Matlock
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Drama, Legal Drama
In this reimagining of the 1980s series, Kathy Bates stars as Madeline Matlock, a brilliant attorney who rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her cleverness tactics to win cases.
Her motivation for returning to the legal world: justice for her daughter Ellie who died as a result of the opioid epidemic.
Matty is assigned to Olympia at the firm, an attorney who also has a thirst for justice.
Olympia's ex-husband, Julian, the son of the head of the firm, is intrigued by Matty and her skills.
Matty works alongside the firm's younger associates - Billy and Sarah.
In the series premiere, "Pilot": After achieving success in her younger years, brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock uses her unassuming demeanour to make her way into a position at a prestigious law firm, Jacobson Moore.
Secrets in the Ice 4
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 19h25
Genre: Documentary Series, Science, Technology, History
Earth's climate is changing.
As a result, ice sheets, glaciers and permafrosts across the world are beginning to reveal perfectly preserved fragments of history that offer new information about our planet.
Secrets in the Ice is a one-hour factual series that examines the mysterious historical, geological and biological phenomena that were once frozen in time and are now beginning to surface.
Merging CGI recreations, advanced scanning technology and scientific research, the series analyzes the curiosities that have emerged from the melting ice, explores how and why they got there in the first place and contemplates what may still be concealed in the frozen depths.
Humankind is at a unique crossroads where the opportunity for knowledge about the past and glimpses into the future are being exposed in a manner that is unprecedented in recorded history.
Secrets in the Ice aims to seize this opportunity by inviting the audience to learn about the planet and the human story through a thorough examination of what was once inaccessible.
In the Season 4 premiere: The search for Janet Mae Johnson, the missing mountaineer from 1973, takes a new turn with the discovery of her backpack and camera in 2020, raising new questions about her tragic fate.
Death in Paradise 5
Channel: S3
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Police Procedural
DI Humphrey Goodman is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie, but he can't help feeling that something's missing from his life...
When Humphrey decides buying a boat is the answer to his problems, Dwayne correctly diagnoses a mid-life crisis - the real root of Humphrey's malaise is his lack of love life.
Confident there's a formula to finding love, Humphrey enlists the help of Florence, only to discover the complexities of dating are more confusing than any case he's tried to crack.
Humphrey's deductive powers may not be much use on the singles scene but, back on the job, his considerable intellect and experience are tested to the full, as he faces some of the island's most perplexing murders yet.
In the fifth season, Humphrey and the team enter the shady world of island politics when the governor of Saint Marie is poisoned at her leaving party.
Could the murder have something to do with an uninhabited island that has recently been reclaimed by the French?
The team also investigate the murder of a millionaire aboard his own yacht - whilst all the suspects were scuba diving on the reef below - and the untimely death of a model who was strangled in the middle of a fashion show.
In the Season 5 premiere: DI Goodman and his team are tested when a millionaire philanthropist is murdered on his boat, and the only suspects were all underwater at the time.
Meanwhile, DI Goodman's new hobby raises a few eyebrows...
Lenyalo Ha Se Papadi
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Comedy
Sitcom which revolves around a couple in the process of getting a divorce who still have to live under the same roof together.
The series follows Mpho and Desmond as they navigate co-parenting, finances, family and attempting to date, all while having to do this living under the same roof as they wait for the divorce to be finalised.
After 15 years of being a devoted wife and mother of two to a caring, yet neglectful workaholic husband, 40-year-old Mpho reaches her breaking point and asks for a divorce.
Expecting a smooth process, things take a dramatic turn for the worse when Mpho realises she cannot afford to move out of their marital home as the divorce process unfolds - and neither can her husband.
Both are trapped. Who will crack first?
The series stars Mavuso Magabane as Desmond and Mapaseka Koetle as Mpho.
Other cast members include Lindokuhle Mbonani, Siphiwe Ngcongwane, Thando Dunjani, Bonginkosi Twala, Zizi Peteni, Nicholas Nkuna, Nomonde Mbhele, Dumisani Nkabinde, Clementine Mosimane, Webster Kutoane, Mandla Gaduka, Nomzamo Dlamini and Aaliyah Matintela.
TVSA Show Page: Lenyalo Ha Se Papadi
Helicopter ER 5
Channel: CBS Reality (DStv 132 / StarSat 170)
TX Time: 18h50
Genre: Reality
Following on from Helicopter Heroes, this is a series capturing the rescue work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
A film crew follows the team of medics as they attend to patients in life or death situations.
Stretching over thousands of square miles, the dales have beautiful but treacherous landscapes, where those needing medical assistance can find themselves in life-threatening conditions.
Over the series these real-life heroes are seen performing surgery in the street, bringing back a patient from a cardiac arrest and dispensing painkillers to those in a lorry crash.
In the Season 5 premiere: A biker is left fighting for survival with multiple injuries and Dr Neil is forced to turn the roadside into an operating theatre to save his patient.