Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Investigation Discovery's long-running series Evil Lives Here has given voice to the complex stories of individuals whose loved ones committed heinous crimes, showing how their lives were forever changed through emotional, first-person interviews.
Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer is a spin off series which explores the stories of parents whose children have grown up to have committed horrifying crimes.
An impactful and emotionally charged expansion of the original series, Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer centres on parents who have been forced to confront the unthinkable truth: the child they loved and trusted has grown into a monster.
Through intimate, first-person interviews with these parents, the series navigates these devastating stories, showcasing the heartbreak, the reckoning and, in some cases, the forgiveness these parents grapple with in the wake of their children's horrific actions.
From a shattered mother who is haunted by what she could have done differently to a father who must come to terms with the reality that his son is a convicted serial killer, Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer showcases the dark and emotional reality of how these individual's actions have not only devastated their communities, but their families as well.
In the series premiere, "Drive to Kill": When Dawn saw her baby boy, Justyn, she felt a love she never thought possible.
Her tiny newborn had saved her life, and now she vows to give him the love, support and care he'd need to grow up healthy and happy.
But Dawn quickly finds that motherhood is not what she expected... and that her son is not a normal boy.
She notices he is dark and detached, and occasionally he'd reveal to her fantasies of violence towards his own family.
She begins to wonder if her once-happy, sweet boy is evil, but she could never imagine the true terror her son would become as an adult.
Untold UK: Jamie Vardy
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary, Sport
From part-time footballer to Premier League legend, this is the story of Jamie Vardy's unprecedented path and his rise to the top against all odds.
Recordbreaker. Gamechanger. Mischief-maker.
Jamie Vardy's rise from non-league unknown to Premier League legend is a story that doesn't just go against the odds – it sticks its boots straight through them (and the corner flag too).
From factory shifts and part-time football to firing 5,000–1 outsiders Leicester City to the Premier League title, Vardy's journey feels less like a career and more like a footballing miracle.
With unseen archive, raw dressing-room tales and interviews with Jamie Vardy, his wife Rebekah, teammates, managers and oldest mates, Untold UK: Jamie Vardy shows how a lad from Sheffield smashed records, tore up the rulebook and made a mockery of what's supposed to be possible in the modern game.
This is football's ultimate underdog story – told exactly as Vardy lived it.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 42
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 16h05
Genre: Food, Reality, Travel
Guy Fieri knows a thing or two about hearty, flavoursome food, and in this series he travels across America - and beyond - in search of the best "greasy spoon" eateries.
These diners, drive-ins and dives have been doing it right for decades, and these days they're booming again.
Run by a whole new generation of owners, these joints serve up delicious home-made food and Guy is hitting the road to check them out.
In the Season 42 premiere, "Trinidad, Thailand and Italy": Guy checks out a Trinidadian shop in Marietta, Georgia, that's plating lights-out oxtail; and a Los Angeles Thai spot serves beefed-up boat noodles.
Also, an Italian joint near Cincinnati fires up primo pancetta bucatini.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Sandwiches and Soul": Guy's getting into down-home delights.
In Georgia, Korean fried chicken on a kimchi biscuit is bringing big flavour.
Also, a Los Angeles spot is cooking up killer Cajun fried rice, and an Austin, Texas joint is putting out primetime pastrami on Texas toast.
Marty, Life is Short
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
Martin Short looks back on a life fueled by joy in this documentary with classic clips, fresh interviews and star-studded, never-before-seen home movies.
Using beautiful, intimate, archive footage alongside exclusive interviews with some of the most established and beloved stars, the documentary takes a look at one of the most influential comedians of a generation.
Grand Indian Hotel
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
An exclusive look inside one of the world's most luxurious hotel groups as it opens its doors to cameras for the very first time.
Camera crews gain exclusive access to four of the most jaw-dropping hotels in India - run by the award-winning luxury Oberoi Hotel Group.
Each episode offers an unprecedented insight into world-class hospitality and the extraordinary lengths hotel staff go to in the name of "guest obsession" as they aim to offer the very highest level of personal service.
The series also offers a fascinating look at contemporary India; from social mobility and the fast-growing number of millionaires in New Delhi to the changing attitudes of marriage in Udaipur.
In the series premiere, "Jaipur": At India's most luxurious hotels, staff prepare a lavish banquet for the Maharaja of Jaipur, manage the expectations of wildlife-loving guests who expect to see a tiger on safari, and try to deal with some incontinent elephants.
Devil May Cry 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
When a mysterious villain threatens to open the gates of Hell, a devilishly handsome demon hunter could be the world's best hope for salvation.
In this animated adaptation of the popular Capcom game and from the vision of Adi Shankar, sinister forces are at play to open the portal between the human and demon realms.
In the middle of it all is Dante, an orphaned demon-hunter-for-hire, unaware that the fate of both worlds hangs around his neck.
Season 2 will have you asking: Team Dante? Team Vergil? Why choose?