TV

JANE AUSTEN fans begged for it – and in May 2022 Sanditon will be making a return visit to our screens, new and exclusive to BritBox. The acclaimed and hugely popular period drama, based on Austen’s final, unfinished novel, proved such a hit that it was renewed for two more seasons, with season…
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KYKNET’S jam-packed 10th Silwerskerm Film Festival, taking place from March 23 - 26, boasts an impressive list of diverse movies. Besides the local feature film premieres and new local short films in competition, the festival includes a sizzling slate of recent films that includes works that have…
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CAN a woman with no detective experience and whose closest companion is her pet chicken solve a complicated murder investigation? That’s the question in Recipes for Love and Murder, the new local small town mystery series on M-Net (Sundays at 8pm). Starring the award-winning Maria Doyle Kennedy…
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FROM music to Nazis to art to serial killers, from big pharma and the sanctioned opiod crisis to sharks, Showmax has a diverse array of documentaries to expand your mind. All are now available to stream and binge. THE SPARKS BROTHERS How can one rock band be successful, underrated, hugely…
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GET ready to put on your favourite cape and immerse yourself in the DC Heroes pop-up channel from Friday 25 March until Sunday 3 April (DStv channel 111). For 10 days only, the M-Net Movies DC Heroes pop-up channel will air the most popular heroes and villains movies from some of the biggest DC…
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SEASON four of MasterChef South Africa is now on M-Net, Mondays to Thursdays at 6pm. Here are some fun facts. 1. It’s a shift from the traditional reality TV broadcast model… From Monday 28 February, MasterChef SA season 4 will be broadcast four times a week (Mondays to Thursdays) – a move…
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VIEWERS watching the latest season of MasterChef SA will have immediately noticed the new and impressive food pantry. Stocked by this season’s new title sponsor, Pick n Pay, the pantry boasts a strong focus on sustainability including a de-packaged fresh produce offering and a packaging-free…
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DURING November 2021, Makers Landing set aside part of its triple volume events space to become a film set for MasterChef South Africa, and all the action in the show’s 20 episodes takes place against the stunning backdrop of Cape Town’s commercial harbour and the Cape Town Cruise Terminal.  Unlike…
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THE chilling real-life drama of the nerve agent attack that terrorised the UK in 2018 takes centre stage on BritBox this March in The Salisbury Poisonings, with the Northern Ireland-set police series Hope Street adding extra heft to the month’s line-up of new and exclusive titles. The still-raw…
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THE biggest series ever filmed in Cape Town and surrounds, is now streaming on Showmax, with new episodes every Friday (two up so far). I had all the good intentions in the world to watch this when season one came out 18 months ago, but, well, what can I say? Then I was asked to do a piece on…
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