The Hunt for Raoul Moat
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama, True Crime
The Hunt for Raoul Moat shines a light on the human tragedies that lay behind Britain's biggest manhunt, told through the eyes of those who sought to bring a violent killer to justice.
Released from Durham prison in July 2010, Moat went on the run after shooting three people in 24 hours.
Despite Northumbria Police's best efforts, Moat evaded them for over a week, threatening to kill police officers and members of the public.
This manhunt played out against a warped perception of Moat as an 'anti-hero', a persecuted victim fighting back against the authorities. The reality was an armed sociopath who declared war on the police.
The drama focuses on the innocent victims of Moat's crimes - Christopher Brown, Samantha Stobbart and PC David Rathband; the police officers who put themselves in the firing line in their quest to apprehend Moat; and a local journalist who sought to tell Moat's real story in a landscape of sensationalist reporting and social media provocation.
Lee Ingleby (Inspector George Gently) portrays Neil Adamson, a senior Northumbria Police Officer leading the race against time to apprehend Moat.
Also starring are Sonya Cassidy (The Last Kingdom) as local journalist Diane Barnwell, Vineeta Rishi (Vera) as Nisha Roberts, Sally Messham (Doc Martin) as Samantha Stobbart, Matt Stokoe (Bodyguard) as Raoul Moat and Josef Davis (Young Wallander) as Christopher Brown.
The Hunt for Raoul Moat begins with Moat's ex-partner Samantha piecing her life back together following Moat's imprisonment for an assault.
He is then released from HMP Durham after serving a four-month sentence.
Sam has a new boyfriend, Chris, and she is terrified of Moat's return.
Despite making serious threats against Sam from inside prison, the former Newcastle doorman is hellbent on rekindling their relationship.
When he realises that isn't going to happen, Moat equips himself with a shotgun to confront Sam and her new partner.
In the series premiere: Samantha Stobbart strikes up a new romance with Christopher Brown.
She is increasingly nervous about her abusive ex-partner, Raoul Moat, being released from prison, where he has been serving a short sentence for assaulting a child.
Moat refuses to acknowledge that their relationship is over.
Possessive and pathologically jealous, Moat becomes incensed when he learns about Sam's new partner.
Upon his release, Moat commits a brutal and violent crime.
On the run, Moat has no intention of going quietly and sets his sights on attacking the very police force now hunting him.
Housewives 2
Channel: e.tv
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama
The lives of three housewives are changed forever when their husbands are killed by a drug cartel boss.
Akhona, Summer and Lawrencia are left with the heavy debt left by their spouses' criminal activities and are forced to work for the cartel leader to pay off the debt.
But they end up deciding to outsmart the cartel boss and open a syndicate of their own...
The second season kicks off with Akhona on the run.
She finds refuge in a rundown hotel in Yeoville while she waits for her aide, Raphael.
She has a run-in with the cops and is forced to take on a false identity so that she can remain in hiding.
Just when she is about to be bust, Raphael comes to her rescue and takes her to his place.
There is a spark between these two and it is revealed that years ago Akhona dumped Raphael for Eric, who had more money than he does.
Season 2 stars Renate Stuurman as Dragon, Sive Mabuya as Akhona and Angela Lieveaux as Summer.
Lawrencia (or Lolo as her friends know her) is played by Gabisile Tshabalala.
TVSA Show Page: Housewives 2
Top of the Lake
Channel: S3
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Drama, Miniseries, Mystery
Mystery drama miniseries written by Jane Campion and set in New Zealand, which follows a detective investigating the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl who finds herself mired knee-deep in dark, disturbing small-town secrets.
The series is a haunting mystery that centres on the disappearance of a 12-year-old named Tui Mitcham who is five months pregnant, who walks into a freezing New Zealand lake... then disappears.
Investigative detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) returns home to investigate, but it's not a simple missing persons case.
In this breathtaking but remote mountain town, there are evil forces as powerful as the land itself.
And those who offer a glimpse of paradise also provide a path to hell.
Trapped where happiness and honest work are just out of reach, Griffin must not only find the girl but also face her own haunting past.
She must lose herself in order to find the missing girl.
During the investigation, she collides with Matt Mitcham, Tui's father, a local drug lord; and GJ (Holly Hunter), a guru at a local women's camp.
As the case unfolds, in a paradise where honest work is hard to find, Robin will find that her limits are tested, sending her on a journey of self-discovery.
With the men that she once left behind now standing in her way, every step closer to solving the case unearths a dangerous truth about herself.
TVSA Show Page: Top of the Lake
Survival of the Thickest
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Comedy
After a bad breakup, passionate stylist Mavis Beaumont seizes the opportunity to start over in life and love while finding happiness on her own terms.
Survival of the Thickest centres on Mavis Beaumont (Michelle Buteau).
Black, plus-size and newly single (not by her choice), Mavis unexpectedly finds herself having to rebuild her life as a struggling stylist.
She's determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family, a body positive attitude, and a cute v-neck with some lip gloss.
The scripted comedy is based on Buteau's book of essays.
Endeavour 9
Channel: BritBox
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Drama, Period Drama, Police Procedural
Final season!
Period crime drama Endeavour is coming to an end with its ninth season – and Shaun Evans will take his final bow as Endeavour Morse in this prequel to the long-running detective series Inspector Morse.
Travel back in time to 1970s Oxford to meet young Morse for a last goodbye and witness the return of some familiar faces as he grapples with new challenges across three two-hour episodes.
In the Season 9 premiere: It’s spring, 1972.
Two unexplained deaths seem to lead to the Oxford Concert Orchestra, while a body discovered in a derelict warehouse stokes fears that members of the London criminal underworld have again found their way to Oxford.
Thursday and Endeavour's investigation unearths some unsettling connections to cases the duo believed were well and truly behind them.