The Girlfriend
Channel: Prime Video
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Based on Michelle Frances' novel of the same name, The Girlfriend follows Laura (Robin Wright), a woman who seemingly has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel.
But Laura's seemingly perfect life is blown apart when Daniel brings home Cherry (Olivia Cooke), the girlfriend who changes everything.
After an uncomfortable first meeting, Laura grows convinced that Cherry isn't who she says she is.
While no one else can see what she sees, Laura refuses to stand by and watch Daniel be deceived. She'll do anything to protect him.
As things go from bad to deadly, the question becomes: is Cherry a manipulative social climber? Or is Laura paranoid and possessive?
The truth is a matter of perspective.
aka Charlie Sheen
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
Actor Charlie Sheen tells his story in this candid two-part documentary tracing his dazzling Hollywood rise, tabloid-topping fall and road to recovery.
Tabloid black hole Charlie Sheen knows what's been said about him, and he's finally ready to confess.
Directed by Andrew Renzi (Pepsi, Where's My Jet?), aka Charlie Sheen tracks his upbringing in Malibu to his effortless rise to megastardom - and dramatic fall, all within the public eye.
With a stunning clarity earned through seven years of sobriety, Sheen openly speaks about the subjects and events he's never discussed publicly before.
Through candid interviews with his family, friends and cast members, including Denise Richards, Heidi Fleiss, Jon Cryer, Sean Penn, Ramon Estevez, Brooke Mueller, Chris Tucker and his drug dealer Marco, the most outrageous moments of Sheen's life are revisited with raw emotion and exceptional warmth.
The documentary paints a portrait of a flawed man whose penchant for self-destruction is ultimately no match for the ferocious love and forgiveness he inspires in those closest to him.
Mummies Unwrapped
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 22h50
Genre: Documentary Series
Archaeologist and mummy expert Ramy Romany investigates the spellbinding secrets of the most fascinating burial sites, mass graves and ancient tombs on Earth.
With advanced technology, international expertise and brand-new insight into mummification, Mummies Unwrapped unlocks ancient cases to uncover the dirty work of rising to the top in Ancient Egypt... and staying there.
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo holds the greatest collection of mummies anywhere in the world and it's hiding a dark secret.
The embalmed bodies of Egypt's greatest kings, queens and nobles are the eerie remnants of Egypt's glorious past.
New analysis is revealing disturbing clues hidden on their mummified bodies, hints of violent and torturous deaths, stories of treachery and evidence of murder.
Now, an international team of experts is reopening these 3,000-year-old cold cases, for the very first time using advanced scanning technology to unveil the back-stabbing world of Egypt's ancient royals.
In the series premiere, "Mayan Mass Grave Mystery": A mysterious underwater grave is investigated by Ramy, who studies the world's dead to uncover their secrets.
Locals think the grave is guarded by a Mayan serpent deity and when Ramy dives in, he uncovers evidence of biological warfare.