docuseries that travels to jungles around the world to examine the extraordinary curiosities and mysteries found in their environments.
Using CGI, archive footage and expert commentary, the series analyses the mysteries and explores what may still be waiting to be discovered.
In the series premiere, "Secret Structures of Guatemala": Archaeologists identify a series of unknown structures in Guatemala.
Wu-Tang: An American Saga 2
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama
Based on one of the most influential and important groups in hip-hop history, Wu-Tang: An American Saga is inspired by "The Wu-Tang Manual" and "Tao of Wu", and based on the true story of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Set in early '90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, the show tracks the Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
In Season 2, the Clan is disillusioned with life in the projects, and Bobby knows that success in the music industry could be their ticket to better lives.
But getting the Clan members to drop everything for music isn't easy.
The resentment between Dennis, Sha, Power and Divine still runs deep, while the other Clan members struggle dealing with intercity life.
This time around, Bobby is dedicated to authenticity and though he knows he can lead his crew through the challenges of the music business, the Clan's fractures may prove too much to overcome.
Vergewe My 4
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality, Afrikaans
Perpetrators who wish to ask the victims of their crimes for forgiveness are given the chance to do so.
The show features the harrowing stories of crimes and we witness the perpetrators' attempts to reconcile with those they have hurt.
We get a first-hand account of the emotions and guilty feelings of those who committed the crimes and follow them on their journey to forgiveness.
Doc Martin 10
Channel: BritBox
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama, Medical Drama
Final season!
Martin Clunes returns to Cornwall to play the grumpy medic for the last time in the final season of Doc Martin.
He stars as Dr. Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, in eight new episodes of the drama set in the idyllic hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall.
Picturesque Port Isaac provides the beautiful backdrop for this season, with all the regular members of the cast reprising their roles.
Caroline Catz plays Doc Martin's wife, Louisa Ellingham, who resigned from her job as headmistress at the local school to pursue a new career in child counselling.
Also returning for the finale are Eileen Atkins who plays Doc Martin's formidable Aunt Ruth.
Ian McNeice is back to play Bert Large, with Joe Absolom as his son Al.
At the end of the last season the Doc decided, after having his medical career scrutinised by the General Medical Council because of his blood phobia, that he would resign from being Portwenn's GP.
This final season sees the Doc making efforts to overcome his phobia, and beginning to question whether he made the right decision about resigning.
He and Louisa have also welcomed a baby daughter, Mary Elizabeth, a sister for four-year-old James Henry.
With Louisa pursuing her new career as a child counsellor in his old surgery, the Doc is left literally holding the baby, and indulging his hobby of repairing clocks on the kitchen table.
But does he really want his old job back?
9-1-1: Lone Star 3
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 16h35
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama
In the third season, after the events of the second season finale, the 126 is shut down and the crew is dispersed across the city.
In the multi-episode opening storyline, a massive and unexpected arctic front hits Austin with an ice storm, causing widespread chaos.
Can Captain Owen Strand and Captain Tommy Vega not only save the city, but find a way to resurrect and reunite the former 126?
In the Season 3 premiere, "The Big Chill": An unexpected arctic cold front brings an ice storm to Austin and a variety of weather-related emergencies.
Meanwhile, Owen deals with the fallout of the 126 closing, as Tommy, T.K. and Gillian settle into new employment and Judd and Grace prepare for the birth of their first baby.
Agter Tralies 5
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: True Crime, Docu-Reality, Afrikaans
In each episode of this docuseries we follow the story of someone who committed a crime, ended up behind bars and had to rebuild their lives after being released.
We delve deep into the crime they committed, explore their time spent behind bars as well as the story of their release from jail and their plans to create a new life for themselves.
Perpetrators tell us about the crimes that landed them in prison and how they rebuilt their lives after their release.
Top Gear 33
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Motoring, Reality, Comedy
More motoring mayhem from the popular car show, presented by Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness.
Freddie, Chris and Paddy are back with Season 33, and the global celebration of all things automotive shows no signs of slowing down.
Highlights include a pick-up truck pilgrimage across Thailand, a supercar showdown in the Alps, a test of the latest affordable electric microcars in Paris and a thorough – and thoroughly outrageous – look at the best way to get into the delivery driver game on a budget.
The series also features some of the most eagerly-awaited supercars in the shape of the F1-engined Mercedes AMG One and the 2000hp all-electric Rimac Nevera.
It also shines a spotlight on budding young racers without the means to compete in the high-stakes world of motorsport, giving them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In the Season 33 premiere: Freddie, Chris and Paddy head to Thailand on a road trip in old pick-ups.
Back in Britain, Chris tests out the astonishing Rimac Nevera, an electric two-seater that might just be the fastest car on the planet.
9-1-1 5
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 17h30
Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
A series of ransomware threats leads to an overabundance of emergencies for the 118, including a medevac helicopter crash at a hospital and an air-traffic control tower system failure.
Meanwhile Athena must revisit her traumatic attack when the case of the realtor serial rapist goes to trial, Eddie suffers a health scare and Maddie's postpartum depression worsens.