David Klatzow: Looking into Darkness
Channel: S3
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Independent forensic investigator David Klatzow explores femicide in South Africa and the toxic masculinities that lead to it.
This documentary series of nine episodes features emotive reconstructions, as well as interviews with police, prosecutors and defence attorneys.
The haunted relatives and friends of the victims relive the terrible days of the murders and their aftermath, sharing their pain and loss.
This is a country with a femicide rate six times the world average, where seven women are murdered every day, most by intimate partners.
Looking into Darkness goes beneath the statistics to unpack the reasons and social context of these horrific figures, offering insightful interpretation of the motivations of the killers.
Every episode goes deep beneath the surface of crimes that shocked and fascinated South Africa.
The series explores not only the motivations of the killers but also the lasting hurt and pain inflicted on secondary victims – the family and friends of those killed.
Through the lens of real cases, the series takes viewers deep into the crimes, with evocative dramatic recreations, probing analysis, and moving testimony by survivors.
Klatzow keeps it all together, with acute observations, an unwavering commitment to justice and even at times sardonic humour.
Amy Bradley is Missing
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
This true-crime series investigates the 1998 disappearance of a 23-year-old woman from a Caribbean cruise and her family's tireless search for answers.
On 23 March, 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley disappears without a trace from the cruise ship she and her family were vacationing on.
Despite thorough searches of the ship, Amy is nowhere to be found and the cruise has already docked in their next port, Curaçao, opening the door for 2,400 passengers to explore the island and allowing Amy to potentially disappear into the crowd.
Hours later, Amy is still nowhere to be found and fear sets in that Amy may have fallen overboard before port.
But a body is never discovered.
The search for Amy expands as the FBI and local authorities launch an investigation where everyone becomes a potential suspect.
Amy Bradley is Missing is a three-part documentary series that delves into this cold case decades in the making as the search for Amy continues.
As the years pass by, possible sightings of Amy pop up in various locations from multiple people.
Is it really her? Was this a tragic accident or a crime? Anything is possible.
But for Amy's family only one thing matters: bringing their daughter home alive.
Pawn Stars 25
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 19h25
Genre: Docu-Reality
Long before banks, ATMS and check-cashing services, there were pawn shops.
Pawning was the leading form of consumer credit in the United States until the 1950s, and pawn shops are still helping everyday people make ends meet.
Pawn Stars takes you inside the colourful world of the pawn business.
At the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas, three generations of the Harrison family – grandfather Richard, son Rick and grandson Corey – jointly run the family business, and there's clashing and camaraderie every step of the way.
The three men use their sharp eyes and skills to assess the value of items from the commonplace to the truly historic, including a 16th-century samurai sword, a Super Bowl ring, a Picasso painting and a 17th-century stay of execution.
It's up to them to determine what's real and what's fake, as they reveal the often surprising answer to the questions on everyone's mind: "What's the story behind it?" and "What's it worth?"
In the Season 25 premiere, "Pawns N' Roses": Rick and Chum rack up points testing the merchandise at a pinball paradise and Corey saddles up to an obscure piece of WWII history.
Meanwhile, Chum sleuths out a sale on a rare set of Sherlock Holmes books.
Also, Rick welcomes Guns N' Roses guitarist ASHBA to the jungle that is the shop and they riff over some heavy metal.
The Summer I Turned Pretty 3
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 09h00
Genre: Drama
Final season!
A heartfelt multigenerational drama, the series explores a poignant love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the complexities of family, and the strength of female friendships.
At its core, it's a coming-of-age story about first love, heartbreak, and the unforgettable magic of a perfect summer.
In Season 3, it's the end of her junior year of college, and Belly's looking forward to another summer in Cousins with her soulmate, Jeremiah.
Her future seems set, until some core-shaking events bring her first love Conrad back into her life.
Now on the brink of adulthood, Belly finds herself at a crossroads and must decide which brother has her heart.
Summer will never be the same...
My Kitchen Rules Australia 11
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Chef vs Chef, Fans vs Faves, House vs House – this is My Kitchen Rules: The Rivals.
In an MKR first, five former favourite teams go head-to-head with five new teams in the fiercest competition yet.