Bollywed 2
Channel: S3
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Bollywed is a heartwarming docuseries centred around the Singh family, who have been operating the iconic bridal shop, Chandan Fashion, in Toronto's Little India for almost 40 years.
The series shines a light on the booming and glamorous world of South Asian culture and fashion, and offers a glimpse into an intergenerationally run business led by father Kuki Singh, his wife Sarab, and their two children Chandan and Chandni, and daughter-in-law Roop.
There's plenty of old-school-meets-new-school drama and laughs as two generations take on the ever-changing and extravagant world of Indian weddings.
Season 2 finds the Singh family with an incredibly challenging year ahead, managing their original flagship store all while supporting Chandan opening their first SECOND location.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Daddy Marketing": With the second location not yet open, Kuki comes up with an eye-catching solution to Chandan's overstock problems.
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
This tense true crime series examines the hunt for the Long Island serial killer through the perspective of his victims, their loved ones and the police.
Young women who worked in the sex industry were disappearing from New York City and Long Island and their families were desperate for answers.
Then in 2010, female remains were found in the Gilgo Beach area of Long Island, leading to a string of additional discoveries at a virtual dumping ground steps away from New York's busiest beaches.
Despite all of this, the case of the Long Island serial killer remained unsolved for 13 years - until July 2023, when a major break came after corruption was rooted out within the police responsible for the case.
This is the definitive look at the twists and turns in a case that dominated headlines, and is still developing in real time.
Manhunt: The Liar, The Thief, The Conman
Channel: CBS Justice (DStv 170 / StarSat 222)
TX Time: 19h45
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Thirty-nine-year-old mother of three Christine Handy was looking forward to a fresh start.
Her divorce settlement was about to come through and it was more than enough to buy a new home in leafy Cheltenham, leaving her mortgage free.
Romance is the last thing on her mind when she is approached by a smartly dressed man in a local coffee shop.
He introduces himself as Alexander. They hit it off and in the blink of an eye they become a couple.
Alexander tells Christine he's related to the famous Rothschild banking family, and shows her a passport to prove it.
Eighteen months into their relationship Christine gives birth to Alexander's son, Marcus, and the new family make plans for a future in Geneva.
But what Christine doesn't know is that the man she knows as Alexander De Rothschild is actually a highly accomplished scammer called Marc Hatton who was intent on swindling her out of over half a million pounds.
When the truth emerges - Hatton flees the country, but Christine refuses to let him get away with it.
She turns detective, and with the help of a private investigator tracks him down to the USA.
Her manhunt ends with a confrontation in the car park of a New York gym...
Marc Hatton is extradited to the UK where he serves 18 years for rape, sexual assault and fraud.
Murder Under the Friday Night Lights 4
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
For many small towns across America, a Friday night spent under the blinding lights of the local high school football stadium cheering the home team onto victory is the glue that holds a community together.
But what happens when the Friday night lights shut off and the town's beloved team finds themselves embroiled in the centre of a tragic crime?
How does a community so devoted to football reckon with the aftermath - one that may force them to either cope with the devastating loss of one of their own or look at their treasured team and players differently?
This series from ID takes an unflinching look at the shocking and tragic cases of dangerous obsessions, brutal violence and even murder surrounding local high school football teams, tarnishing the sport these communities hold sacred.
Featuring cases from across the US, accounts from those who knew these crimes intimately, and gripping archival footage, Murder Under the Friday Night Lights showcases how a tragedy that happens off the field can have ramifications far beyond the championship game.
In the Season 4 premiere, "Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol": Approaching the circumstances in Bristol, Connecticut, that breed three former high school football teammates who become murderers.
Klop die Kunstenaar
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Game Show, Afrikaans
Game show presented by comedian Alfred Adriaan in which every episode sees two contestants race against each other up a tower in a quest to be the first to reach to the top.
Along the way interactive games are played with celebrities from across South Africa who compete and participate from their homes through a video call against the studio contestants.
Celebrities featured include Jarrad Ricketts, Anne Hirsch, Denver Vraagom, Tracey-Lee Oliver, Kurt Darren, Nádine, Snotkop, Jack Parow, Elvis Blue, Margit, Mel Jones and Robbie Wessels.
Each week the contestants are introduced by their loved ones through a video call.
Before the start of each game cash prizes for the evening are revealed, varying from R50 to R4,000.
The cash amounts are shuffled and disappear behind numbers on the tower, starting with number 1 and ending at number 12 (number 13 is the jackpot block).
The contestants' goal is to "beat the celeb" at each game.
They first answer the question and after it is revealed whether it is correct or not, the celebrities are challenged to give an answer.
The contestants' efforts are rewarded with an assortment of cash prizes, but the celebrities play the games for fun and gain no monetary rewards.
The cherry awaits the conqueror at the top of the tower: a chance to win a R10,000 cash jackpot.
Grand Designs 16
Channel: The Home Channel (DStv 176 / Openview 113)
TX Time: 13h00
Genre: Home Improvement
Designer and author Kevin McCloud is back for another mind-blowing and inspiring season where he goes to and meets more people and finds more amazing homes.
In this season, Kevin meets gallery owner Elinor and fitness entrepreneur Born Barikor, who set themselves the near impossible task of creating Britain's first hypoallergenic house.
This season also features Adrian, a concrete-obsessive who has convinced his wife Megan to build their new family home in the rural countryside almost entirely out of the stuff.
In the Season 16 premiere, "Aylesbury Vale": Young Spanish architect Jaime and his wife Mimi Fernandez embark on an epic mission to convert a Grade II listed folly in Buckinghamshire into a family home.
Originally designed to exhibit a fossil collection, but gutted by fire and left in ruins for the last 200 years, Jaime and Mimi are nevertheless beguiled by the crumbling mini-castle.
Giving themselves a wildly optimistic six month deadline to finish before the birth of their second child, it's not long before they hit trouble.
The Saxon burial ground the folly is built on throws up some macabre surprises.
Their stonemasons from Madrid let them down and local builders with no restoration experience have to take on the crumbling stonework.
Jaime puts all his energies and creativity into the project, using innovative 3D mapping to squeeze living spaces into the tower, but it's an exhausting struggle.
With money running out, the contract on their rented accommodation running out and the birth imminent the pressure to move in proves almost unbearable.