Brilliant Minds
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Drama, Medical Drama
Zachary Quinto stars as an eccentric yet incredibly gifted neurologist in this medical drama.
His rare condition - face blindness - gives him a unique perspective on care, fueling his mission to change the way people see his patients.
Alongside a team of brilliant young interns, he'll solve some of the world's most puzzling psychological cases while navigating the complicated relationships that come with the job.
Guest stars include Mandy Patinkin playing an esteemed doctor who joins the staff of Bronx General Hospital, shaking up the dynamic of our doctors.
Bringing his own unconventional methods to the workplace, his affinity for house calls and long-standing patient relationships wins the respect of Dr. Wolf (Quinto), and fosters a mentor-like relationship between the two men.
Steve Howey plays a rugged motorcycle mechanic who comes to Dr. Wolf with signs of memory loss and an accidental gunshot wound.
As the severity of his condition is uncovered, he is forced to make a heartbreaking decision that will forever change his life and the lives of his loved ones.
Also, André De Shields plays an Alzheimer's patient in an end-of-life care facility.
His disease is in its advanced stages, but Dr. Wolf is determined to help him reconnect with his family.
In the series premiere, "Pilot": Dr. Oliver Wolf reluctantly accepts a job at Bronx General Hospital where he's forced to work with a team of interns as they treat a mother who can no longer recognise her children.
The series is based on the books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars by neurologist Oliver Wolf Sacks.
Vampires in America
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 21h10
Genre: Docu-Reality, Special, Supernatural
Vampire hunters Eric Streit and Marcel von Tingen have spent their lives investigating vampire activity in some of the darkest corners of the world.
An alarming surge in missing person cases sends the pair of vampire hunters to Arizona to investigate if a pack of bloodsucking fiends have emerged from hibernation.
Their high-tech hunt uncovers a far more nefarious plan than either could have imagined.
Disaster Autopsy
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 18h50
Genre: Documentary Series
Expert analysis and cutting-edge 3D graphics dissect the hidden and surprising causes of real-world disasters at sea, on land and even in space.
Disasters can strike anywhere, anytime.
To find out why, expert analysis of the available evidence is used to recreate real world disasters in cutting edge 3D graphics.
We can dissect them, peel back the layers, even freeze time to reveal a disaster's hidden and surprising causes – a paperwork error, a bad glue job, changing a restaurant opening hours.
Whatever it is, this series will uncover it.
Disasters covered in the series include the 3 Mile Island and Fukushima nuclear disasters, the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the Ever Given container ship blockage of the Suez Canal in 2021.
In the series premiere, "Apollo13, Mgm Grand, Genoa Bridge": Three real world disasters forensically analysed and dissected.
Why did Apollo 13 really explode? What caused the devastating fire in the MGM Grand?
And why did a road bridge in Genoa collapse?
Red Eye
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Miniseries
Red Eye, told over an adrenaline-filled six parts, is set between an all-night flight from London to Beijing, the streets of London, and the corridors of power within Whitehall.
Red Eye is the collision of three worlds – DC Hana Li, journalist Jess Li and MI5''s Madeline Delaney.
All three women are thrown into the same life-threatening conspiracy when a British doctor is arrested for murder upon flying home from Beijing.
After attending a medical conference in Beijing and coming frighteningly close to dying in a car crash, Dr Matthew Nolan, played by Richard Armitage, arrives home and is immediately arrested at London's Heathrow Airport.
A dead woman was discovered in his crashed car and, despite his protests that he was driving alone, Nolan must return to China to face charges.
DC Hana Li, played by Jing Lusi, is the no-nonsense, London police officer charged with accompanying Nolan back to Beijing.
Born in Hong Kong and with a traumatic past, she does not want to go. So, once ordered, her resentment for this assignment, and of Nolan himself, is intense.
However, when a death occurs onboard, Hana begins to suspect foul play and she commences an investigation.
Further deaths confirm that Nolan truly is in danger, and after a call from MI5, Hana finds herself embroiled in an escalating conspiracy.
Back in London, we follow Hana's half-sister Jess Li, a scrappy journalist played by Jemma Moore, with whom Hana has a fractious relationship.
Trying to cash in on Hana's assignment, Jess runs her own investigation into Nolan's extradition and finds herself on the run from a lethal, unknown assassin.
And in Thames House, the head of MI5, Madeline Delaney, played by Lesley Sharp, breaks protocol and risks her entire career to not only help Hana and Nolan stay alive, but to expose an international conspiracy that seems to implicate both China and people in her own government for the murders on flight 357.
In the series premiere: A drunk and disoriented Dr. Matthew Nolan races through the streets of Beijing and crashes his car.
Wounded, he catches a flight home to the UK, only to be detained at the airport and accused of murder.
DC Hana Li is assigned to escort Nolan back to Beijing on the next North China Air flight.
