Earth's Biggest Festival: Kumbh Mela
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Documentary
A one-hour documentary special exploring the biggest gathering on Earth – the Maha Kumbh Mela Festival in Northern India.
Journalist and presenter Amol Rajan joins up to 500-million pilgrims from all over the globe who come together for the world's largest religious festival.
The festival, which takes place every 12 years, is the largest in human history and this year's Kumbh is a once in a lifetime event, due to a special alignment of the planets in the solar system that last occurred 144 years ago.
Pilgrims numbering more than the combined populations of the US and UK gather in an area the size of Manhattan, at the confluence of three sacred rivers, to purify themselves in the waters and gain salvation for themselves and their families.
This is a profoundly personal journey for Amol, who was born in India to a practising Hindu family.
Amol has struggled to come to terms with the death of his father three years ago and hopes that reconnecting with his birthplace, at one of Hinduism's most important religious events, could help him process his grief.
Along the way, Amol meets pilgrims spread out across 20 square miles of the temporary megacity, erected in just a few weeks on the banks of the rivers.
Those gathered range from smartphone-wielding urbanites to rural farming families, together with mystics and holy men, prophets and warrior monks, as they wait their turn to immerse themselves in the sacred waters.
But attending the largest gathering of people in history is not without risks and Amol comes face to face with the tragic side of pilgrimage.
On the most auspicious bathing day an estimated 60-million people arrive at the festival and there is a dangerous stampede that leads to at least 30 dying and more injured.
Amol must abandon his plans as surging crowds cause chaos and confusion.
While the authorities race to keep the festival going safely, he must navigate his own feelings towards the tragedy and assess whether to make it to the river at all.
Strip Law
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
An uptight lawyer teams with a flashy Las Vegas magician to bring some pizzazz to the city's stupidest cases in this irreverent adult animated comedy.
Lincoln Gumb is too boring to win cases in Vegas until he teams up with local magician/hedonist Sheila Flambé to bring some flash to the most moronic cases the city can throw at them.
Wild & Weird America
Channel: Discovery Family (DStv 136)
TX Time: 20h10
Genre: Clip Show, Comedy
This humorous clip show showcases all the fun, wild and stupid things that people do often in their own neighbourhood.
Watch uproarious real-life moments: backyard mishaps, car chaos, avalanche disasters, stunts, spills and thrills.
It's an unforgettable rollercoaster of laughter caught on camera.
In the series premiere, "Life on the Edge": Go on a wild journey of outrageous clips and experience near-miss car crashes, avalanche disasters and a terrifying, death-defying glider ride.
It's a laughter-packed adventure on the edge.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Leave It to the Professionals": Amateurs attempt outrageous activities.
Watch hilarious stunts, spills and thrills gone wrong as they showcase backyard engineering, clueless humans and uncooperative machinery.
The Last Thing He Told Me 2
Channel: Apple TV
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Miniseries
How far would you go for the people you love?
This miniseries thriller follows Hannah (Jennifer Garner), a woman who must forge a relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter Bailey in order to find the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared.
In Season 2, when Owen shows up after five years on the run, Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey find themselves in a race to figure out how to reunite their family before the past catches up to them.
Grand Designs Australia 9
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Lifestyle, Reality
Grand Designs Australia shares the stories behind some of the most interesting builds, with compelling tales of inspiration, focus and dogged determination.
Hosted by leading Australian architect Peter Maddison, the show reveals the highs and the lows of taking on the biggest single investment of most people's lives – creating their ideal home.
From the tiny house overlooking the bay, to the massive steel mansion high on a hill, the genius inventor who spends five tortuous years trialling his revolutionary building system, to the reclusive but hilarious handyman building a bizarre underground hideout in the suburbs, this season has no shortage of characters and jaw-dropping projects.
Explore the motivations, memories and connections behind each build, delve deeper and go beyond the architectural style.
With each project being as unique as the owners themselves, Grand Designs Australia promises to be a feast of the finest architecture and home design you've ever seen.
In the Season 9 premiere, "Mystery Bay": When retired architect Rob and wife Sally purchase a remarkable old dairy farm just outside the NSW town of Mystery Bay, they feel an enormous responsibility to build a home that will do justice to this beautiful paradise.
Expedition X
Channel: Discovery Family (DStv 136)
TX Time: 21h05
Genre: Reality
Real life Indiana Jones, adventurer Josh Gates, has decided it's time to really explore the dark side of the planet.
He's put together a team to undertake investigations delving into realms beyond the 'unknown.'
They include scientist Phil Torres and paranormal researcher Jessica Chobot, who have been brought in to investigate reports of supernatural encounters, mysterious creatures and extra-terrestrial phenomena.
Whether it's tracking paranormal activity in Mexico City or trekking through the remote jungles of Cambodia in search of a legendary ape-man, they embark on unprecedented expeditions into the unexplained and perhaps... unexplainable.