Troy Story
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 21h05
Genre: Documentary Series, History, Factual
This two-part series sets out to explore the legacy of one of the greatest names in archaeology, in search of the truth behind the most enduring legend of all time.
It's been 150 years since entrepreneur-turned-archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann published the results of his dig at a Turkish hill known as Hissarlik.
He had, he claimed, discovered the fabled city where the Greeks and Trojans fought over Helen of Troy, and which met a dreadful fate when the Greeks hid a band of warriors inside a wooden horse to get inside the city walls.
It seemed as if the Trojan War had shifted from the world of myth into the pages of history.
After decades of new discoveries, it's time to look at the latest findings and apply scientific techniques that researchers could only dream of just a few years ago.
Now the Troy Story isn't just a search for a legend, but could be a turning point in history, the apocalyptic collapse of multiple civilisations that signalled the end of the Bronze Age.
The work on Troy itself that Schliemann started has rarely paused for breath, and it has spawned entire fields of study that have been searching for answers everywhere from Greece to Israel, Syria and Turkey.
In every generation, new finds have been made, fabulous treasures unearthed, reputations put on the line, and bitter disputes fought over how far each new piece of evidence can take us.
All the while the legends have proved surprisingly, stubbornly resilient to all this scrutiny.
Nice to Not Meet You
Channel: Prime Video
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: K-Drama
Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae plays Lim Hyeon-jun, an actor who's become typecast and desperately wants to transform his image.
Hyeon-jun has fallen into stereotyped mannerisms because of playing the same righteous detective role for years.
While he's about to start filming his fifth season of his popular series, he dreams of acting in a romantic comedy or melodrama.
Things start to change when he meets Wi Jeong-sin, a political journalist who has won a prestigious award for her reporting.
Despite her success and years of experience, she ends up getting demoted to the entertainment department while covering a corruption case.
Being forced to cover entertainment news, Jeong-sin comes across Hyeon-jun.
Jeong-sin becomes a fan after watching his series, but is disappointed when she sees how different the actor is from his role.
Survivor 48
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality Competition
Nearly 25 years since it first premiered, Survivor continues to be the ultimate test of stamina and will as a fresh group of castaways begins the adventure of a lifetime when they're stranded on the picturesque islands of Fiji.
This latest group of players must form a new society and nimbly adapt to their surroundings while contending with unforeseen obstacles and navigating an increasingly complex social game.
The participants will be divided into three tribes of six and face a season to remember from the moment they step on the beach.
Even the strongest competitors will be tested and forced to dig deep mentally and physically to ensure their torch stays lit.
The players competing on the 48th season are diverse competitors armed with fresh perspectives and a fervent passion for the game, with the same ultimate goal: to claim the title of Sole Survivor and win the $1-million prize.
In the Season 48 premiere, "The Get to Know You Game": Eighteen new castaways will be abandoned on the breathtaking islands of Fiji, where they must battle it out for the $1-million prize.
Tribes must claim victory in the first challenge of the season to earn essential camp supplies.
Then, first impressions go a long way as tribemates quickly make connections and size each other up
Prey
Channel: S3
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Miniseries
John Simm stars as a man on the run, desperate to clear his name for the sake of his family in this edgy, fast-paced thriller.
Detective Constable Marcus Farrow is a well-liked cop with a wife and two kids.
But when Farrow is found at the scene of a brutal crime, with all the evidence pointing towards him, his world collapses.
Arrested and charged, it seems his fate is sealed. So, when he gets the opportunity to escape, he seizes it with both hands.
Now on the run, Farrow is a wanted man on the streets he used to police.
Detective Sergeant Susan Reinhardt is tasked with catching him. So begins a high-stakes game of cat and mouse across the city.
But Farrow is not just trying to evade capture. He is determined to clear his name.
With the clock ticking, will Farrow stay free long enough to find the truth, or will Reinhardt get to him first?
In the series premiere: When DS Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case, he has no idea about the chaos and heartache that will soon follow.
When Farrow is put in the frame for the murder of his wife and child he has no choice but to make an escape and clear his name.
Desperate to be reunited with his eldest son Finn, Farrow does everything he can to get to the truth but with Acting DCI Susan Reinhardt in hot pursuit, how long will it be before Farrow's caught?
Erfenis in die Grond
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Afrikaans, Advertiser-Funded
At a time when family farming is under pressure worldwide, VIA's new series Erfenis in die Grond aims to bring hope, pride and inspiration back to the farmyard.
These are stories that show that heritage is not just inherited but built and worked on daily.
The presenter, Peter Pentz, brings a fresh perspective as a young voice in agriculture, someone who moves between generations and understands how tradition and innovation reinforce each other.
