The Royal Variety Performance 2025
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Variety
The world's longest-running entertainment show returns to the magnificent Royal Albert Hall in London with acts including Jessie J, BGT Winner Harry Moulding and musical extravaganzas from the casts of Les Misérables and Paddington.
The Royal Variety Performance welcomes a new host each year with comedian, actor and presenter Jason Manford taking the reins this year for a spectacular evening in the presence of members of the Royal Family as opera star Katherine Jenkins leads the National Anthem.
As ever, the night promises a star-studded line-up of acts from the world of entertainment with this year's show including:
A show-stopping finale from the multi-award winning musical Les Misérables, which will see 400 performers take to the stage including Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, Katy Secombe, Bradley Jaden and Killian Donnelly, along with the West End and Paris casts, plus amateur companies from all over the UK, to perform a phenomenal medley celebrating the show's 40th anniversary.
An exclusive performance from the upcoming Paddington The Musical, introduced by composer Tom Fletcher.
Music from Jessie J, who will be performing a very personal song, I'll Never Know Why, taken from her upcoming album, and one of Britain's most successful and best-loved bands, Madness, make their debut appearance, plus Grammy award-winning Laufey.
National treasure Stephen Fry will also make a guest appearance, hot off the stage from the West End production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
There'll be a spectacular, magical illusion from Britain's Got Talent winner Harry Moulding and comedy from Tom Davis and Mick Miller, plus the award-winning impressionist cast from the BBC series Dead Ringers.
Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and special guests will introduce a one-off performance from the Live Aid musical Just For One Day.
Plus, Johannes Radebe will showcase a glittering extract from the award-winning musical Kinky Boots.
America's Got Talent winners Adrian Stoica and his border collie, Hurricane, will make their British debut and wow audiences with a special choreographed routine.
Krone 2025
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Music, Variety, Special, Afrikaans
This year's Krone concert kicks off with loads of music and fun to see in the new year in style.
Krone 2025 was recorded on 30 August at the Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, with a lineup including:
Kurt Darren
Juanita du Plessis
Bobby van Jaarsveld
Brendan Peyper
Bernice West
Karen Zoid
Leah
Refentse
Snotkop
Barto
Die Piesangskille
Zaan Sonnekus
Experience the thrills of this world-class show with its brilliant lighting and sound, dancers, a full orchestra and, of course, Krone's 360-degree stage in the middle of Loftus.
And that's all in addition to the singers, giving it their all.
Last Dance 2025
Channel: SABC1
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Music, Special
Get ready to ring in the new year with Last Dance 2025, a live broadcast of music and celebrations from across multiple cities to bring in 2026.
White House Christmas 2024
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Special, Reality
HGTV will showcase America's most magnificent holiday transformation when it airs White House Christmas 2024.
During the one-hour special, First Lady Jill Biden will tour the historic home with renovator couple Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt of 100 Day Dream Home.
The trio will share how this year's White House holiday theme — "A Season of Peace and Light" — is reflected in each room and design element.
More than 300 dedicated volunteers from across the country will bring the theme to life with an astonishing array of decorations, including more than 165,075 holiday lights; 83 Christmas trees; 28,125 ornaments; 9,810 feet of ribbon and 2,200 doves.
White House Christmas 2024 will spotlight the festive holiday displays in each iconic space of the People's House.
Favourites include the Gold Star Tree exhibit that honours fallen service members, a stunning collection of bells adorning the East Colonnade, a cascade of peace doves suspended overhead in the Cross Hall and the majestic 18.5-foot-tall official White House Christmas Tree in the Blue Room.
As Brian and Mika go from room to room, the couple will get a first look at the 2024 Gingerbread White House, created from an astounding 25 sheets of gingerbread dough, 50 pounds of royal icing and 45 pounds of chocolate, and they'll help decorate the Diplomatic Room, now open to the public for the first time.
Canadian Pickers 2
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Reality
Join the Canadian Pickers for an incredible coast-to-coast adventure as they rummage through barns, basements, attics and sheds in search of hidden treasures.
Professional 'pickers' Sheldon and Scott will buy anything from motorbikes and memorabilia to folk art and rare albums, and just about anything else they can make a profit on.
But it's not just about the money: it's about great stories, a passion for the past and the thrill of the hunt.
In the Season 2 premiere, "A Jumbo Pick": Scott and Sheldon come face-to-face with a train bell that might have come from the famed train crash that killed Jumbo the Elephant in the late 1800s.