Jago: A Life Under Water
Channel: S3
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Documentary
Take an exhilarating journey beneath the waves with 80-year old Rohani, a legendary Bajau diver from the Togean islands, just off the eastern coast of Indonesia.
He's known among his people as jago, or master, for his ability to dive to extraordinary depths in a single breath.
Learn the remarkable story of how this underwater hunter has devoted his life to exploring the marine kingdom of the Sulawesi Sea.
Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Togian Islands in Indonesia where he grew up, this award-winning film recreates events that capture the extraordinary turning points in his life, as a hunter and as a man.
The Original Black Panthers: 761st Tank Battalion
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Documentary, History
The riveting story of the first all-Black tank battalion to fight in US military history.
Executive produced by and featuring Morgan Freeman, this documentary reveals the true story behind the first Black tank unit to serve in combat during World War II.
Under General George Patten's command, the 761st fought heroically throughout WWII and were the furthest east of all US troops in the European theatre of war.
The documentary explores in depth the major battles the unit faced both overseas and back home in the United States.
Wild Scandinavia
Channel: S3
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Wildlife, Nature, Documentary Series
Wild Scandinavia celebrates the wildlife and people of the far north of Europe, the realm of Odin and Thor.
Breathtaking imagery reveals stories of survival, from the epic Norwegian Arctic, through mythic Swedish and Finnish forests, across vast Danish tidal shores and around erupting Icelandic volcanoes.
Witness the epic nature of Wild Scandinavia: orca, puffins and eagles rule the fjords; wolves and lynx patrol magical forests; polar bears and musk ox survive arctic extremes.
Basejumpers and reindeer herders also embrace the wilderness.
Life on the Edge
Life on the Edge follows Scandinavia's coastline from the sheltered Baltic Sea, along the wild Atlantic, north to freezing Arctic waters.
Storms threaten seal pups and basejumpers plummet into Norway's fjords, while Europe's largest eagles soar.
Feisty puffins fight for burrows and orca and humpback whales feast on billions of herring.
Those who survive here must navigate this unpredictable frontier between land and sea.
Heartlands
Heartlands reveals Scandinavia's magical forests and a labyrinth of waterways across the ever-changing seasons.
Ravens outsmart golden eagles to get a winter meal, while Sami herders rely on reindeer in an ancient alliance.
Illusive wolves and lynx stalk this secret world, and Osprey dive for fish in beaver lakes.
Winter's return sees skaters take to the first thin ice - a metaphor for our connection with the natural world.
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice explores the extremes of Scandinavia – volcanic Iceland, the high tundra and Arctic Svalbard.
Musk Ox, Polar bears and arctic fox must all survive in a world ruled by the great pendulum of sunlight – from total darkness to midnight sun.
Back-country skiiers embrace winter, while Glaciologists tap into climate change.
For some, winter is about resilience until summer feasts, but for others it's the summer heat which brings the greatest danger.
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