Recipes for Love and Murder 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Recipes for Love and Murder is a South African / Scottish co-production murder mystery television series based on Sally Andrew's novel Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery, about a small-town recipe advice columnist who turns detective to solve a horrific crime.
This season, after a massive fire engulfs the small town of Eden, a fateful chain of events is triggered and Tannie Maria, Jessie and Khaya get dragged into a multiple murder investigation that unearths the town's darkest secrets.
Maria Doyle Kennedy returns as Tannie Maria Purvis, along with Tony Kgoroge (Detective Khaya Meyer) and Kylie Fisher (Jessie September).
Joining them for the second course are Wynand Ferreira as Jaco, Gérard Rudolf as Ricus and Hlubi Mboya as Jackie.
In the Season 2 premiere: Picking up on the last season, the McClintocks are at Maria's doorstep and are here to claim part ownership to her home.
As Hattie plans to announce her mayoral campaign, multiple fires break out in the town.
TVSA Show Page: Recipes for Love and Murder 2
High Potential
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Drama
Starring Kaitlin Olson, High Potential follows a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata).
Die Storie van Emily
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary, History, Afrikaans
This 30-minute documentary offers the first glimpse of a poignant new destination in St Ive, near Liskeard, in England, that has special significance for South African travellers.
Die Storie van Emily takes viewers to a small village in Cornwall, where the life of the well-known historical war heroine Emily Hobhouse is celebrated in a fresh and innovative way.
Attractions include the restored Hobhouse rectory, Victorian gardens, a restaurant serving traditional South African food, and the War Rooms which consist of 24 rooms that relate the story of Hobhouse's role during and after the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Elsabé Brits, author of the biography Emily Hobhouse: Beloved Traitor, who has been involved in the project since 2017, is also featured in the documentary.
In the War Rooms, located in a freestanding modern building on the estate, experience the era and Emily's exploits firsthand.
Highlights include the recreation of Koos and Nonnie de la Rey's house and garden, a moving scorched-earth installation, a concentration camp room, and a replica of the National Women's Monument.
House of Maxwell
Channel: S3
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Documentary Series, True Crime
Ghislaine Maxwell is a name now synonymous with sex, greed and corruption. But she wasn't the first Maxwell to be mired in scandal.
This documentary series charts the rise and fall of the Maxwell family.
Eye-witnesses and insiders reveal how the mysterious death of Ghislaine's father Robert destroyed her world and pushed her towards a life with serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In the series premiere: This episode tells the story of how her father Robert started the extraordinary saga that is the Maxwell family story and the formative influence he had on the lives of Ghislaine and his other children.
Secret tapes reveal for the first time the shockwaves his disappearance at sea sent through his business empire as news spread that millions in investors' money had seemingly vanished with him.
In the early 1980s, when Ghislaine was still in her twenties, Robert finally achieved his dream of owning a major British newspaper, bringing his children into the heart of his rapidly-growing empire.
This story is told using never-seen-before archives and testimony from those who worked closely with Maxwell and his family, many of whom have never spoken before.
They describe how Maxwell's intense rivalry with Rupert Murdoch drove his ruthless ambitions to be one of the world's greatest media moguls.
It led to an extraordinary spending spree to try to crack America.
With his daughter Ghislaine at his side in New York, Maxwell was lauded as he rescued one of the city's most iconic newspapers.
The rise of the Maxwells seemed unstoppable.
But behind the grandeur and illusions of grand success, all is not as it seems.
When the news breaks of Robert's mysterious disappearance off his yacht in the Canary Islands, Ghislaine and her mother travel to Tenerife and are met by a media frenzy.
But there's another problem.
Unreleased secret recordings of executives within his businesses show the rising panic as they began to realise there are huge holes in Robert's company finances.
It is the beginning of a scandal that will change the lives of all of the Maxwells forever.
Mysterious Islands
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Nature, Documentary Series
Mysterious Islands travels the seven seas to examine extraordinary curiosities and mysteries found in, on and around islands.
Using CGI, archive/sourced footage and expert testimony, the series analyzes these mysteries, explores the how and the why, and contemplates what may still be waiting for discovery.
In the series premiere, "Ghost Island": Poveglia, a small island near Venice, Italy, is investigated and an exploration of Japan's Battleship Island reveals a troubled history.
Also, strange trees are found on the Yemeni island of Socotra; and on Indonesia's Flores Island, a skull is found in a cave.
The Night Agent 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent is a character-based action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings - until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads all the way to the Oval Office.
The new episodes pick up after the high-octane events of Season 1.
Peter's efforts to save the president were successful, and now he's earned the opportunity to become a Night Agent.
Working in the secretive organisation Night Action in Season 2 will push Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply.
Christina in the Country 2
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Home Improvement, Reality Makeover
Real estate expert and designer Christina Haack will continue to expand her design business in the South, creating custom dream homes for Nashville-area clients and navigating the hot market with her next flip and first rental property in six new one-hour episodes.
The busy mom of three, author and entrepreneur, who also stars in the SoCal-based series Christina on the Coast, will take bigger design risks to bring her clients' visions to life, transforming dated kitchens, primary suites, basements and entertainment areas into breathtaking spaces with functionality, modern amenities and her signature high-end style.
Christina and her children will also make special memories at their family farm that is now home to a goat, mini donkey, pony and chickens.
In the season premiere, "From Twelve to Two": Christina will help empty nesters completely overhaul their home in a historic community near downtown Franklin.
She'll demo the small kitchen to add square footage and incorporate an oversized peninsula and a built-in bar perfect for hosting their large family.
Christina also will go super bold in the new main bedroom, stunning the couple with dramatic purple paint on the walls and ceiling to give them ultimate cozy vibes.