The Great South African Bake Off 4
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
This 10-part season, which will search for the nation's best amateur baker, will be judged by chefs Siba Mtongana and Paul Hartmann and presented by Lesego Thlabi and Glen Biderman-Pam.
The creative baking competition series will provide plenty of inspiration and delicious fun as the amateurs go all out to impress the judges, ultimately hoping to bake their way to the final.
Each week the bakers are given a new technique to master that will stretch their baking skills as they race against the clock, and each other, to deliver a show-stopping, mouth-watering creation.
The Great South African Bake Off is sure to provide inspiration and delicious fun as 12 amateur bakers pull out all the stops to impress Siba and Paul with their originality and skill, hoping to bake their way to the final.
Each week the bakers race against the clock to deliver a mouth-watering, show-stopping creation and after 10 weeks of whisking, kneading and piping, only one can be crowned the winner.
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Winter Son
Channel: eExtra (Openview 105 / StarSat 489 / DStv 195)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
Efe is only seven years old when he sees his mother Leyla with another man.
He hides in his father's car, fearing that his parents would end their marriage.
While everybody is looking for him, his father gets in the car and finds Efe in a clear state of anxiety.
But Efe and his father soon become caught in a huge trap.
Efe witnesses the murder of his father and the killers arrange for the little boy to meet the same fate.
The hired assassin cannot go through with it and gives the child to his fisherman friend.
Separated from his family and identical twin brother, Mete, Efe's recollection of events fades.
While his real family believes that both Efe and his father died in a car accident, Efe lives with his adopted father Ismail, mother Fatma and sister Nadide.
And his new life becomes very different to his previous one.
20 years later, Efe still remembers little about his origins.
He becomes a humble fisherman who lives happily with his adopted family, but a desire to find his real family remains...
The voice dub cast include Liane Heyl, Mortimer Williams, Roderick Jaftha, Dawid Minnaar, Hannelie Warren, Dirk Stoltz, Sue Pyler-Slabbert, Vinette Ebrahim, Linsey Cele, Anton Schmidt, Reynard Slabbert, Zetske van Pletzen and Francois Stemmet.
The original Turkish title of the show is Kis Günesi (Winter Sun in English).
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Maak my 'n Miljoenêr
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Reality Competition, Afrikaans
Today's youth only seems interested in Bitcoin and quick money, but Albert van Wyk has made it his mission to mentor young people to realise their financial dreams.
He made his first million at the age of 22.
Albert visits 40 schools in the Gauteng area over the course of 13 weeks, looking for high school entrepreneurs with big dreams.
After sending in a video with their business proposal, the top 20 entrepreneurs are challenged with real-world business problems to test their skills.
The winner walks away with a R30,000 cash prize, a trophy, and enough knowledge to make a success of his/her business.
Strange Planet
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Based on the New York Times No. 1 bestselling graphic novel and social media phenomenon of the same name, Strange Planet is a perceptive look at a distant world not unlike our own.
Set in a whimsical world of cotton candy pinks and purples, relatable blue beings explore the absurdity of everyday human traditions.
Expedition Antarctica
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Wildlife, Nature
Experience the hardships of one of the deepest dives ever made in the South Arctic.
Following extreme diver and biologists Laurent Ballesta and acclaimed photographer Vincent Munier, exploring for the first time sub-glacial lakes deep under the ice pack and decoding the secret weapons of wildlife and micro-organic life thriving under such extreme conditions.
This is an expedition which will help decipher Antarctica's key role in climate regulation and see the challenges the iconic Emperor penguin faces in the light of climate change.
Discover the secrets of these polar environments on the ice and underwater and get close and personal with the emperor.
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series, Music, Lifestyle
Rappers, writers and experts detail the influence of women on hip-hop music and culture in this docuseries honouring the trailblazers and gamechangers.
The series recontextualises the irrepressible women of hip hop and their role in the genre's 50 years by placing them at the centre, from day one to present day.
Each of the four episodes features a parade of iconic emcees like MC Lyte, Queen Latifah and Rah Digga, up and comers, and artists currently at the top of the charts like Latto, and Tierra Whack alongside key figures from record labels, stylists and journalists.
With originators like Sha-Rock and Roxanne Shante and real talk from contemporary superstars like Saweetie and Coi Leray, this is the history of the music within the wider social, racial and political landscape of the times, through a female lens.
Jussie Smollett: A Faking It Special
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
This five-part docuseries features the first time ever exclusive interviews with brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who were part of an elaborate plot to perpetrate a staged hate crime on actor Jussie Smollett - but have never spoken to the media about their role in the hoax.
Anatomy of a Hoax takes a deep dive into a scam that reverberated through the worlds of entertainment, pop culture and politics.
In January 2019, Smollett claimed to have been attacked on a Chicago street by two men who were said to have shouted "this is MAGA country" while beating and putting a noose around his neck.
After a thorough investigation, Chicago police uncovered that the attack was staged, and that Smollett had hired the Osundairo brothers to carry out the crime.
Now, on the eve of Smollett's appeal, Anatomy of a Hoax will chronicle the behind the scenes manoeuvring and drama that turned the star into a pariah and sent shockwaves through Chicago and beyond, leaving a trail of damaged careers and reputations.
The Osundairo brothers will unravel the details from the planning of the fake crime, its execution and all that ensued in the aftermath.
World on Fire 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h10
Genre: Period Drama, Drama
Drama telling the story of World War Two through the lives of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict.
This season the war reaches north Africa, where Harry's unit face brutal desert conditions.
In mainland Europe, citizens are pushed to breaking point, while battle rages in the sky over Manchester.
RAF pilots are sent to destroy German bombers prowling the skies above Manchester, with rescue operations underway on the streets below.
The true reality of war has arrived in Britain.
Season 2 will take you from the streets of Britain into occupied France, Nazi Germany and to the sands of the North African desert, where British troops struggle alongside Indian Sappers and Australian Diggers to adapt to a very different kind of combat.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series 4
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Mockumentary, Musical, Drama
Final season!
Season 4 will see the Wildcats returning to East High, where they prepare a stage production of High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
But, in a meta twist signature to the series, plans are disrupted when Disney announces the long-awaited High School Musical 4: The Reunion movie will shoot on location at their beloved high school.