The End of the War in Colour
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary Series, History
When US troops conquered Nazi Germany from the West in March 1945, they were accompanied by camera teams, shooting in 16mm colour.
The result is a unique series documenting the victims of terror and the politics of annihilation.
First there is George Stevens with his team. Since landing in Normandy, the Hollywood director has been following the US armies on their advance.
He documented D-Day and the liberation of Paris at first hand and from March 1945 his team started filming in the occupied parts of Germany.
Stevens follows the troops on their way from the Rhine to the Elbe, shoots the "Elbe-Day" in Torgau and the liberation of the concentration camp Dora-Mittelbau, where so-called "wonder weapons" were built.
Afterwards his way leads him to the south. His shots from the liberated Dachau concentration camp are particularly shocking.
From March 1945, several camera teams of the US Air Force have also been on tour in Germany.
Originally they were supposed to document the destruction caused by the Allied bomber fleets as part of the Special Film Project 186, but increasingly the people are also becoming the focus of their reporting.
Thus, special shots in times of war and the first weeks of peace are always successful.
Major Kirke B. Lawton also has a film camera and colour films in his luggage.
General Eisenhower's man for photo reporting in World War II is always close to the commander-in-chief of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.
Thus he is allowed to film the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht in Reims on 6 May, 1945 and accompany the US delegation to the Potsdam Conference.
In the series premiere, "Inside the Reich": Germany has been defeated, but not yet occupied.
While the Red Army is already at the Oder, the allies in the west are making slow progress.
Island of Bryan 4
Channel: The Home Channel (DStv 176)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Reality, Home Improvement, DIY
Bryan and Sarah Baeumler's epic family adventure continues in Island of Bryan 4.
With Caerula Mar Club now running as smoothly as can be expected, the Baeumlers plan to set up their new temporary home base in Florida, just a short commute from the hotel.
In order to make their Florida house a home, it's going to take a whole lot of work, while the island continues to deliver challenge after challenge.
Will Bryan and Sarah's attempt to reclaim some normalcy result in more chaos for the family, or is this the future for the Baeumlers?
Evil Lives Here 8
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Docu-Drama, Documentary Series
Stories of ordinary people who shared a home with a killer.
In each case, they see suspicious signs that something is amiss. Some turn a blind eye to these signs, washing away blood and not wanting to know where it came from.
But sometimes they choose to dig deeper, and must eventually come face-to-face with the horrible truth - that the person they loved and trusted is a monster.
How will they react?
Will they betray their loved one by turning to police, will they help them cover up their crimes, or will they become entangled in the evil doings?
In the Season 8 premiere, "He Should Have Died Sooner": When George Yzaguirre kills himself in prison, he takes his secrets with him.
His ex-wife, Jennifer Meyer, is left to wonder how many of her memories might hold the keys to unsolved crimes and whether or not she'll ever know the truth about him.