Find Me a Match
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Docu-Reality, Documentary Series
A behind-the-scenes look at how Australia's traditional Hindu, Muslim and Jewish matchmakers unite singles for the purpose of marriage.
In today's world of dating apps and social media, the observational documentary series takes a look at matchmakers, who are the preferred way to find the right partner for many cultures.
The series dives into the unique and private world of old traditions, religion, family values and culture through matchmaking.
It's a universal quest of love and marriage in contemporary Australia.
Is there such a thing as love at first sight? What does "happily ever after" mean? And what's love got to do with it?
The series follows three matchmakers from Jewish, Muslim and Hindu cultures as they help singles navigate the dating process to find a forever partner.
From first dates, awkward family meets and sensitive negotiations between all parties to the final resolution – a rejection or a wedding.
The journey offers a front row seat into the negotiations critical in bringing two families together.
In the series premiere: Sheikh Alaa Elzokm arranges weddings in Melbourne's expanding Muslim community; Preeti and Heena handle the difficulties of matching couples among Indian families; and Toby Lieder utilises her worldwide experience to pair up hopeful singles.
Melo Movie
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: K-Drama
A movie buff falls for an aspiring director, igniting a romance that fizzles out too soon.
When their paths cross again, can love find its way back?
Melo Movie is a romance about youth who want to both find love and pursue dreams, overcoming trauma as they discover and inspire each other, and their movie-like times.
At the heart of Melo Movie is the rekindled romance of Ko Gyeom, and Kim Mubee.
Gyeom, a lifelong cinephile turned film critic, crosses paths again with Mubee, a budding director with a complex past.
Though they were drawn together in the past, an unexpected incident caused them to stay apart - until fate brings them back to face each other, confronting both old wounds and sparks.
Despite lingering doubt and anger, Kim Mubee becomes entangled with Ko Gyeom once more as he moves next door.
Body Bizarre 8
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Body Bizarre features stories of people living with the most mysterious and incredible medical anomalies, focusing on their total transformation of mind, body and soul while undergoing treatment.
Each one-hour episode uncovers cases from across the globe of real, and really astonishing, medical abnormalities that continue to stump the best doctors and experts.
Body Bizarre provides unprecedented access into the lives of these individuals and explains the science behind each condition all the while celebrating the remarkable spirit of perseverance.
In the Season 8 premiere, "Born as One Sister": Conjoined twins Erika and Eva Sandoval undergo a 17-hour surgery.
Meanwhile, Wells Middleton battles through his new future after losing both his hands.
Love is Blind 8
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (weekly batches)
Genre: Dating Game Show, Reality
Singles who want to be loved for who they are have signed up for a less-conventional approach to modern dating in Seattle, and will choose someone to marry without ever meeting them.
Over several weeks, the newly engaged couples will move in together, plan their wedding and find out if their physical connection matches their strong emotional bond developed in the Pods.
When their wedding day arrives, will real-world realities and external factors push them apart, or will they marry the person they fell blindly in love with?
Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, the series uncovers whether looks, race or age do matter, or if love really is blind.
The series is back for an eighth season, following a new set of singles from Minnesota - all ready to cut through the static of modern dating and forge authentic relationships, sight unseen.
This season, the singles form deep and immediate connections, setting the stage for an unexpected journey full of twists, turns, and shocking revelations that will test each relationship well after the participants leave the pods for the real world.