Jonathan Ross Haunted Homecoming
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality, Paranormal
Jonathan Ross returns to the scenes of his youth for a chilling trip down memory lane, accompanied by "psychic medium" Ian Lawman and paranormal investigator Dr Kate Cherrell.
Jonathan has long been known for his fascination with horror and the macabre, but when he revisits his old stomping ground in the East End, exploring its darker real-life secrets and looking for evidence of the paranormal, he finds himself in his very own scary movie...
In the very house where he grew up, he recalls a terrifying childhood incident down in the cellar, before heading to nearby Epping Forest, where events take a sinister, unexpected turn in the darkness.
At the famed Hitchcock Hotel on Wanstead Flats, things get more tense as a malign presence enters its most foreboding room and they unlock ghostly secrets of one of his old local pubs.
In the series premiere, "Hitchcock & The Pool of Death": Jonathan relives a chilling moment in his old home.
He braves Epping Forest at night, and an evil presence plaguing the Hitchcock Hotel.
In the second episode of the double bill, "The Ghost in the Cellar": Jonathan explores a Victorian school with reports of restless child spirits.
Plus, he tries to unlock the secrets of one of his old local pubs.
Murder Under the Friday Night Lights
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 22h30
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
For many small towns across America, a Friday night spent under the blinding lights of the local high school football stadium cheering the home team onto victory is the glue that holds a community together.
But what happens when the Friday night lights shut off and the town's beloved team finds themselves embroiled in the centre of a tragic crime?
How does a community so devoted to football reckon with the aftermath - one that may force them to either cope with the devastating loss of one of their own or look at their treasured team and players differently?
This series from ID takes an unflinching look at the shocking and tragic cases of dangerous obsessions, brutal violence and even murder surrounding local high school football teams, tarnishing the sport these communities hold sacred.
Featuring cases from across the US, accounts from those who knew these crimes intimately, and gripping archival footage, Murder Under the Friday Night Lights showcases how a tragedy that happens off the field can have ramifications far beyond the championship game.
From a football player in a small Texas town terrorizing his team's cheerleaders to a promising football star gunned down before he could start his freshman season at University of Oregon, this new series gives a first-hand account of tragic crimes that have not only turned the lives of the high school football players on these teams upside down - but have torn entire communities apart.
Over the course of six episodes the series showcases exactly what happens when football is the lifeblood of the town... and real blood is spilled.
In the series premiere, "The Cheerleader Murders": In a small Texas town, a serial rapist stalks and attacks multiple high school cheerleaders, before graduating to murder.
Detectives discover that the monster behind these horrific crimes is much closer to home than anyone could have possibly guessed.