Jol met Ricky
Channel: kykNET & kie (DStv 145)
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Game Show, Afrikaans
Jol means: a good time, pleasurable, partying until midnight, laughing and a celebration of life.
In this entertainment game show, celebs will show a different and jolly side of their personalities.
Ricky Schroeder, former professional rugby player and recently a well-known voice on radio, is the presenter of Jol met Ricky and actress Hunter Plaatjies is the DJ taking care of the music.
The show has different segments, including quick questions, a ride on a mechanical bull and other games that change in each episode.
In "Blitsbaan", the celebs will have a chance to race around a track. Their times will be added to a tally and at the end of the series a champion will be crowned.
The artist and illustrator Elanie Bieldt is also in the studio for every episode and will sketch a caricature of each of the guests which they can take home at the end of the show.
The celebs on the show include Ricky's friend and former teammate Juan de Jongh, actors Jarrid Geduld, Dean Smith and Gantane Kusch, TV presenter Vanes-Mari du Toit, radio and TV presenter Tracey Lange and comedian Shimmy Isaacs.
Pressure Cooker
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Living under one roof, 11 chefs use culinary skills and strategic plays in a tense cooking contest where they vote on who among them will win $100,000.
In this first-ever house reality cooking competition, 11 professional chefs must prove that they have all the qualities it takes to thrive in the real culinary world.
Locked together inside a fortress of cuisine our group of confident chefs will cook, sleep and coexist with their rivals over a series of weeks.
And if that wasn't enough stress, they'll also need strategy to balance impressing their peers while watching their own backs... because in the Pressure Cooker there is no panel of judges.
The chefs judge each other. This is a high stakes search for the ultimate chef's chef.
Simon Reeve's South America
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Travel, Documentary Series
An astonishing adventure through some of the most beautiful, fascinating places on Earth.
From giant cities to remote communities, Simon meets the people of a changing continent.
In the series premiere: Simon travels through the remote and little-visited north east of South America, from Venezuela to French Guiana.
This section of the Earth's crust is known as the Guiana Shield and contains the most unspoiled area of rainforest anywhere in the world.
In Venezuela, Simon meets some of the thousands of migrants fleeing the economic collapse of their country, an ongoing and underreported humanitarian crisis.
In neighbouring Guyana, the only English-speaking country on the continent, he visits an incredibly remote settlement in the depths of the jungle and learns that the country could be on the verge of its own oil boom.
In Suriname, Simon has an unforgettable and surreal encounter with Ronnie Brunswijk, the gun-toting former warlord who is now one of Suriname's most successful businessmen.
Flying out with Ronnie to his remote jungle headquarters, Simon is given a tour of his vast gold mining concession.
Despite being a convicted cocaine trafficker, Brunswijk was recently appointed vice president of Suriname.
Simon ends his journey in French Guiana, which is still a department of France, where he visits the launch site of the European Space Agency and goes on jungle patrol with the soldiers of the French Foreign Legion.
Filmed just before the pandemic struck, Simon had no idea that his South American journey would soon be interrupted.
Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog 3
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality
Pet owners across America need help more than ever. Fortunately, there's hope.
Cesar Millan is ready to take on his most challenging cases yet.
Cesar is back and he's rehabilitating dogs and training pet parents - empty dog shelters and record adoptions mean America needs him more than ever.
His positivity is a beacon of light in these troubled times; his can-do attitude and his heart-warming transformations make us feel like we can overcome all obstacles... starting with our own four-legged pals.
Cesar's return to television will give new pet parents the tools they need to teach their dogs good habits and shed the old bad habits.
From the yards of the pet owners to his newly updated Dog Psychology Center, Cesar shows us the skills we need to create happy homes with our furry best friends.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Jurassic Pack: Part 1": Cesar helps Suzy, an emotionally-exhausted pet parent and trauma survivor, who is desperate for help with her three dogs Izabella, Kaine and Tricky.
The dogs act on primal instincts to challenge each other and get into bloody battles that pose a constant risk of ending in a dog's death or a trip to the ER for Suzy.
Spasie 2
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Lifestyle, Reality, Afrikaans
This lifestyle programme focuses on the transformation of small spaces into stunning homes.
It shows how small spaces can be utilised optimally and how people who downscaled adjusted their way of living to live with less.
A lot of people embraced the tiny-home trend in South Africa, and the show went looking for them.
Each episode consists of three parts: First, it shows somebody who made the change then visits a cleverly-designed space, as well as companies that manufacture micro homes.
In the third section of the show, we follow somebody who is in the process of creating a small space.
The purpose of the programme is to show that there is an alternative, showing you can downsize without giving up on your quality of life.
Spasie is all about the philosophy of living lighter with less. The series provides you with practical information about the what and how.
The inspiration for the show came from a family who started living in a bus with their four children during lockdown.
If These Walls Could Sing
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Documentary, Music
This documentary gives exclusive access to the most famous and longest-running studio in the world, Abbey Road Studios.
In this personal film of memory and discovery, director Mary McCartney guides us through nine decades to tell the stories of some of the studio's most iconic recordings - and the people who made them happen.
The Bad Skin Clinic 4
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Bad skin days can happen to everyone; but in some cases, you need to call in the experts.
In this series, consultant dermatologist and dermatological surgeon Dr. Emma Craythorne and her team of experts meet, treat and dramatically transform the lives of those suffering from unusual, extreme and in some cases debilitating skin conditions.
Filmed at their clinic in Harley Street, London, Dr. Emma and her team treat patients with a whole host of skin conditions and complaints; performing both on-the-spot extractions and complex and pioneering procedures.
From giant blackhead and cyst pops to enormous lump and lipoma removals, the clinic is ready for anything.
And, through treatment and transformations, patients are finally relieved from a life dictated by their condition.
In the Season 4 premiere, "The Itchiest Skin Known to Man": Dr Emma examines Chris, who suffers from an itchy, painful rash.
Also, she treats a pulsating swelling in Lauren and Sarah's lumpy red nose.
MasterChef Australia 10
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
The battle is on to find the most promising, undiscovered culinary talent in Australia, as ambitious kitchen enthusiasts take on demanding challenges in their bid to prove they have what it takes to become Australian MasterChef.
The competition starts with auditions, following which the top 50 travel to Sydney where they are put through their paces in a variety of challenges as they compete for a place in the final 24.
The final 24 must learn fast and up their game as they are challenged with cooking from a mystery box of ingredients, cooking the same menu as their competitors and hoping to come out top, and taking part in tasks that are completely outside of their comfort zone.
TVSA Show Page: MasterChef Australia 10