The Stolen Girl
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Miniseries
This series tells the story of fascinating, relatable and complex women in an unimaginable situation.
A seemingly ordinary decision turns the world of Elisa, mum to two young kids, upside down in this tense thriller.
When her nine-year-old daughter Lucia excitedly asks to go on an overnight playdate with her new best friend Josie, Elisa agrees.
After meeting Josie's mother, Rebecca, she's put at ease by her charming nature and their impressive house.
But when she says goodnight to her daughter, she has no idea that she is about to be thrust into every parent's worst nightmare.
The next day, when Elisa goes to pick up Lucia, she discovers that the beautiful house was a holiday rental.
Lucia is missing. Rebecca and Josie have vanished. What started out as her daughter's first sleepover has turned into an abduction.
As an urgent manhunt unfolds across Europe, Elisa and her husband Fred find themselves the object of police and public scrutiny.
Elisa's perfect family begins to unravel under the pressure, and long-buried secrets come to light. Rebecca took Lucia for a reason.
And as viewers learn more about the tangled lives of these women, the question of whether Rebecca was justified in kidnapping the little girl arises – and if she might be better off staying hidden.
Mary & George
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h10
Genre: Drama, Period Drama, Miniseries
Mary & George is an historical psychodrama about a treacherous mother and son who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of King James I.
Julianne Moore stars in this series based on the true story of Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful son, George, to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover.
Based on Benjamin Woolley's novel, The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I, Mary & George intricately details how the Countess of Buckingham (Moore), moulded her son George to seduce King James I (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover, making her family richer, more titled and more influential than any other in England.
The first three episodes of the series are directed by South African director Oliver Hermanus, in his first foray into television.
Having succeeded the childless Elizabeth I to become England's first Scottish king, James I isolated himself within his court – and was open to being courted by those who shared his indulgences.
Mary, Countess of Buckingham – having lost her fortune when her first husband died – spotted the opportunity to introduce her handsome and well-educated son, George, into the Royal Court as Royal Cup-Bearer in 1614.
As the man responsible for serving and preserving the safety of the King's drinks, he used his proximity to James to ingratiate himself into every facet of the ruler's life, including his bedroom, his decisions on domestic and foreign policy and secured the title of Duke of Buckingham in the space of just under a decade.
Mary & George takes a raunchy, unabashed look at the excesses of the Jacobean era – a time when William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson rose to cultural prominence and a new version of the Bible was commissioned by the Monarch, known today as the widely-used King James version.
In the series premiere, "The Second Son": Mary Villiers develops a cunning plan to transform her family's fortunes forever, but first she must convince her beautiful but disobedient son George to rise to the occasion and claim their destiny.
Government Cheese
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Comedy
Government Cheese is a surrealist family comedy set in 1969 San Fernando Valley that tells the story of the Chambers, a quirky family pursuing lofty and seemingly impossible dreams, beautifully unfettered by the realities of the world.
When Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo) is released from prison, his long-awaited family reunion doesn't go quite as he'd planned.
During his absence, Hampton's wife, Astoria and sons Einstein and Harrison, have formed an unconventional family unit, and Hampton's return spins their world into chaos.
Walking with Elephants
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 20h05
Genre: Documentary Series, Wildlife
He's walked the Nile, Himalayas and Americas.
Now explorer Levison Wood is taking on an entirely new challenge: walking over 200 miles with 130,000 African Elephants as they make their great migration across Botswana and the Kalahari Desert to the Okavango Delta.
Joining the Herd
Levison is in Botswana hoping to follow the world's largest elephant migration for 650 miles on foot along ancient pathways, but he first must overcome dangers in the bush before tracking a large herd of female elephants.
Man vs. Elephant
Lev and his guide, Kane, journey across the saltpans to track bull elephants, but their safety is soon jeopardized when they encounter a herd during mating season.
Journeys Dangerous End
Approaching the end of their 650-mile journey, Lev and Kane finish the final leg of the trip by boat and face dangerous crocodiles and aggressive hippos.
The Diamond Heist
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series, True Crime
This stranger-than-fiction crime caper follows the attempted robbery of a precious gem, told by the gangsters who did it and the police on their tail.
From executive producer Guy Ritchie comes a three-part documentary true crime caper.
It's summer 2000. A group of South-East London criminals are orchestrating what just might be the most audacious heist of all time.
Their plan: use a bulldozer to ram-raid the brand new Millennium Dome in broad daylight, steal the world's second biggest flawless diamond in a haul worth £350-million, and escape by speedboat down the Thames.
There's just one tiny problem: the Flying Squad are watching...
Winning Time: The Rise of The Lakers Dynasty
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 23h00
Genre: Drama, Period Drama, Sport
HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty is a fast-break drama series that goes back in time to chronicle the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports' most revered and dominant dynasties.
Based on Jeff Pearlman's book, Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers, the show takes a look at a team that defined its era, both on and off the court.
The ensemble cast includes John C. Reilly, Jason Clarke, Adrien Brody, Quincy Isaiah, Sally Field and Jason Segel, among many others.
In the series premiere, "The Swan": Businessman Jerry Buss stakes his fortune on purchasing the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.
Meanwhile, the coach, Jerry West, bristles at the prospect of drafting college phenom Earvin Johnson - who must live up to his nickname, Magic.