TV
Your guide to what to watch tonight. From prime-time M-Net dramas and Sunday night movies to the latest hits on DStv and local South African reality TV, discover Bianca Coleman’s top picks for the small screen.
Showmax becomes your go-to for Brit content
SADLY, BritBox is leaving South Africa at the end of August (yes, well, you should have subscribed and if you didn’t, you can’t complain) but great British TV isn’t going… →
Season 2 of House Of The Dragon on M-Net, Showmax from June 17
SEASON two of The HBO Original Drama Series House Of The Dragon debuts June 17 on M-Net and Showmax Express from the US. The eight-episode second season will be available on… →
Sandra Oh and Robert Downey Jr headline HBO’s The Sympathizer
EDIT 3 June: The Sympathizer has been replaced by Belgravia, a 2020 British Regency and Victorian-era historical drama television series, set in the 19th century, based on the 2016 novel… →
Mince Jou Hare, a feel-good, small-town sitcom on Showmax
AWARD-WINNING comedian Shimmy Isaacs is raising the bar this year: her mother, Frieda, is getting her own Showmax Original series. Mince Jou Hare, a feel-good, small-town sitcom releasing on Mondays… →
Crime drama and Chelsea Flower Show focus on environmental issues
IN the new BritBox Original, After the Flood, the mystery unfolds when the town of Waterside is hit with the largest flood in its history. The community pulls together to… →
Barbenheimer will be available to stream on Showmax by end of May
OPPENHEIMER – from May 6 – tells the true story of “the father of the atomic bomb”, American scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, and how he risked destroying the world in… →
The Umbrella Men are back for more hijinks, April 25 on eVOD
BRACE yourself for a hilarious and action-packed adventure as the Umbrella Men return in their highly anticipated sequel, The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island, premiering on eVOD on April… →
Catch up with Euphoria while you wait for Funny Woman and Fargo
HERE are the April highlights for M-Net 101. I think I’m bored with The Goldbergs now so it can happily end with its 10th and final season. So Help Me… →
Annette Bening headlines new family whodunnit Apples Never Fall
NEW from Liane Moriarty (Big Littles Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers) and based on her New York Times bestseller of the same name, international ensemble drama Apples Never Fall comes to M-Net… →
Wheel of Fortune South Africa spins onto S3
THE legendary Wheel of Fortune will spin onto our screens on Monday, 8 April, with an exhilarating local version allowing sharp risk-takers to win loads of moolah and the most… →
Pick of the month on Showmax: Tokyo Vice
FOR a series that is so dramatically and strikingly gorgeous to watch, the publicity stills for Tokyo Vice are rather disappointing (except for the one above, which I found with… →
Rural cop drama Ridley and season 2 of Beyond Paradise on BritBox
THE highly-anticipated return of BritBox Original Beyond Paradise season two arrives on BritBox this month. The spin-off to the award-winning Death in Paradise series sees Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton… →