Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
Never-before-seen footage and survivor accounts trace the 2012 shipwreck of a luxury cruise and the disaster that ensued, in this immersive documentary.
The documentary revisits the Costa Concordia disaster, that turned into a maritime catastrophe.
Drawing on unseen archives and survivors' testimonies, Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea traces the sinking, followed by the disarray and the human cost that followed.
The decision to present the story in an immersive way anchors the film in the vein of Netflix's real event documentaries and crisis coverage.
Here, the perspective foregrounds the people who lived through the incident, rather than a simple external chronology of the accident.
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny 2
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 19h25
Genre: Documentary Series
Hosted by David Duchovny, this series will reveal the latest evidence behind some of the US government's most secretive, strange and mind-blowing activities that have been declassified throughout history.
Over the past century, the US government has declassified hundreds of thousands of documents.
From black sites, dark science, surveillance technology, medical experiments and covert weapons of mass destruction - government agencies all over the world carry out extraordinary policies in the name of national interest.
In this series, Duchovny investigates some of the most bizarre and disturbing government activities in history and reveals the latest facts behind these astonishing secrets.
This season, Duchovny leads you through an examination of the highest intellect.
From black ops and extreme experiments, to bizarre weapons and top secret sites, world governments - and those who work for them - have done questionable things in the name of national interest.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Escaping Armageddon": In the razor's-edge theatre of global brinkmanship, the world has come closer to annihilation than most ever knew.
A NATO war game once spooked the Soviets toward a potential nuclear strike, while a daring Cold War project produced a drone-bomber hybrid capable of carrying 16 nuclear weapons.
From experimental war machines to the Presidential "Doomsday Plane" built to command America through apocalypse, these are the plans that reveal how near we've stood to the unthinkable.
Lethally Blonde 2
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Delving into the dangerous intersections of beauty, desire and deception, host and executive producer Holly Madison explores shocking murder investigations where starry-eyed aspirants with big dreams find themselves entangled in a dark world that exploits their sexuality.
Peeling back layers of glamour and intrigue, Lethally Blonde exposes the perilous realities that can accompany the pursuit of beauty and fame.
From the murders and disappearances of dancers, cheerleaders and models to devastating cases tied to the adult entertainment industry, the series shines a light on victims whose lives tragically devolved into harrowing stories of exploitation and murder.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Death of a Raiderette": In 1995, in Hermosa Beach, California, a blonde bombshell model and Raiders cheerleader vanishes on her way to a photo shoot; then her photographs ominously turn up at a remote Los Angeles park.
Miguel Ángel Blanco: The 48 Hours that Changed Spain
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
This documentary explores how Miguel Ángel Blanco's 1997 abduction turned fear into collective resistance and shaped Spain's fight against ETA terrorism.
Miguel Ángel Blanco: The 48 Hours That Changed Spain covers the two days when the entire nation of Spain held its breath, a time when millions of people mobilized as their only hope to stop the murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco, a slow-motion tragedy that left a profound mark on the country.
Marking the 29th anniversary of the death of the young man from Ermua, the exact age he was when he was murdered, this documentary recalls that pivotal moment of solidarity and compassion, when Basque society finally lost its fear of ETA.