Sirens
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama
Worried about her sister's too-close relationship with her billionaire boss, a scrappy everywoman seeks answers at a lavish seaside estate.
Devon (Meghann Fahy) thinks her sister Simone (Milly Alcock) has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore).
Michaela's cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it's time for an intervention, but she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be.
Told over the course of one explosive weekend at The Kells' lavish island estate, Sirens is an exploration of women, power and class.
Also starring Kevin Bacon as Peter Kell.
Countdown to Murder
Channel: S3
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
A crime series telling the stories of high profile and shocking murders.
In forensic and chillingly accurate detail, each episode charts the last days leading up to these horrific killings from the perspective of both murderer and victim.
These are real life murder cases and each heinous crime is unpicked, as the clock counts down the killer's plan.
This series details the last days and hours of a victim's life, juxtaposed with the last days and hours of their killer.
In the series premiere, "The Duchess, the Killer and Her Lover": This episode focuses on Jane Andrews, a former dresser to the Duchess of York.
Earnhardt
Channel: Prime Video
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Documentary Series, Sport
This docuseries takes a multi-generational look at the sacrifice, hardship and drive of one of the most famous families of NASCAR.
A charismatic, working-class hero to millions of fans, Dale Earnhardt was the most influential figure the sport of NASCAR has ever known.
"The Intimidator" spent the better part of two decades as the most visible figure in stock car racing, breaking through the confines of the sport's regional fan base into mainstream notoriety.
The Goodwrench No. 3 Chevrolet, with an eye-catching black paint job, became one of the most feared and iconic symbols in NASCAR history, as Earnhardt notched 76 race wins and a record-tying seven NASCAR Cup Series championships over a groundbreaking 26-year career.
Racing was his life, and it ran in his blood.
He grew up idolising his father Ralph, a respected driver on the early NASCAR circuit, and his own children likewise strove to follow him onto the track - with son Dale Earnhardt Jr. eventually becoming one of the most enduringly popular drivers of all time in his own right.
From one generation to the next, racing would become the Earnhardt legacy - fueling their greatest triumphs and delivering their deepest loss.
Earnhardt is a four-part documentary series that explores the legendary racing career and complex family dynamics of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt.
With rare archival footage, thrilling races and emotionally revealing interviews from his children, rivals and closest friends, Earnhardt is the definitive story of an American icon, both on and off the track.
Life Below Zero: Canada
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 22h50
Genre: Docu-Reality, Nature
Based on the BBC Studios format Life Below Zero, the Canadian adaptation follows a diverse group of individuals from different cultural backgrounds, including Canadians, First Nations and Swiss trappers, giving an unfiltered glimpse into how they survive in the coldest and most remote regions of Northern Canada.
Filmed across the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Northern Ontario, with a crew of six people, 120 days travelling and over 500 hundred hours of footage shot, the eight-part docu-series captures the stories of five "off the grid" Canadians who must navigate through deadly weather, with limited resources, to seek out food, water and shelter.
From long, dark, frozen winters to sweltering, bug-infested summers, Life Below Zero: Canada captures the day-to-day trials of people living in unforgiving environments.
The stars of the series include:
- Becky Broderick, who left Sudbury, Ontario to start a family in the wilderness;
- Bentley Kakekayash, who was born in a remote North Caribou Lake First Nations community only knowing life in the bush;
- "Pike" Mike Harrison, a self-professed "lone wolf", who has spent the last two decades living in isolation in a cabin he built himself;
- and best friends Kim Pasche and Pierre-Yves Duc who moved from Switzerland 10 years ago to live off the land in the Yukon.
Tyler Perry's She the People
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy
As she tries to shine in politics, Mississippi's first Black lieutenant governor must manage her zany family and overcome a boss who's stuck in the past.
Antoinette Dunkerson runs a successful campaign and must now figure out how to thrive under a sexist and condescending governor while attempting to keep her family in line now that they're all in the public eye.
The series stars Terri J. Vaughn as Antoinette.