The Friday the 13th Murders
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
From sadistic killers who strike with ritualistic intent to crimes so shocking they feel pulled right from the pages of a horror movie script, The Friday the 13th Murders unpacks real life tragedies with sinister connections to the cursed date.
Each episode unravels a haunting case, revealing how Friday the 13th transforms from superstition into a real-life horror story.
In the series premiere, "Obsession to do Evil": A teen obsessed with Satan and serial killers terrorises a small Texas town in a night-long rampage that leaves the community forever changed and scarred.
Lost Monster Files
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 21h10
Genre: Documentary Series, Supernatural
For the first time in over 50 years, the recently-uncovered case files of renowned cryptozoologist Ivan Sanderson - including the evidence and artifacts from his most compelling hunts for cryptids, or legendary and unknown species - will be reexamined.
The series features a team of experts who gained exclusive access to Sanderson's detailed research and will use it to reinvestigate his most prominent unfinished cases.
The team will focus on present day sightings such as the Abominable Snowman and Chupacabra to determine if modern science and technology can bring them closer to answers for these mysterious creatures.
Biologist Ivan Sanderson, a founder of Cryptozoology - the study of unknown and legendary species - amassed the most extensive collection of unexplained creature research on Earth.
Following his death in 1973, the archive was kept hidden.
Now, the team will apply long-hidden insights and clues from Sanderson's physical specimens, journals and audio recordings to new field investigations, using tools and evidence not available in Sanderson's day.
The team includes field scientist and tech expert Charlie Mewshaw, cryptozoologist Brittany Barbieri, predator experts and wildlife trackers Troy Lillie and Justin Igualada, and former CIA officer and FBI agent Tracy Walder.
Following evidence and theories buried away for decades and chasing up-to-the-minute encounters, they aim to bring fact to fiction by documenting one of these legendary creatures for the first time.
In the series premiere, "Carolina Chupacabra": The group investigates a series of strange livestock mutilations in the Smoky Mountains that locals fear could be tied to the infamous Chupacabra, which has terrorised the Southwest for decades.
Using journals and evidence from Sanderson's archive, the team investigates a rash of deadly encounters in North Carolina to try and document this killer canine... and the possibility that the creature could be migrating east.
Additional cases explored this season include the Abominable Snowman, the Kodiak Sea Monster, the Wildman of Minnesota, the Thunderbird of Pennsylvania and the Ozark Gowrow.
Extraordinary Extensions
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Home Improvement, Reality Makeover, DIY, Reality
Property and design enthusiast Tinie Tempah follows homeowners as they unleash their inner architect and build beautiful, often radical and 'out there' home extensions, including a million pound glass structure and an extension with a ski slope roof.
In the series premiere: Amy and Simon set out to build a million-pound giant glass structure; Alan and Lynda want to create multigenerational living under a ski slope roof.
Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
Ben Stiller tells the story of his parents, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, exploring their impact both on popular culture and at home, where the lines between creativity, family, life and art often blurred.
In the process, Stiller turns the camera on himself and his family to examine Jerry and Anne's enormous influence on their lives, and the generational lessons we all can learn from those we love.
Sue Perkins' Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Travel, Docu-Reality
Comedian, author and TV host Sue Perkins sets out across Europe to soak in the cultures and vitality of the continent in a modern version of the Grand Tour... only to find her preferred mode of transport, the famed train to the Orient, has departed without her.
At £19,000 a ticket for the seat from Paris to Istanbul to watch Europe whizz by, albeit in grand style, Sue has set herself up for the immersive trip of a lifetime, taking the route her own way using trains, buses, cabs, boats and even the occasional shanks pony.
In the series premiere: Comedian Sue Perkins misses the Orient Express in Paris and swaps trains for roller skates, samples gourmet insects crafted by a world-class chef, gets a little tipsy on absinthe and finds her place as a catwalk model in Paris Fashion Week.
Would I Lie to You? 11
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Comedy
Rob Brydon is back to host the new season of the award-winning comedy panel show with David Mitchell and Lee Mack as the lightning-quick team captains.
Over the course of the show, celebrity guests reveal amazing stories about themselves, some of which are true and some of which are not.
The aim of the game is to fool the opposition into mistaking fact for fiction and fiction for fact.
The guests in the Season 11 premiere are David Baddiel, Ed Balls, Jo Brand and Kimberly Wyatt.
Samurai Killer
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 21h15
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
Eighteen-year-old Morne Harmse dubbed 'the samurai killer', committed one of the most unusual killings using a samurai sword at school in Krugersdorp.
On 17 August, 2008 Morne Harmse arrived at school in Krugersdorp.
The young man described by his classmates as quiet, well-mannered and playful then did something unthinkable.
With accusations of Satanism the idolisation of heavy metal bands like Slipknot and the boys use of a Samurai sword this is one of the most unusual killings ever committed.
This documentary investigates why it might be.
Countdown to Murder 3
Channel: S3
TX Time: 22h00
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 Season 3 premiere, "The IVF Killer": The series returns with an examination of the 2018 murder of Jessica Patel.
Her husband, pharmacist Mitesh, called police to say he had returned home to find his wife murdered - but it was all a lie.
Rock the Block
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 15h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Reality Makeover, Home Improvement
When it comes to the competitive world of selling houses, first impressions are everything - and standing out in all the right ways can add serious value.
In this high-energy series, designers Leanne Ford, Jasmine Roth, Mina Starsiak Hawk and Alison Victoria each have four weeks and $175,000 to transform four identical suburban homes on the same block with their signature styles.
The designer who adds the highest appraised value earns bragging rights and a street named in her honour.
In the series premiere, "Master Suite Masters": Drew Scott kicks off the competition by assigning master suites to Leanne, Jasmine, Mina and Alison.
Some keep floor plans and fixtures to manage costs while others go high-end, and Tarek El Moussa picks the weekly winner.