The Last Woodsmen
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 21h55
Genre: Reality
Discovery goes deep into the remote wilderness to explore the dangerous world of big money logging in The Last Woodsmen.
On a floating barge hundreds of miles from civilization, veteran logger Jared Douglas puts everything on the line to harvest the largest timber in the world.
One misstep in this high-risk industry could cost tens of thousands of dollars, or even a life.
Joining him at the edge of the world is a tight-knit crew of lumbermen who, with only axes and hand-held power saws, take down massive, highly valuable trees that can be worth up to $70K each.
In the series premiere, "Jared vs. Goliaths": Jared Douglas and his old-school logging crew risk life and limb to harvest the planet's biggest, most valuable trees.
But getting these giants from the forest to market could kill him.
Insane Pools: Off the Deep End 2
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 06h30
Genre: Reality
There are custom pools and gardens - and then there are Lucas Lagoons.
Insane Pools: Off the Deep End follows award-winning pool designer Lucas Congdon as he turns high and dry homes into exotic waterfront properties through grand, nature-inspired designs to encourage his clients to rediscover their love of the outdoors.
From a long generation of landscapers, Congdon was inspired to revolutionise an industry that was stuck in the habit of making square, boring pools.
He quickly proved that his work wouldn't fit into any box.
From concept to creation, his Florida-based company, Lucas Lagoons, creates one-of-a-kind backyard oases across the country.
From majestic waterfalls to natural saltwater grottos on remote islands, Lucas and his crazy team of artisans, including his mother who everyone calls "woman," have been building timeless creations that reinvent outdoor living for over 20 years.
Congdon's passion for these aquatic paradises is contagious, and he often finds himself convincing clients to go bigger or go home, including a couple whose original plan for a $25,000 koi pond turns into a $165,000 pool remodel.
These upgrades can cause serious tension amongst the design and construction teams who are striving to execute intricate builds meet and still meet client deadlines.
This season, the team dives into a slew of firsts, including some of their biggest builds, new locations and extreme, never-before-attempted creations.
Lucas and his team create the best personal paradises in all of Florida, but this season, they take their talents to another part of the south - Huntsville, Alabama.
Here, Lucas designs the largest grotto enclosed spa yet featuring the widest waterfall of his career.
But, business isn't slowing down back in Florida, where the clients' requests are just as wild.
With visions of a jungle oasis in the heart of suburbia and a lavish pool "fit for a mermaid," Lucas has a lot on his plate to deliver a splash.
These one-of-a-kind wonderlands come with challenges.
Is the build too much for the client? Can Lucas get the builds done on time and on-budget? Do threats of bad weather put the progress of the project on hold?
It is up to Lucas and his entire team - a combined group of crazy, yet creative geniuses - to work together and make the dreams of their clients come true.
The Best Thing I Ever Ate 8
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 11h15
Genre: Food, Reality
Ever wonder what the biggest food stars and chefs eat in their free time – when they're paying?
Find out on The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
It's the ultimate guide to the country's most amazing meals, eats and treats as told by the pros who spend their lives obsessing over food, from a barbecue sandwich worth driving over 1,500 miles for to cannoli so good that it completely healed a bad breakup.
In the Season 8 premiere, "Worth the Wait": Some things in life are worth standing in line for.
Alton Brown talks up his favourite beef Wellington, while Jamika Pessoa melts over buttery biscuits.
Chef Beau MacMillan says there's nothing worth waiting for more than Tratto's pasta in Phoenix, and Duff Goldman is okay with waiting in line for hours at this special hot chicken joint.
Impossible Builds 2
Channel: The Home Channel (DStv 176)
TX Time: 12h00
Genre: Home Improvement, Reality, DIY
Impossible Builds takes a look at extraordinary homes in extreme locations.
Follow the creation of some of the world's most ambitious, complex and technologically advanced construction projects.
From sub-aquatic homes to thin skyscrapers, these are homes that would have otherwise been impossible to erect using conventional building techniques.
Architect Charlie Luxton and designer Aidan Keane meet the determined families taking on these Impossible Builds.
They explore how a new wave of ingeniously engineered "kit" homes is helping them construct their houses, redefining the boundaries of what can and can't be done.
Sherlock
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Other detectives have cases, Sherlock has adventures.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman star in this fast-paced update of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective, set in present-day London.
In this unique adaptation, the iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain.
They live at the same address, are only interested in the bizarre and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them.
Sherlock also stars Rupert Graves as Detective Inspector Lestrade, Scotland Yard's finest, largely because Sherlock allows him to take credit for his deductions, and Una Stubbs as Mrs Hudson, their long-suffering housekeeper.
A Study in Pink
A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate - it is London in 2010, and Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time.
A string of impossible suicides has Scotland Yard baffled - and only one man can help.
The Blind Banker
A mysterious cipher is being scrawled on the walls around London and the first person to see it is dead within hours of reading it.
Sherlock plunges into a world of codes and symbols, consulting with London's best graffiti artists.
He soon learns that the city is in the grip a gang of international smugglers, a secret society called the Black Lotus.
The Great Game
A strange clue in an empty room, a blood-soaked car, a priceless Old Master, a deranged bomber.
With the clock ticking, the curtain rises on a battle of wits between Sherlock, John and the shadowy stranger who seems to know all the answers...
TVSA Show Page: Sherlock
UFOs: The Lost Evidence
Channel: CBS Reality (DStv 132 / StarSat 170)
TX Time: 18h45
Genre: Documentary Series
The evidence that UFOs have tracked – and possibly influenced – modern man extends back thousands of years from the very first unexplained statues and symbols found deep in South America, to new imagery on the surface of Mars.
The similarities in this body of evidence are compelling.
Now, chilling accounts of current and former government officials, pilots, astronauts and astrophysicists reveal new evidence of UFO contact ranging from deep space to our deep seas.
This series delves deep to examine an unsettling possibility... that man's contact with UFOs is deeper and more far reaching than ever imagined.
Why are they here? And is there a master plan?
In the series premiere, "Area 52": Few have ever heard about the ultra top-secret military base in the remote deserts of Utah known as Area 52.
Reports of vanishing aircraft and UFOs have convinced investigators that the military knows.
Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood To Hollywood!
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 22h30
Genre: Comedy, Special
Comedic breakout Tiffany Haddish delivers a riotous stand-up ripe with the unpretentious and filthy tales of her meteoric rise to stardom.
The special covers her early days in foster care, being bullied to a tragic love story, all with a laugh.
She has a refreshingly positive outlook on life, and with that, she has a unique style of comedy.
Tiffany talks about using a fake Michael Kors purse on the set of Girls Trip and gets real about growing up in the system.
She even covers introducing Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to Groupon.
House Hunters International 111
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 06h00
Genre: Reality
This spin-off of House Hunters goes around the globe.
Home hunters and their realtors check out all sorts of architectural styles and work through the quirks of buying real estate in other countries.
Each episode follows house hunters as they view three potential homes, receive guidance from an estate agent and choose the digs of their dreams, where we revisit them a few weeks later.
In the Season 111 premiere, "Blogging Away in Heidelberg, Germany": High school sweethearts Michael and Helene have decided to move to historic Heidelberg, Germany.
Its central location in Europe is the perfect launching point for their international travels, which they document in their successful lifestyle and travel blog.
While they agree on the city, however, Helene and Michael don't agree on the location within the city.
Helene wants to find a place in the city centre, but Michael wants a suburban spot with room for their two dogs.
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