The Big Swindle
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h55
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Examining some of the most audacious stories of brazen and ruthless serial swindlers who charmed and manipulated their way into the lives of their victims, revealing unbelievable stories and how complex and devastating lies and deception can be.
In the series premiere, "The Fake Cancer Scammer": Friends donate over £45,000 to fund cancer treatment for 39-year-old Nicole Elkabbas.
But a photograph shared online raises suspicions that everything is a lie.
The Undeclared War
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Set in 2024, The Undeclared War tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ, secretly working to ward off a series of cyber-attacks on the UK in the run up to a general election.
The series lifts the veil on the most urgent battle of our time.
When a routine stress test of Internet infrastructure goes awry, 21-year-old GCHQ intern Saara Parvin suddenly finds herself operating on the invisible frontier of high-stakes cyber warfare.
In a thrilling cat and mouse game, Saara and the team at GCHQ must try to stay one step ahead and anticipate their opponents' every hidden move.
The clock is ticking as a battle with high stakes and unpredictable enemies takes place entirely online, with very real consequences.
But how do you win a war most of the public don't know you're fighting?
In the series premiere: Saara, a second-year computer science student at London University, wins a highly sought-after work experience place at GCHQ.
Her first day coincides with GCHQ's stress-test of the security of telecommunications Internet infrastructure, during which a significant part of the UK's Internet suddenly goes down.
Initially thought to be a consequence of the stress test, it is soon shown to be the result of a more deliberate attack.
Saara joins GCHQ's Malware Department, charged with discovering how the virus was unleashed, and quickly finds herself operating on the invisible frontier of high-stakes cyber warfare.
Monkey Town: The Trial of John T. Scopes
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 22h30
Genre: Documentary, History, True Crime
In 1925 one of the greatest legal showdowns in history happened in the quaint town of Dayton, Tennessee, where Clarence Darrow squared off against William Jennings Bryan about Darwin's theory of evolution.
One man wasn't prepared to be swept up in a trial that would change American education forever.
Castlevania: Nocturne
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Fantasy, Drama
As revolution sweeps France, Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire ruler.
France, 1792 - the height of the French Revolution.
In a remote part of western France, the counter-revolutionary aristocracy has forged an alliance with a terrifying Vampire Messiah, who promises to "eat the sun" and unleash an army of vampires and nightcreatures to crush the revolution and enslave humanity.
Annette (voiced by Thuso Mbedu), a sorceress from the Caribbean, seeks out Richter Belmont, last descendant of the long-fabled family of vampire hunters, to lead the resistance.
Law & Order 22
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama
For every criminal who is put away, two processes have to happen.
First the crime must be invesigated by the police, then the case must go to trial. Law & Order focuses on both of these.
Set in New York City, the series follows the professional and to a lesser extent the personal lives of several police officers and prosecutors who represent the public interest in the criminal justice system.
The characters frequently encounter dilemmas and frustrations as cases go through the stages of investigation, arrest, negotiation and trial.
Matters are rarely resolved easily, or for the people involved, satisfactorily.
In the Season 22 premiere, "Gimme Shelter Part Three": A young girl is shot and Cosgrove teams with Det. Jalen Shaw to track down her killer.
Benson and Stabler assist and realise it's more than a typical homicide.
McCoy and Price seek justice against an international crime ring, but complications threaten the case.
Gossip Girl (2021) 2
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Drama
This extension of the pop culture classic takes us back to the Upper East Side finding a new generation of New York private school teens being introduced to social surveillance nine years after the original blogger's website went dark.
The series is based on the bestselling novels by Cecily von Ziegesar and the original show, which ran from 2007-2012.
Gossip Girl explores just how much social media - and the landscape of New York itself - has changed in the intervening years.
This season it's the second semester of Junior year, and Gossip Girl is leaving no stone unturned in her effort to control the scandalous lives/spin the scandalous lies of Manhattan's elite.
She's learned a thing or two from her first go-round - namely what her audience wants, they shall get.
It's time for her to turn the heat up on what's been simmering (Julien, have you met Monet?) as well as look at her own impact, and how she can make it more catastrophic than it was before.
Even if that means lying to do it.
Old enemies, new allies, constantly shifting sands - this semester, there can only be one queen, and by the end of the school year, everyone will know where the bodies are buried, and just who was holding the shovel.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Deb Brawl in a Blue Dress": As the crew looks forward to a fresh start in the new year, a debutante ball threatens already fragile bonds.
Accused
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama
A crime anthology series where viewers are taken on the journey of the defendant.
Each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial.
Told from the defendant's point of view through flashbacks, Accused holds a mirror up to the current times with evocative and emotional stories.
Discover how an ordinary person gets caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it's too late to turn back.
In the series premiere: A father confronts the limits of unconditional love when he discovers his own teenage son may be planning an unimaginable crime.
The Kardashians 4
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Docu-Reality
Cameras return to capture the ever-changing lives of Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie.
The family welcomes you back to stand with them through their biggest triumphs and struggles.
From fiery romances and life-changing milestones to unimaginable successes, the family bond remains unbreakable as they navigate their public and private lives for the world to see.