Rocky Mountain Railroad
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Rocky Mountain Railroad follows the resilient crews who battle ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep Canada's critical freight and passenger trains rolling.
It's an exclusive journey through the icy mountain wilderness on the country's most extreme railway.
Shutting down is not an option, and it's in the coldest frostbitten months that the network stands up as a feat of modern engineering.
Facing the constant threat of deadly avalanches, monster icicles, rockslides and dangerous wildlife, the hardy crews of the Rocky Mountain Railroad must do whatever it takes to keep this critical lifeline running smoothly.
In the series premiere, "Avalanche": After a massive overnight blizzard, Jim and Jordy's freight train heads straight into the heart of the avalanche zone.
Avalanche technician Derek prepares to detonate a man-made snow slide and the snow-removal crew tackles giant ice columns that could spell disaster.
And in Ontario, off-gridder George delivers firewood to a remote Northern community.
A Crime to Remember
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 21h40
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Styles may change, but murder lasts forever.
A Crime to Remember invites you to step into the past and unravel the intricacies of real-life murder cases of the '50s and '60s.
Set against the backdrop of Studebakers, fedoras and three-martini lunches, these stories of truly mad men and women reveal complicated relationships where thwarted dreams and repressed passions led to terrible crimes.
A Crime to Remember inaugurates a new high-end cinematic style, using the visual grammar of movies to bring the era to life.
To properly illustrate each time period, the series stays true to the fashion and styles while highlighting the cultural taboos and social norms that informed each case.
Each story is driven by the narrative of a fictional bystander who "knew" the victim, while reporters who covered the case explain how the crime and investigation impacted society.
With six episodes, each hour in this limited series plays out like a dramatic period thriller designed to have the viewer relive those "bad old days."
While murder might have been the same back then, the world was different.
Scientific technology was limited... relationships were complicated, but pretended not to be... and murder was often seen as a better way out of a marriage than divorce.
And for an essentially all-white, male-dominated police force operating in a gumshoe world, sometimes it was more about what someone looked like rather than what they did that determined guilt.
A Crime to Remember weaves together these cultural effects seamlessly into each story, unpacking the challenges of conducting a murder investigation in a pre-forensics, intolerant era.
The series breathes life into six stories, where New York high society is shocked by the mysterious shooting of one if its most eligible men; a divorcee confounds detectives with her scandalous behaviour in the wake of her children's murders; and young women finding their independence as "career girls" in Manhattan wind up as victims of a deranged killer.
In the series premiere, "Go Ask Alice": Queens, NY, 1965.
Two children are found dead and, with their parents going through a divorce, cops are convinced one of them is responsible.
When a lie detector test clears the father, the cops focus on Alice Crimmins - a flame-haired vixen who has seen her fair share of bedfellows and seems more interested in perfecting her makeup than mourning her children.
Police remain on the case for years, obsessing over the beautiful divorcee.
With flimsy circumstantial evidence and a jury of 12 married men, they are able to convict Alice.
But was she really guilty?
Soulmates
Channel: Star Life (DStv 167 / Openview 110)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Telenovela
Fate poses a threat to Sayali's fairytale hopes as it ties her in a lifelong bond with Sachin, an uncouth, emotionally scarred hero-cum-thug taxi driver who shuns the idea of romance and marriage.
Will her hopes for a fairytale life prevail?
In the series premiere: Sayali, a dedicated breadwinner, postpones marriage for her dreams.
On the other hand, a carefree Sachin struggles with his familial commitments.
What's in store for the duo?
The original Hindi title of the show is Udne Ki Aasha.
Langston Kerman: Bad Poetry
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Comedy, Special
Comedian Langston Kerman talks parenting a top-tier baby, teaching mean teens and managing his mother-in-law's dating apps in this comedy special.
The Chicago-born comic performs before a packed house at the legendary Green Mill.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Triple D Nation 5
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 16h05
Genre: Food, Reality
Guy Fieri drops by his favourite Triple D joints to dish up new recipes and hang with chef buddies.
From opening new restaurants to expanding their culinary comfort zones, he finds out what they've been up to since his first visit.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Triple D Nation: Pastrami, Patties and Parm": On this trip down memory lane, Guy's sampling all sorts of savoury eats.
First up on St. Simons Island, Georgia, Guy's catching up on all things BBQ - from brisket chili to a pastrami Rueben.
Then, he's headed across the country to Los Angeles, where an Italian deli is churning out chicken parm, and a sandwich shop just down the street is loading fried food inside their supersized subs.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Triple D Nation: Island Eats": On this trip, Guy's gearing up for vacation mode with Italian and island-inspired eats.
First up in Manhattan Beach, California, there's both carbonara and Kalua pig comin' out of the same spot.
Then just up the 405, Guy's sampling Lao Lao in Los Angeles.
Plus, a Jamaican joint in Cincinnati's servin' a brown stew chicken wrap to-go.
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