TV

IT'S a great month for British drama on Showmax, with This Is Going To Hurt, Landscapers and The Responder all up and ready to binge right now, all of which I highly recommend. You can rest easy with the eternal book-to-screen debate with This Is Going To Hurt, because author (and real life…
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IT’S a year since BritBox launched in South Africa, bringing you the best of British telly to stream at your leisure, a to celebrate this milestone, it has three new and exclusive titles launching in August, featuring some of the leading names working in British entertainment today. The darkly…
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NO naming and shaming but there are some series that are utterly incomprehensible. I'm not talking about sharp, intelligent series that exercise the brain and bring joy like an Amor Towles novel does, because we love those; I mean the ones that when a new season begins and you can't remember what…
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THE best coverage of the annual Chelsea Flower Show has been packaged into 13 must-watch episodes and is now streaming exclusively on BritBox for your viewing pleasure. In 2022 the show returned to its usual slot for the first time in three years, with exquisite blooms, show-stopping gardens and…
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PICKED by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the 25 buzziest series at this year’s MIPTV, a leading global TV market in Cannes, France, watch the trailer for Pulse here. Shot in South Africa and Mauritius, Pulse is about an international group of game creators who discover that survival is no…
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WITH the lovely rainy weather settling in, snuggled up in with your favourite streaming platforms is undeniably appealing. Showmax has a bunch of new international series already up and binge-ready, with season four of Westworld landing on June 27. One of Rotten Tomatoes’ most anticipated series…
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WHEN Idris Elba visited South Africa to shoot a film, he was struck by how the lives of township youngsters were transformed through a local boxing club. This was the impetus for his new series Idris Elba’s Fight School, which premieres on BritBox South Africa on 16 June 2022 – which, fittingly, is…
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A homespun tale of good versus evil, the eight-episode series begins on 2 June at 8.30pm. When Eben Greyling, the young son of an absent father refuses a request from the family’s benefactor Van As to go fishing, it breaks the shackles of a long-time agreement – but the debt will not disappear.…
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WITH Africa Day coming up on 25 May, M-Net is proud to announce M-Net Movies AfroCinema pop-up, an exciting channel that will celebrate and showcase the best festival movies from across the continent, with films from countries including Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, and more. The channel…
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THIS past weekend I watched the HBO documentary series - two parts - I Love You, Now Die The Commonwealth v Michelle Carter on Showmax. From May 23, The Girl From Plainville will be on the platform, a drama series inspired from these dreadful true events. In July 2014, Michelle Carter encouraged…
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