When a group of Nolan's colleagues land at Heathrow, they're asked to return and give witness statements.
MI5 director Madeleine Delaney is leading the operation, keeping close communication with Chinese Minister Tang and the British Prime Minister.
She must tread carefully, as a Chinese-British nuclear deal could be at risk.
CIA officer Mike Maxwell is also helping on the sidelines.
Meanwhile, Nolan tries to escape police custody at the airport and videos of him publicly declaring his innocence go viral.
Hana's sister and aspiring reporter Jess Li sees the video and jumps at the opportunity of a story.
On the flight, an incident onboard shakes everyone and Nolan believes he's being framed.
Anthony Jeselnik: Bones and All
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Comedy, Special
Anthony Jeselnik celebrates 20 years of delivering boundary-pushing comedy to the masses in this stand-up special.
Jeselnik is a stand-up comedian widely known for his Netflix specials, podcast and Comedy Central roasts.
Anthony was the creator, host and producer of his series Good Talk and The Jeselnik Offensive on Comedy Central.
The Savoy
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Filled with glamour, elegance, history and character and truly the first luxury hotel in Britain, The Savoy has sat alongside the River Thames for over 130 years.
It has hosted rock stars and royalty, Oscar winners and prime ministers and is now opening its famous revolving doors to the cameras.
Filmed over the most dramatic period of the hotel's history – from the incredibly busy winter season to its devastating coronavirus shutdown - the series gives a fascinating glimpse into the lives of those lucky enough to be able to afford this slice of luxury, and those who serve them, as cameras capture the upstairs, downstairs and the most secret of corners.
As a global crisis looms, the series sees the challenges the staff face to continue to make the magic happen with their hard work and attention to detail, before the hotel was forced to shut its doors for the first time ever in its history.
This is the first time an iconic hotel has been filmed using an innovative state-of-the-art luxury multi-camera rig, providing unique and intimate access into the intoxicating world of this prestigious location.
This is the story of The Savoy as it has never been seen before.
In the series premiere: There are nerves in the basement florists as one young trainee attempts to create her first bouquet for a VIP guest.
Also, a young butler muddles his way through a pricey cocktail party and there are tensions in The Savoy Grill when owner Gordon Ramsay arrives to do a menu tasting.
COBRA 3: Rebellion
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Prime Minister Sutherland (Robert Carlyle) remains in office at Number 10 alongside Victoria Hamilton (The Crown), who is back as Chief of Staff, Anna Marshall.
Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous) also joins the cast, entering the cabinet as Victoria Dalton, a new populist Defence Secretary.
In this season, Prime Minister Sutherland faces more challenges than ever before.
Just as his popularity plummets in light of a new, controversial police-protest bill, his administration is plunged into chaos when an environmental demonstration ends with grave consequences.
As the inquest into the events at the protest gets underway, the Prime Minister and his government begin to realise that all is not as it seems.
And with his daughter potentially embroiled with the group behind it all, his interest in the case isn't purely political, adding further turmoil to his already strained home life.
The investigation quickly takes them into the dark underbelly of the nation's power, and the PM starts to doubt whom of his team he can truly trust.
The crisis spirals further to encompass not only the urgent threat of environmental destruction but also the malignant corruption of the arms industry, the rise of shadowy corporate security firms and the grim reality of the UK's relationship with a crucial ally.
The rebellion will push Sutherland to the edge and force him to question what he's personally willing to sacrifice in order to stay in power.
In the Season 3 premiere: Robert Sutherland and Anna Marshall return to COBRA to devise a strategy against members of the environmental protest group 'Planet Resistance' who are occupying a tunnel to disrupt the construction of the Metro Ultraline fast-speed railway network.
Believing the Ultraline poses a significant environmental risk, the de facto leader of Planet Resistance, Henry Wicks, conceives his own plan intended to shock the government into action — an escalation involving one Ellie Sutherland, Robert's daughter, who wants to engage in direct action after a sabbatical in South America.
Meanwhile, new Defence Secretary, Victoria Dalton, Home Secretary Joseph Obasi and Foreign Secretary Archie Glover-Morgan are keen to shut down any domestic dissent ahead of a state visit from Shirasia – a (fictional) Gulf State and valuable ally in terms of both military strategy and energy security, which is currently waging a brutal war against a rebellion in the Peninsula.
The Shirasian royals' arrival causes a swell in protests nationwide – including some ill-fated direct action at a horse race attended by Crown Prince Samir representing his indisposed father, and his hitherto-estranged activist sister Princess.
As Samir takes brutal steps towards making Yadira toe the line, Ellie meanwhile escapes her protection officer to join the underground Ultraline Railway protest in the small village of Godley Common, publicly announcing her support.
As COBRA grapples with the increasing disorder, another cataclysmic event occurs.
Sutherland watches, horrified, as a sinkhole collapses, swallowing Godley Common, with Ellie still underground.
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