Photographer
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series
Photographer takes an inside look at the lives of the world's most extraordinary visual storytellers in a range of disciplines: from fashion and wildlife, to portraiture and photojournalism.
We embed with each photographer as they pursue a passion project, unravel how they found themselves behind the lens, and discover, along the way, how iconic images are made.
Each hour-long episode follows the life of an iconic photographer from their childhood and career beginnings to their present-day life and endeavours.
In the series premiere, "Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier: Win or Die": Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier sail to the Bahamas to photograph a spectacular underwater world threatened by big oil.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Anand Varma: Hidden Wonders": Anand, known for capturing the secrets of the natural world, is working to photograph the development of chickens from eggs to furry living creatures.
Palm Royale
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Comedy, Miniseries
Palm Royale is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society.
As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, Palm Royale asks the same question that still baffles us today: How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?
Set during the powder keg year of 1969, Palm Royale is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong.
Loosely based on the novel Mr. and Mrs. American Pie, the series also stars Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson and Kaia Gerber, with Laura Dern and Allison Janney.
Plus, special guest stars Carol Burnett and Bruce Dern.
X-Men '97
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Animation, Superhero, Action, Sci-Fi
X-Men '97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.
The Upside Down Tree
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary, Nature
The African Baobab is one of the largest living things in the world, an icon of the African landscape, instantly recognisable, mysterious and intriguing.
It is the world's biggest flowering plant and the largest succulent plant on Earth.
The Baobab is also associated with many myths and legends.
To Catch a Smuggler 4
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Documentary Series
124-million people enter the USA through the nation's airports each year.
It's a nonstop human tidal wave and hidden amongst them are an endless stream of contraband and ill intentions.
Defending the borders are the vigilant men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, whose agencies make up a three-tiered defence of America's airports.
Using every tool available to them, DHS will stop at nothing to catch a smuggler.
This season, see how the Homeland Security Investigations team uncovers a multi-million-dollar cocaine smuggling ring of airline employees and how they pursue multiple cases of cocaine smuggled from the Caribbean aboard boats.
Follow the US Customs and Border Protection team as they sniff out drugs using the nation's largest team of K-9s, make large-scale seizures of medication without prescription, uncover cocaine in the bumper of a car and stop a woman smuggling underaged puppies from Brazil.
In the Season4 premiere, "Cocaine Snapper": HSI Miami catches a shipment of cocaine-filled fish, CBP takes on human smuggling at the border, and agriculture specialists in ATL search passengers.