To Catch a Smuggler: Seized at Sea
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 18h50
Genre: Reality
Television crews become embedded within US Customs and Border Protection officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents to uncover the hidden world of smuggling.
From well-established cartel operations to wild party boats returning from the Caribbean, To Catch a Smuggler: Seized at Sea takes a look at all sorts of nefarious activity happening on the water.
Filled with major drug busts and exclusive investigative insights, the series follows the realities of law enforcement taking action on the high seas.
In the series premiere, "Murky Waters": A routine inspection of a cargo ship uncovers a well-hidden, illicit load.
Manewhile, weapons smugglers attempt to evade authorities; and a luxury boat comes on the radar.
Also, agents locate a ship filled with people smugglers trying to make landfall.
Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carols
Channel: S3
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Special, Religion
Get ready for a festive treat, as historian Lucy Worsley reveals that there's much more to our favourite carols than meets the eye.
She reveals how their stories add up to an alternative history of Christmas itself.
From pagan fertility rituals to French renaissance jigs and a hymn for peace during the First World War, carols fulfill an enduring need to celebrate and sing together at Christmas.
Emily in Paris 5
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Emily, an ambitious 20-something marketing executive from Chicago, unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris when her company acquires a French luxury marketing company — and she is tasked with revamping their social media strategy.
Emily's new life in Paris is filled with intoxicating adventures and surprising challenges as she juggles winning over her work colleagues, making friends and navigating new romances.
Now the head of Agence Grateau Rome, Emily faces professional and romantic challenges as she adapts to life in a new city.
But just as everything falls into place, a work idea backfires, and the fallout cascades into heartbreak and career setbacks.
Seeking stability, Emily leans into her French lifestyle, until a big secret threatens one of her closest relationships.
Tackling conflict with honesty, Emily emerges with deeper connections, renewed clarity, and a readiness to embrace new possibilities.
Guy's Grocery Games 8
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Guy Fieri sends four talented chefs running through the aisles in a high-stakes, high skills, grocery store cooking competition.
From students to grannies to celebrities, the competition is always fierce.
Each episode sees the chefs hit by real-world challenges like finding workarounds when all the essential ingredients are suddenly "out-of-stock," or having to create a masterpiece when they can only cook with "5 items or less" or on a $10 budget.
In the end, the food does the talking, as the last chef standing has the chance to make some serious cash.
In the Season 8 premiere, "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Tournament": Chefs prepare a lunch special using only ingredients that begin with the letters "D" or "G".
The contest continues with a noodle dish made only from ingredients that cost $4; two chefs go bowling to pick the ingredients in their Sunday supper.