Last Light
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 23h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Miniseries
In this dystopian thriller, a family's lives are changed forever when oil supplies get contaminated by an infectious agent, causing society to implode in the face of global disaster.
Petro-chemist Andy Nielsen knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world's oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed.
While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realises that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment.
His teenage daughter, Laura, is alone at home in London while his wife, Elena, and young son, Sam, are in Paris.
Amid this chaos, each family member will sacrifice everything to find one another, despite the distance and the dangers that separate them.
Based on Alex Scarrow's best-selling novel of the same name.
Matthew Fox (Lost) plays Andy Neilson, an ex-pat living in London who is one of the world's leading petro-chemical engineers.
He's brilliant and very in demand, but his drive and ambition have sometimes been to the detriment of his family life.
The story's unfolding crisis will force Andy to reassess his priorities - both familial and professional.
The only way he'll be able to restore his family is by setting the world right.
He may be the only one with the knowledge and ability to do so.
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) plays Elena Neilson, who is smart, caring, and beautiful.
When her son, Sam, was diagnosed with a progressive, degenerative eye disease, she gave up her thriving professional career and put all of her considerable energy and ability toward finding a cure.
She has become a leading fundraiser for a foundation pursuing cutting edge research into Sam's condition.
This maternal and professional triumph for Elena is only tempered by the state of her marriage, which has been strained to the breaking point.
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series, True Crime
This docuseries follows the rise and fall of financier Bernie Madoff, who orchestrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in Wall Street history.
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street reveals the truth behind Bernie Madoff's infamous $64-billion global Ponzi scheme, the largest in history, that shattered the lives of countless individual investors who had placed their trust in the revered Wall Street statesman.
With unique access to whistleblowers, employees, investigators and victims, and never-before-seen video depositions of Madoff himself, this four-part documentary series traces Madoff's rise from humble beginnings to one of the most influential power brokers on Wall Street.
Through an innovative visual approach and an entertaining, edge-of-your-seat financial thriller tone, prolific filmmaker Joe Berlinger reveals the genesis and, for the first time, the mechanics of Madoff's fraudulent investment advisory business, uncovering how the fraud was not just the brainchild of one evil genius, as many people came to believe.
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street reveals a cadre of co-conspirators and a financial system rife with institutions that were willing to turn a blind eye to Madoff's suspicious behavior, prompting the obvious nagging question: Could such a blatant and destructive fraud happen again?
Ocean Heroines
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Nature, Wildlife
Six daring women are on a mission. They want to save our planet's life support system: the ocean.
Ocean Heroines features outstanding female marine scientists and their interconnected work in the world's five oceans.
We follow them closely to their wild work locations all over the planet.
Their research contains the cornerstones that keep the ecosystem ocean functioning.
The great white shark at the top of the ocean's foodchain is protecting all life in the seas.
The tiny phytoplancton at the base of the foodchain is the major source for our oxygen supply.
In between there are giant humpback whales, fragile corals and promising bacteria in the deep sea.
Without its life, the oceans will die. Will the researchers be able to turn the tides?
Relentlessly they follow their only goal: to keep up pace with climate change.
In the series premiere, "The Connected Planet": Two young scientists are working at the outer ends of the oceans foodchain on a shared mission: to keep the earths biggest ecosystem alive.
The great white shark is killed by millions every year, but without it, the oceans will die.
On the other end of the foodchain, at its very base, phytoplancton is protecting our atmosphere's oxygen supply.
Understanding its reaction to ocean warming and ocean acidification is key to understand and predict climate change.
How much longer will we be able to breathe?
American Pickers 19
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Reality
In small towns, and along America's back roads, treasures are waiting to be uncovered, valuable relics from history that are hidden in junk piles, buried in barns and stacked in garages.
The Midwestern pickers travel across America in search of rare artefacts and national treasures that they can buy from the collectors they visit and then sell in their antique shops or, in some cases, put in their personal collections.
In the latest season Mike Wolfe, owner of Antique Archaeology, and his business partner, Frank Fritz, discover treasures such as a Hollywood collection with never before seen photos of Marilyn Monroe, American Civil War revolvers and a baseball signed by one of the greatest players of all time.
They're also in pickin' heaven when they visit an old hangar along Route 66 with a jaw-dropping vintage car collection.
In the Season 19 premiere, "Adrenaline Junkie": The guys uncover toy cars worth as much as the real thing, and a stash of custom motorbikes with an incredible backstory.
Street Outlaws 3
Channel: Discovery Family (DStv 136 / StarSat 222)
TX Time: 15h10
Genre: Motoring, Reality
Fasten your seatbelts and hold on tight - buckle up for a wild ride inside the world of American street racing.
From a 1969 Chevy Nova to a race-ready farm truck, the vehicles - and their drivers - come in all shapes and sizes and have one thing in common: the need for speed.
But according to the Street Outlaws of Oklahoma City - home to one of the largest undercover street racing rings in America - if you're not on "the list," you don't matter.
The "list" contains the 10 fastest street-racing cars in Oklahoma City and they are the best of the best.
Not only will these guys will do anything - anything - to get ranked on this list, they'll do whatever it takes to stay ranked.
Street racing comes first - before family, before friends and before work.
The stakes are high and these drivers will put everything on the line to get to top, where there can only be one #1.
In the Season 3 premiere, "The Rise of the Crow": Big Chief relinquishes his racemaster duties to another driver so he can race The Crow back up the list.
Tina drops off the list, opening the coveted 10-spot for a round robin competition.
Varley's son/driver is a no show and Azn gets stopped by the police.