Skerpioen
Channel: kykNET & kie (DStv 145)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
A new Turkish, Afrikaans-dubbed telenovela, replacing Verbode Liefe.
Perihan Emgen lives with her daughter and son-in-law, Berna and Fikret, and their children.
Perihan is an ambitious woman, but there is a secret that she has been hiding for many years – she is also the mother of Ferda, who she abandoned when the child was only a year old.
Ferda runs a hairdressing salon with her daughter, Merve, and is deeply loved by all the women in their neighbourhood.
Ferda blaims Perihan for all her problems and in a quest to avenge her mother, she has an affair with Fikret.
Perihan tries to put an end to the affair, but Ferda is determined to fight for the life she thinks she deserves.
A tragic event changes everyone's lives and Perihan's secret is made public.
This causes even more of a feud between Perihan and Ferda that will also drag Ipek and Aras, Ferda's young neighbours, into the war between mother and daughter.
The Afrikaans voice artists responsible for the characters are Bernice de Wet, André Scholtz, DeWaal Stemmet, Mari Molefe van Heerden, Stephanie Baartman, Claudia Jones, Stephren Saayman and Alida Theron.
The original Turkish title of the show is Akrep.
For a more detailed look at the cast and characters, go here:
kykNET & kie's new novela Skerpioen - story, characters, pics
Slow Horses 3
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Thriller, Drama
This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but misanthropic leader of the spies, who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.
The cast also includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Freddie Fox, Chris Reilly, Samuel West, Sophie Okonedo, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan and Jonathan Pryce.
Sope Dìrísù joins the cast as Sean Donovan, the former head of security at the British embassy in Istanbul; along with Katherine Waterston who plays Alison Dunn, an MI5 agent who uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the agency.
In Season 3, a romantic liaison in Istanbul threatens to expose a buried MI5 secret in London.
When Jackson and his team of misfits are dragged into the fight, they find themselves caught in a conspiracy that threatens the future not just of Slough House but of MI5 itself.
The six-episode third season makes its global debut today with the first two episodes, followed by one new episode weekly, every Wednesday, until 27 December.
Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series, True Crime
Dr. Paolo Macchiarini is world famous for his revolutionary stem cell-infused windpipe transplants.
There's just one problem: His patients keep dying.
This three-part docuseries tells the story of super surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, in a global thriller where science, crime, love and ethics collide.
Paolo was globally lauded for creating the world's first plastic organs but is now accused of being a fraud and a fantasist.
Featuring the families of his victims, his former fiancée and colleagues turned whistleblowers - including exclusive access to some never-before-heard revelations, this series follows the unrelenting fight to bring Macchiarini to justice.
American Horror Stories 3
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Horror, Anthology
American Horror Stories is a spin-off of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's anthology series American Horror Story.
It is an anthology series featuring a different horror story each episode.
Since 2011, the creators of AHS have worked in the horror genre with various installments featuring a creepy asylum, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Bestie": After the loss of her mother, a young woman seeks connection in a mysterious online friend.
New Amsterdam 5
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Medical Drama
After a tumultuous year in which the leadership of New Amsterdam underwent dramatic change, the idealistic and beloved Max Goodwin is back at the helm.
As Max takes back the reins at New York City's busiest public hospital, he must first address his own personal life, which was thrown into uncertainty at the conclusion of Season 4.
Max and the team will forge ahead with optimism and a renewed commitment to their own lives - reaching for more joy and forging deeper connections with the people they love.
Dr. Bloom will continue to navigate her own personal journey, including a complicated relationship with her estranged sister, Vanessa.
Dr. Frome will tackle the mess he has made of his marriage to Martin.
And, after a year full of significant family developments, Dr. Reynolds will continue to sort out the relationship with his long-lost father, Horace.
Finally, Dr. Elizabeth Wilder, who joined the staff last year, will continue to build on her firm foundation as a critical member of the New Amsterdam team and a vital friend and confidante.
In the Season 5 premiere, "TBD": Bloom, Iggy and Reynolds rally around Max as he deals with the fallout from Helen's decision.
Bloom gives extra space to Leyla but she's in for a surprise.
Meanwhile, Reynolds and Wilder help a young terminal patient realise his dream to "star" in a Bollywood show.
Also, Iggy has a breakthrough with a challenging patient.
American Symphony
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
In this deeply intimate documentary, musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
Early in 2022, multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste finds himself the most celebrated artist of the year with 11 Grammy nominations including Album of the Year.
In the midst of that triumph, Jon is immersed in his most ambitious challenge yet: composing American Symphony, an original symphony that thrillingly reimagines the classical traditions of the form, bringing together an expansive and inclusive diaspora of music for a performance at storied Carnegie Hall.
This trajectory is upended, however, when Batiste's life partner - author Suleika Jaouad - learns that her long dormant cancer has returned.
The documentary delivers a portrait of two inimitable artists at a crossroad and a profound meditation on art, love and the creative process.
Reservation Dogs 3
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Comedy
Final season!
Reservation Dogs is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers from rural Oklahoma.
This season, the Rez Dogs find themselves stranded in Cali and have to figure out their way back home.
Season 3 is full of road trips, bathroom wisdom, unexpected fathers, boarding schools, Bigfoot, rumours, revenge and healing.