Homegrown
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 12h00
Genre: Gardening, DIY, Reality
Atlanta-based farmer Jamila Norman helps families transform their outdoor spaces into beautiful and functional backyard farms while exploring the joy and benefits of growing your own food.
With her motto, "Everything tastes a little better when it's homegrown", Jamila shows that growing your own food is not only practical but a source of joy, pride and connection.
Across the season, Jamila takes on a variety of unique projects:
Episode 1: Patience
A backyard is renovated into a functional garden with a chicken coop and banana plants that remind the homeowner of her heritage.
Episode 2: Discovery
An unused yard is cleared with the help of goats and transformed into an English-style garden complete with outdoor dining and a firepit.
Episode 3: Balance
Jamila tackles an overrun bamboo patch, creating raised beds and vertical growing spaces to maximise productivity.
Episode 4: Roots
A food garden is designed to celebrate and preserve a family's cultural traditions.
Episode 5: Rejuvenation
A sloped yard is reshaped into terraced gardens, turning a tricky space into a lush and usable landscape.
Episode 6: Abundance
A barren outdoor area is transformed into a flourishing edible oasis.
With each transformation, Jamila not only builds gardens but also nurtures families' relationships with food, the land and each other.
The show aims to help you find plenty of inspiration and practical ideas to bring your own outdoor spaces to life.
Kevin Costner's The West
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Documentary Series, History
This series takes you on an epic journey through the birth of the American West, examining the relentless competition for land, power and identity that forged the nation's history.
With legends born from figures such as Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea, to the clashes between lawmen and outlaws, the rise of cowboys and ranchers, the resilience of trailblazing women and the fervour of fortune seekers and abolitionists, the series spans a century of pivotal events.
By presenting these stories from diverse perspectives, the series illuminates both the indelible contributions of the pioneers who shaped the dream of the American West and the courageous resistance of Native American tribes who valiantly defended their ancestral land.
The series highlights pivotal battles and iconic figures, including:
- Chief Little Turtle's decisive victory over the U.S. Army, sparking General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's counteroffensive and the inexorable push westward,
- the tenacious stands of the Blackfeet, Comanche and Lakota Sioux tribes and by warriors like Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, as well as the storied vigilante Joaquin Murrieta.
Blending historical archives, visuals and expert interviews with historians, each episode highlights a crucial and often tragic chapter in the rich tapestry of the West.
Tussen Mure: Masculus
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 17h30
Genre: Docu-Reality, Afrikaans
Based on the coffee table book Masculus - The Male Domain by Leoni Smit, this series takes you on a stylish journey filled with insightful conversations through the interiors of South African men.
Each episode reveals unique spaces and stories - from historical heritage to modern design.
Hosts Leoni Smit and designer Eugene Coetzee combine their creative vision and unique touch to inspire you with interiors full of character, history and surprise.
Tussen Mure is a programme for anyone who wants to be inspired by men's creativity, style and living spaces.
From historical heritage to modern design, each episode offers something unique to discover.
Featured stories include:
The historic town of Philadelphia and Dapper De Wet's stylish horse-and-farm-heritage space.
Barrydale's "Langhuis" of Gert van de Merwe and Jaco Jansen van Rensburg, filled with eclectic collections.
A tongue-in-cheek, unusual tour with artist Nicolaas Maritz in his museum.
Halfaampieskraal's enchanting interior created by Jan-Georg Solms and Cobus Geldenhuys – a visual story full of surprises.
Crocodile - Australia's Greatest Survivor
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary
In Australia, dominant saltwater crocodiles, called "boss crocs", are leading their communities back from the brink of extinction.
Journey to northern Australia to uncover the secret lives of saltwater crocodiles - formidable survivors facing new threats from climate change, human encroachment and coastal development.
Saltwater crocodiles are the most controversial wildlife species in Australia. Even though they have dominated Australia's coastal margins for 240-million years, their continued existence depends on us.
Coastal developments, climate change, increasing human population and fishing are all conspiring to threaten crocodile communities.
From a population of 10,000 in 1975, to an estimated 150,000 individuals today, they have staged a remarkable recovery from human slaughter.
But with more crocs comes more attacks on humans, leading to calls for a cull.
Toothless and showing the scars of decades of battles, Boss Croc 'Scarface' from Queensland's Daintree river is now in his sunset years.
He has dominated other males in his stretch of the river for decades but now his age has caught up with him.
Over the years, he has gently romanced his females and for the moment at least, they remain loyal to him.
A neighbouring monarch, 'Big Nick', a huge crocodile full of attitude, is expanding his territory and trying to take Scarface's females from him.
With Scarface unwilling to fight, his females let Big Nick know that he has a lot to learn about crocodile romance.
They remain loyal to their longstanding suitor - but for how long?