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SIT back while foodie Rick Stein whisks you on a culinary journey through the Mediterranean to Turkey and Joanna Lumley returns to India, the land of her birth, for the trip of a lifetime.  Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul, Rick Stein’s Long Weekends, Joanna Lumley’s India and Joanna Lumley’s…
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SCOTLAND meets Scandinavia in the witty new detective series Annika, which lands exclusively on BritBox on November 18, fresh from its UK premiere. Keen to know more? Here are 10 fast facts: Annika follows the life of Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed (Nicola Walker), a Norwegian single…
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IT really can't be overstated: Successionis brilliant television. It's been two years since the shocking season two finale, and season three - which landed on Showmax on October 18, a day after it premiered in the US - is keeping the tension tightly wound as Kendall (Jeremy Strong, above) takes on…
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DEXTER MORGAN will return to M-Net on November 8, 2021 at 9.30pm in a 10-episode sequel miniseries, Dexter: New Blood, which will be set almost 10 years after the season eight finale, which aired in 2013. The sequel will again bring together series star Michael C Hall and showrunner Clyde Phillips.…
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THE down-to-earth but totally brilliant Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is back, with two new feature-length episodes exclusive to BritBox, involving more brutal murders to solve. On Thursday, 28 October, the first two episodes of the new season, starring BAFTA award-winning actress Brenda…
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THE genre-bending, cult style film Fried Barry,starring Gary Green, Chanelle De Jager, Johnny Pienaar, Bia Hartensen and Sean Cameron Michael, will premiere on DStv Box Office as a Cinema Premiere on October 26, 2021 in the week leading up to Halloween. Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Steve Wall, Deon Lotz and…
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TWO words: Alan Tudyk. I loved him in Firefly (a series which was far too short-lived) and Serenity, and even more in the original Death At A Funeral  - NOT the one with Chris Rock currently on Netflix. I could so easily have let Resident Alienslide under the radar but I did my due diligence and…
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THIS month, M-Net Channel 101 brings viewers the very best in gripping series, from police procedurals to courtroom drama to emotional depictions of love. Beginning on Monday, October 11 at 8.30pm is Vigil, a British police procedural miniseries created by Tom Edge and produced by World…
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WHAT comes to mind when mentioning a South African social custom or a way of cooking outdoors? You guessed right - the good old sishanyama or braai. Whatever your preference - boerie, chops, chicken or even a vegetarian dish - every Saffa knows it’s going to be a great time around the fire when…
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WHEN I was so much younger and more innocent - three weeks ago when I watched Brand New Cherry Flavor on Netflix - I thought it was quite gory. Well. Let me tell you, Gangs Of London makes Cherry Flavor look like a Saturday morning children's show. Gangsis brutal, and I'm no squeamish prude. At…
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