This heritage series of six episodes delves deeper into the rich, diverse heritage of South Africa's famous family farms, from winelands to fruit orchards, vegetable farms and livestock farms.
Erfenis in die Grond tells the enriching stories of six successful farms' unique history, traditions and the contributions each makes to South Africa's agricultural landscape to this day.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off 5
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 18h05
Genre: Food, Reality Competition
A special celebrity edition of the show in which celebrities bake to raise money for the Stand Up to Cancer organisation.
In each episode four celebrities join Sandi Toksvig and Matt Lucas in the tent, aiming to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.
Only one celebrity in each episode will be awarded with the coveted star baker apron.
The bakers are standing up to the challenges, and to cancer, and inspiring viewers to do the same.
In the Season 5 premiere: Emma Willis, Clara Amfo, Blake Harrison and Alex Horne take on three challenges, as they make decorated biscuits in the Signature, madeleines in the Technical, and a choux sculpture which embodies their secret talent in an ambitious Showstopper.
Texas Metal 5
Channel: Discovery Family (DStv 136)
TX Time: 16h45
Genre: Reality Makeover, Reality, Motoring
This series rides into the heart of Texas to bring car fans inside the clever custom creations of mastermind Bill Carlton and his team.
As the owner and innovator behind Houston's Ekstensive Metal Works, Carlton pushes his team to build the best one-off cars and trucks for people from around the country.
Texas Metal follows their work as they make the ordinary extraordinary using everything from rusted out wrecks to top of the line vehicles including a 1955 Chevy Truck, a 2014 Porsche 911, a 1967 Lincoln Continental, a 1966 Chevrolet C10 and more.
Bill Carlton is a third-generation welder.
His father purchased the property where Extensive Metals Works now sits 40 years ago and it's where Bill grew up building cars including his first out of a small shop on the property.
Now in that same spot in north Houston, Ekstensive cranks out wild, top-notch customisations that are the envy of car lovers everywhere.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Jeep Splits and Foreign Whips": Bill and the gang split a nearly perfect 1960 Willys Jeep into four pieces to make it longer, wider and meaner.
Drop shipped from halfway around the world, a 1998 AMG G-Wagon gets overhauled into a hand-built masterpiece.
Caribbean with Simon Reeve
Channel: S3
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Travel, Docu-Reality, Adventure
Intrepid journalist Simon Reeve is off on a whole new adventure, embarking on a journey around the Caribbean Sea, home to some of the most exotic and enticing locations on Earth.
Home to thousands of islands and a tropical mainland coast, the region is crammed full of history, conflict, culture, adventure, wildlife, glamour and colourful characters, giving Simon endless opportunities to explore.
As he travels from the slums of Haiti to luxury holiday destinations; from the beaches of Barbados to the Venezuelan oil fields; from the jungles of St Vincent to the drug war in Honduras, Simon immerses himself in the countries and their contrasting cultures.
In his trademark engaging style, he seeks out the people making their lives in these islands and coasts, discovers how things are changing, and highlights the huge variety and richness of this stunning part of the world.
Episode 1
Simon begins his journey around the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola and its two very different countries - the Dominican Republic, a tourist hotspot, and Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
He ends this first leg on Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island that is practically America's 51st state.
From flying boats to drug busts, Simon explores both the light and dark sides of the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean's most popular tourist destination.
He joins the police anti-narcotics division on the front line in the war against international drug cartels in Santo Domingo before crossing the border to Haiti, where he visits the notorious tented camps of Cite Soleil.
Episode 2
The second leg of Simon's journey around the Caribbean Sea sees him start at beautiful islands and travel along the coast of South America.
On the beautiful and wealthy island of Barbados, he meets the owner of a traditional chattel house who has turned down offers of millions of dollars from luxury property developers and dives the reef on a hunt for invading lionfish which are disrupting the delicate ecosystem.
On the green volcanic slopes of St Vincent, Simon meets the marijuana growers hoping, like their prime minister, that the drug will soon be decriminalized.
Episode 3
Simon begins his journey on the remote Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, travels to the beautiful Honduran island of Roatan and encounters extreme violence on the mainland of Honduras, before finishing his adventure on the iconic island of Jamaica.
Nicaragua is a country on the brink of monumental change.
It will soon be split in two by the world's biggest construction project: a new transoceanic waterway set to rival the Panama Canal.
Simon visits the Rama-Kriol people who face losing their ancestral homes and, in the nearby town of Bluefields, he meets the city-dwellers who believe the canal will bring long-hoped-for prosperity and wealth to the country.
In Honduras, Simon dives into the crystal waters of the world's second-largest barrier reef and conducts an unusual underwater experiment in the dead of night.
Back on shore, Simon discovers Hondurans living in the grip of some of the most violent criminal gangs in the world.