Boiling Point
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama, Miniseries
Flawless food, flawed people. In the relentless pressure of the kitchen, someone is going to crack.
Following on from the hit film, starring Stephen Graham and Vinette Robinson.
Eight months after her mentor Andy Jones (Graham) suffered a heart attack, head chef Carly (Robinson) is battling to forge a name for new Dalston restaurant Point North alongside her old kitchen crew.
We follow the team as the stresses of keeping the restaurant running bear down on them amidst a hospitality industry in crisis.
With the pressure to draw in new, hungry customers and the financial squeeze to keep the business profitable, the team must find a way to manage their complicated personal lives whilst creating quality food day in, day out.
In the series premiere: As new restaurant Point North tries to impress potential investors, head chef Carly battles personal demons, while chaos in the kitchen pushes her staff to boiling point.
The Manhattan Alien Abduction
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series
A woman claims to have been abducted from her bedroom in Manhattan. This docuseries explores whether it was an elaborate hoax - or proof of alien life.
This is the true story behind one of UFOlogy's greatest mysteries which is still a source of controversy on social media and online forums.
But few know that a filmmaker was embedded at the heart of the Manhattan abduction and filmed it all.
With access to hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage, this is the real-life X Files, caught on camera.
Witches: Truth Behind the Trials
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Why were thousands of people, mostly women, executed for an impossible crime?
Six terrifying true stories from Europe and America uncover the truth.
The six-part series brings the world of so-called witches and witch-hunters vividly to life using cinematic recreations and testimony from the most respected historians and experts working in the field today.
The events surrounding six of the world's worst and most fascinating witch trials are brought to life with contemporary interpretation and analysis shedding a fresh light on the reasons for these terrifying deaths and miscarriages of justice.
With stories from Germany, Scotland, England, Sweden, the USA and Ireland.
Children of the Church Steps
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama, Miniseries
A group of young friends survive life on the streets, finding in each other hope and resilience to dream of different futures - until tragedy unfolds.
Inspired by true events and testimonials, Children of the Church Steps tells the stories of four children in the 36 hours leading up to one of Brazil's most tragic events, known as the Candelária Massacre.
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Official trailer: Children of the Church Steps
Field of Vampires
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Documentary Series
In Poland, archaeologists have discovered a skeleton buried with a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her toe – this corpse was feared to be a real-life vampire.
But this is just the start of the mystery.
She is at the heart of an entire field of vampires and is surrounded by up to 30 more 'deviant burials'.
Whoever buried her was petrified of her returning from the grave. But this is just the start of the mystery.
She is wearing a silk cap. A gold headdress. A sign of high status. Inside her mouth is green.
Is it a sign of poisoning, or attempted cure? Then they discover... she is not alone.
More deviant burials are dug up - men, women and children buried as vampires.
Using cutting edge DNA and forensic techniques, combined with the latest facial reconstruction, Field of Vampires brings them back to life.
With Dan Jones as an expert contributor, the series travels across Europe and the US, and follows the team as they reveal why some bodies were singled out as the 'living dead'.
Calling upon a pioneering facial reconstructor, can they unlock the secrets of the Field of Vampires?
Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing 2
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 21h55
Genre: Reality Competition, Adventure
Extreme challenges, cutthroat competition, and explosive group dynamics that push even the most elite survivalists to their limits.
Now it returns with 14 Naked and Afraid All-Stars testing their primitive survival skills in the punishing African bush for 45 days.
The group, a mix of fan favourites and polarizing personalities, will risk everything for a chance to take home a coveted cash prize and be crowned the Last One Standing.
Competitors will arrive empty handed and must earn the tools they need to secure food, water, fire and shelter through grueling, multi-phase challenges.
In an unexpected twist, a head-to-head challenge occurs on Day One, resulting in a double elimination before the survivalists even get to camp.
The stakes are even higher in this season's competition because survivalists will not be allowed to share any of their tools with fellow participants.
The vast expanse of Africa's Munzwa Valley intensifies both the risks and rewards for contestants.
In the harsh killing zone, survivalists must compete against lions, leopards and hyena to hunt the same large prey, including warthog, impala and kudu.
As rhinos and baboons threaten to push the survivalists out of their territory, one camp is forced to abandon their shelter in the middle of the night.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Knives Out on Day One": A primitive blade challenge on day one sends a pair of competitors home.
Survivalists are shocked to learn that sharing is not allowed in this competition.
A race to retrieve bows cached in a 30-foot tree leads to a heated standoff between Jeff and Gary.
Martha
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
Told in her own words, this candid documentary charts the unstoppable rise, sudden fall and hard-won comeback of lifestyle icon Martha Stewart.
Through intimate and revealing interviews with the icon herself and those from her inner circle, this documentary on Martha Stewart traces her rise from teenage model to her reign as the original influencer and America's first self-made female billionaire.
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