How I Caught the Killer
Channel: CBS Justice (DStv 170)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Featuring exclusive officer accounts, chilling evidence and stylish recreations, How I Caught the Killer provides insight into what it's like to work on indecipherable cases.
The series shines a light on a myriad of murders and an array of outstanding officers who made key discoveries during investigations - from the dedication of the detectives, to the forensic analysis of the CSIs and the heart-wrenching role of the family liaison officers.
Each 60-minute episode focuses on a different murder case, characterised by either a unique scenario to solve, particularly ingenious policework or especially disturbing suspects.
The series will include stories from both the UK and the US.
The story of the investigation will unfold using multiple voices in static interviews and in key locations.
The urgency of the 48 hours will be conveyed on screen, mixing footage and photographs from the case files, illustrative recreations, and unpicking the crime scene using footage and dynamic graphics.
Telling the story of the investigation from the perspective of the police - former policeman and Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding narrates this series packed with revelations from the people who solved murders and caught killers.
In the series premiere, "Kicked to Death": Officers investigate the murder of Christoper Donovan by a gang of youths.
Yim' Lo!
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality
Dineo Ranaka helps various people come clean to their loved ones about their double lives. How will their loved ones react?
Dineo sits down with people from all walks of life who should have told their lovers, family and friends something about themselves long ago, and helps them to break the news in the best possible way in a safe environment.
Dineo isn't the big celebrity in the room – she's the sister, the mother, the friend.
She gently helps people to unburden themselves of the secrets they've been hiding for so long, and no longer have to live in secret and in shame that the people who matter the most to them will find out.
They are ready to tell it themselves.
Dash & Lily
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Opposites attract at Christmas as cynical Dash and sunny Lily trade messages and dares in a red notebook they pass back and forth around New York City.
A whirlwind holiday romance builds as they trade dares, dreams and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City.
Ultimately they find they have more in common with each other than they would have expected.
Mountain Monsters 3
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 21h10
Genre: Docu-Reality, Supernatural, Paranormal
For years, the Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings (AIMS) have fought a tooth-and-nail battle to trap mysterious monsters that threaten the safety of mountain communities.
They've hunted Bigfoot, Sheepsquatch, Hellhounds and dozens of other beasts, but along the way the tables turned.
Now these lifelong hunters are being hunted by a masked rival team with ulterior, dangerous motives.
After nine months of radio silence from the enigmatic "Rogue Team" - a shadowy foe that has been relentlessly thwarting AIMS' investigations for years - youngest AIMS team member Buck takes matters into his own hands to get answers once and for all.
Buck's bold actions cause a rift among his mountain brothers Trapper, Willy, Jeff, Huckleberry and Wild Bill as they weigh their own personal safety against a chance to lure the Rogue Team out from the shadows.
While tensions rise, a whole new mission awaits AIMS in a dark place they have been before, a place they fear with new questions, mysteries, and monsters.
AIMS' new journey begins as they travel to Lee County, Virginia.
Despite attempting to ease into the investigation, danger finds them quickly as the forest's evil forces wake up to their arrival and target Jeff.
There's more supernatural warfare ahead than the team had bargained for, but will they rise to complete the quest?
Rate My Plate
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Reality, Food, Advertiser-Funded
Each episode of this reality show pits three South African home cooks (some as young as 17) against one another as they whip up their signature dishes in Chef Dede Wyt's kitchen.
The catch? They have to use the sponsor's products.
Chef Dede will judge each plate on five criteria: budget, preparation time, presentation, taste and backstory.
The recipe from the winning plate will be published in Drum magazine.