Poker Face
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Mystery
Poker Face is a 10-episode "mystery-of-the-week" series following Charlie (Natasha Lyonne), who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying.
She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but solve.
Guest stars include Adrien Brody, Benjamin Bratt, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Clea DuVall, Ellen Barkin, Judith Light, Lil Rel Howery, Luis Guzmán, Nick Nolte, Rhea Perlman, Ron Perlman and S. Epatha Merkerson.
In the series premiere, "Dead Man's Hand": When a close friend meets an untimely end, Charlie Cale, a casino cocktail waitress with an uncanny knack for identifying lies, is determined to unravel these mysterious events, even if it endangers her own life.
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary, Food
Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines the problem of deadly foodborne illness in the US.
A shocking indictment of the food industry and its regulators, Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food exposes how decades of apathy and malfeasance have left the American food supply and its consumers vulnerable to deadly pathogens like e. Coli and salmonella.
Farm Dreams
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality
The series follows farming expert and influencer Indy Srinath, aka Indy Officinalis, as she encounters aspiring farmers hoping to make their dreams a reality.
From her childhood on a homestead in North Carolina, Indy apprenticed at farms across the country before running a seven-acre mushroom farm and a prominent community garden in downtown Los Angeles.
In a cinematic tour across North America, Indy helps aqua, rooftop, indoor, homestead, suburban and foraging farmers who are at a breaking point.
In the series premiere, "Homestead Reborn": Indy helps first-time homesteaders and expecting parents Grace and Will Lyons turn their struggling new farm into a thriving success.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Towers of Power": Indy helps an indoor hydroponic farm employing people with autism with plumbing issues, a disorganised breakroom and pest troubles.
Physical 3
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Period Drama
Set in the idyllic but fragile beach paradise of sunny 1980s San Diego, Physical is a half-hour dark comedy following Sheila Rubin (Rose Byrne), a quietly tortured, seemingly dutiful housewife supporting her smart but controversial husband's bid for state assembly.
But behind closed doors, Sheila has her own darkly funny take on life she rarely lets the world see.
She's also battling a complex set of personal demons relating to her self-image... that is, until she finds release through the unlikeliest source: the world of aerobics.
Season 2 found Sheila having successfully launched her first fitness video only to encounter some new and bigger obstacles on her path.
She is torn between loyalty to her husband and the values he represents, and a dangerous attraction to someone else.
And since she's no longer the only game in town, she finds herself having to outrun some fierce new competitors on the road to building a full-fledged fitness empire.
At first hooked on the exercise itself, Sheila's real road to empowerment comes when she discovers a way to merge this newfound passion with the burgeoning technology of videotape to start a revolutionary business.
The series tracks her epic journey from a stifled, overlooked enabler to a powerful, confident economic force, as Sheila transforms into someone we take for granted today (but was entirely radical at the time) — the female lifestyle guru.
NCIS: Hawai'i 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama, Action
Vanessa Lachey stars as Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor Jane Tennant, who, with her unwavering team of specialists, balances duty, family and country, while investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise itself.
This NCIS: Hawai'i team is a skilled mix of mainland transplants who’ve re-located to the tranquility of the Pacific and wizened locals who know their mahalo from kapu.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Prisoners' Dilemma": Special Agent Tennant's team, along with NCIS agents Nick Torres and Jessica Knight, learns about plans for an attack on RIMPAC (The Rim of the Pacific Exercises) in Oahu, the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise.
Last of the Giants: Wild Fish 2
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary Series, Docu-Reality
In this intense, fast-paced miniseries, Cyril and his seasoned, four-man crew embark on a punishing and dangerous mission to find and study the last giant fish on the planet.
This season follows the team through the Amazon and the Great North of Canada in pursuit of the prehistoric Pirarucu, the massive armour-plated White Sturgeon, and one of the most endangered freshwater goliaths on the planet, the Piraiba.
In the Season 2 premiere, "The River Stingray": Cyril and his team of adventure filmmakers work with local scientists in Argentina to locate the elusive short-tailed river stingray.