Murder Mindfully
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
When mafia lawyer Björn attends a mindfulness class to find a better work-life balance, he discovers surprising new coping strategies - including murder.
Björn Diemel (Tom Schilling), a top-flight lawyer, unexpectedly becomes a murderer.
With a mindfulness seminar he tries to create a better work-life balance, spend more quality time with his daughter and - hopefully - save his marriage.
And the seminar does what it promised - although not in the way he imagined.
He applies his newly learned mindfulness techniques directly to his client Dragan Sergowicz - a brutal and careless mafia boss - whereupon both the police and the entire mafia clan are snapping at his heels.
Despite the tense situation, Björn finds himself able to keep his cool and completely reorganise his life.
And if a few murders are what it takes now to solve his problems, it's just a natural consequence of his new, mindful change of life.
Selena + Restaurant
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Food, Reality
Global megastar Selena Gomez takes the next step in her culinary adventure as she heads out of her home kitchen and into the professional kitchens of some of LA's hottest restaurants.
Gomez will be accompanied by best friend, Raquelle Stevens, as her cooking skills are put to the test by the best in the business.
Over six episodes, chefs Shirley Chung, Keith Corbin, Stephanie Izard, Andrew & Michelle Muñoz, Wolfgang Puck and Marcel Vigneron will teach and test Selena to see how quickly she can learn the ropes with the ultimate goal of creating a dish good enough to make each restaurant's menu.
Each chef will also highlight a charity that is meaningful to them during each episode, with all of the featured non-profits receiving a donation to further their cause.
In the series premiere, "Selena + CUT Steakhouse": Selena and Raquelle head to Chef Wolfgang Puck's restaurant, CUT Steakhouse, in Beverly Hills.
Thrown straight into the fire, Selena must pass an initial test and master one of Wolfgang's classic dishes before creating her take on a spicy seafood dish in a bid to have it placed on the menu.
Then, it's off to the kitchen of Los Angeles Dumpling Queen Shirley Chung, who welcomes Selena into her restaurant, Ms Chi, where the two make a fusion version of a beloved dish from Selena's childhood.
Selena, Raquelle and Shirley fold dumplings and dance around the kitchen as Selena attempts to deliver a dish good enough to make the menu.
Additional excursions include Hollywood hotspot Lemon Grove with Chef Marcel Vigneron; Texas BBQ at Moo's Craft Barbecue with Andrew and Michelle Muñoz; a visit with Chef Stephanie Izard at her restaurant Girl & the Goat, and a stop at California soul food restaurant, Alta, with Chef Keith Corbin.
Plane Crash Recreated
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 19h40
Genre: Documentary Series
As passengers, every time we board an aeroplane, we place our trust in the pilot, airline and the aircraft manufacturer and while flying remains the safest form of travel, accidents still happen.
Plane Crash Recreated will explain and investigate the world's most infamous plane crashes.
Using survivor stories, expert interviews and black-box data, we will experience the final harrowing moments on board these notorious flights.
But could the outcome have been different?
In the series premiere, "737 Max": Two fatal aviation tragedies occurred involving the 737 Maz, killing everyone on board.
Billion Dollar Downfall
Channel: S3
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Documentary
He was welcomed at the White House, met billionaires like Bill Gates and counted cricket legend Imran Khan as a friend.
Silent since his 2019 dawn arrest at Heathrow Airport, tycoon Arif Naqvi is now seen and heard for the first time.
He called himself the 'flag carrier of impact investing' - the idea that you can get rich while doing good.
Naqvi's $14bn firm Abraaj invested across the developing world, improving businesses and building hospitals.
Then it collapsed - the world's biggest-ever private equity failure.
Investors became suspicious their millions were being misused and Abraaj collapsed into liquidation.
Naqvi was arrested and detained in Wandsworth prison, charged by the US Department of Justice with securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy.
He received the largest bail ever set in the UK, £15-million, and has now spent almost three years under house arrest awaiting extradition, maintaining his innocence.
Was he motivated by greed or to do good? If found guilty, he faces 291 years in jail.
So what went wrong?
In a fresh examination of the meteoric rise and dizzying fall of Abraaj and Arif Naqvi, key figures speak out.
And personal videos of Naqvi give a glimpse into his three-year-long house arrest.
This turbulent tale leaves viewers asking whether it really is possible to deliver profit while doing good.
The Real Murders on Elm Street
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
A chilling six-part documentary series about small suburban towns across America that have been torn apart by murder.
At the heart of the series is the central question of how in a single night, these quaint residential Elm Streets can descend from peace and tranquility into horror, senseless death and tragedy.
Each episode will examine a murder investigation that occurred on one of the many Elm Streets across America with each episode proving horror happens everywhere...
In the series premiere, "Killer in the Walls": When a husband discovers his wife and two children brutally murdered, police suspect the killer is someone they have arrested before.
A year earlier, the same teenager had terrorised a family by hiding unbeknownst in their home.
My Plek of Joune? 12
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 17h30
Genre: Reality Makeover, DIY, Afrikaans
DIY gurus Melt van der Spuy and Isabel Barends team up once more to keep the peace between housemates, besties or couples who are at loggerheads about décor ideas for shared spaces.
As always, a flip of the coin determines who will have the opportunity to spruce up one room in their home with the help of experts.
Limits on budget and time make things even more interesting.
Midsomer Murders 24
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Police Procedural, Mystery
Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County in this sinister series.
But the culprits are no match for DCI Tom Barnaby, his successor upon retirement, DCI John Barnaby and their assistants.
In the two-part Season 24 premiere, "The Devil's Work": The demise of the Shirewell patriarch sparks a vicious inheritance dispute when eldest son Lucian announces plans to break up an estate that's been in the family for centuries.
The Diplomat 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama
The Diplomat is a high-stakes, contemporary political drama about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships, between countries and people.
A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters US Ambassador Kate Wyler's (Keri Russell) world.
Struggling to rebuild the lives that broke and the team that split apart, Kate's worst fears unfold: The attack that brought her to the UK didn't come from a rival nation, it came from inside the British government.
As Kate chases the truth, her only real ally is her almost-ex-husband Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), very much alive, and very much involved.
She faces a fraught marriage, a complex dynamic with British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and a threatening visit from Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney).
Kids Halloween Baking Championship Special
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 20h05
Genre: Reality Competition, Food, Special
Four fan favourites from the Kids Baking Championship are back in the kitchen to bake their way through two frightful challenges.
In the pre-heat, they must make something sweet and scary.
Then in the main heat, they will each have to be mad scientists and bake up a hybrid monster dessert.
Only one will become the Kids Halloween Baking Champion and win the $10,000 prize.
DISCLAIMER
Although TVSA rigorously ensures the latest, up-to-date information regarding new and returning shows, we cannot guarantee every show we list here will start.
If a show listed here doesn't air, please do inform us by posting a reply below or sending us an email to admin@tvsa.co.za with details of the show that started instead.