Innocent Behind Bars
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Cases of wrongful conviction plague the justice system, leading to many decades – and even lives – lost behind bars.
In an intimate portrayal of justice, this series reveals the true experience of being wrongfully convicted and the impact that lasts well beyond the prison cell.
Each episode explores the harrowing story of a person who was convicted of a crime they didn't commit.
In their own words, hear their heartbreak and triumph as they fought to prove their innocence in a court of law.
Supported by those close to the case, the crime and trial are critically examined to find the flaws and falsehoods in the original conviction that proved their innocence.
In some cases it was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, prosecution because of their skin colour or they simply couldn't afford adequate counsel.
Legal experts examine how these unjust rulings were overturned, from modern DNA testing technology and the confession of the real killer.
With unrivalled access to a first-person perspective of being wrongfully convicted, the case is presented to an audience through archive images, misplaced police reports and explosive court documents to illustrate the long battle to find the truth.
But even exoneration can't heal all wounds, the impact extends further than just lost years and affects every part of their lives; sometimes beyond repair.
Embark on an eye-opening journey of persistence and hope with the Innocent Behind Bars.
In the series premiere, "Dennis Maher": Dennis Maher was a young paratrooper living in Lowell, Massachusetts and worked at the army barracks in the neighbouring town of Ayer.
On the night of 17 November, 1983 Dennis was stopped by a policeman – he looked like the suspect who had raped a woman earlier that night.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Kwame Ajamu": Kwame Ajamu, his older brother Wiley and their friend, Ricky Jackson were raised in Cleveland in the 1970s.
As teenagers, they had their lives ahead of them until they were accused of a brutal robbery and murder in May 1975.
Earthstorm
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Nature, Documentary Series
Storm chasers, survivors and first responders recount their harrowing experiences with volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.
MasterChef UK 14
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
A new season of the cookery competition begins as John Torode and Gregg Wallace return to the judging table on the hunt for the next MasterChef champion.
Out of the thousands who applied, 56 amateur cooks have made it through to compete over four weeks of heats, ready to produce some of the most inspiring exceptional and unusual food ever seen on the series.
In this first episode, the first seven hopefuls need to pull out all the stops to prove to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they have the potential to rise above the rest to become MasterChef 2018 Champion.
This season sees the return of the MasterChef Market, stocked full of the best-quality produce from across the world, including meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, nuts, pulses, grains and dairy.
The challenge is to invent and then cook one dish using anything from the market.
This time the featured ingredients include beef mince, duck breasts, pancetta, cod and mussels.
The contestants have an hour and 10 minutes to dazzle the judges and prove they are good enough to stay in the competition.
After tasting all seven dishes, John and Gregg decide which four cooks are good enough to stay, while three are sent straight home.
The four remaining cooks now have one more challenge standing between them and a quarter-final place.
They must cook two courses that will excite not just John and Gregg but also some very special guests.
Some of MasterChef's most inspiring winners and finalists return to judge the food of this year's new contenders to the throne.
In tonight's heat, the contestants must attempt to impress MasterChef 2017 finalists Steve Kielty and Giovanna Ryan and 2017 champion Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed.
After the four hopefuls have cooked, John and Gregg decide which three contestants deserve to take the next step in the competition and go through to Friday's quarter-final.
Bloodlands 2
Channel: BritBox
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
The second season of this "Irish noir" drama returns for six episodes, once again starring James Nesbitt as DCI Tom Brannick.
Victoria Smurfit (Once Upon a Time) joins the cast for the second season in the role of Olivia Foyle, an enigmatic widow at the centre of Brannick's latest case.
When the murder of a crooked accountant unravels a trail of greed that threatens to expose his past, Tom and the accountant's enigmatic widow must keep each other dangerously close.
As they try to solve the riddle her husband left behind, and become more and more immersed in the puzzle of each other, Tom and Olivia draw in Tom's fellow officers DS Niamh McGovern, DCS Jackie Twomey and DC "Birdy" Bird, as well as Tom's daughter, Izzy, until deceit and betrayal force Tom to question just what lengths he will go to, to keep his legacy intact.
Alaskan Bush People 14
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
It's been one year since the death of beloved patriarch, Billy Brown, and the Wolfpack must figure out how to navigate their own personal lives while keeping their father's dream and legacy alive.
As the siblings heed their own callings, one question looms: can the strength of the Wolfpack help them survive new, overwhelming adversity?
In this season of Alaskan Bush People, the family forges forward with their biggest plans yet which immediately face obstacles.
Now settled into fatherhood, Noah shocks the family with big plans for a move back to Alaska.
His hope is to raise his family in the same way he was brought up in the bush, but the hunt for a remote property around the islands of Southeast Alaska is ambitious and dangerous.
Bear faces a real life "love off the grid" story as city-born wife Raiven, along with son River, decide to inhabit the mountain.
But will the isolated nature of bush living and lack of comforts be too much for the newly married couple to overcome?
Bird looks north to Alaska in hopes of gaining closure with her father's death.
However, her plans come to a screeching halt when she is faced with a major health crisis that forces her to make critical decisions about starting a family.
Meanwhile, Ami and Bam struggle to make the ranch profitable in the face of Mother Nature's wrath, as Gabe tries to build his growing family a home on the mountain before the harsh winter arrives.
In the Season14 premiere, "A New Crossroad": The Wolfpack launches into Spring with ambitions that will push them in new directions.
Gabe and Bam ramp up their efforts to rebuild the ranch by turning burnt trees into lumber while Noah reveals epic plans for Alaska.
Ex on the Beach (UK) 7
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Dating Game Show, Reality
Hold onto your bikinis, Ex On The Beach is back, and with more exes than ever.
A group of hot singles are about to have their dream holiday ruined as one by one their exes arrive to spoil the party! Hatred, fights, tears, drama and emotion.
In the Season 7 premiere, "War of Words": Eight sexy singles hit the beach in Bali hoping to find love.
Fatima and Nicole go to war, Geordie Shore's Marty takes a shining to Fatima and it's instant attraction for Che and Max.