Death Valley
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 20h55
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Miniseries
A retired actor. A disarming young detective. They'd make the perfect crime-fighting duo - if only they could get along.
Set in Wales, Death Valley follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric national treasure John Chapel, a retired actor and star of hit fictional detective TV show Caesar; and disarming Welsh detective sergeant Janie Mallowan.
DS Janie Mallowan is desperate to solve the big cases and progress her career.
While investigating the death by apparent suicide of wealthy property developer Carwyn Rees, she meets none other than John Chapel, a retired actor who played her TV detective idol, Inspector Charles Caesar.
Eccentric and reclusive John uses his insight into character to deduce that Carwyn was murdered, though Janie is initially sceptical of his conclusions.
When forensics prove his theory right, Janie quietly asks him to help with the case.
Having shut himself away from the world for years, John is initially reluctant to help.
But together they work to solve an intriguing mystery involving an environmental activist, a grieving widow and a bitter business rival, painting the portrait of a man who kept a lot of secrets from those closest to him.
Although John and Janie are not ready to admit it, this first case is the start of an iconic crime-solving partnership, and a friendship, too.
Would I Lie to You? 12
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Comedy
Rob Brydon is back to host the new season of the award-winning comedy panel show with David Mitchell and Lee Mack as the lightning-quick team captains.
Over the course of the show, celebrity guests reveal amazing stories about themselves, some of which are true and some of which are not.
The aim of the game is to fool the opposition into mistaking fact for fiction and fiction for fact.
The guests in the Season 12 premiere are Dion Dublin, Debbie McGee, Bob Mortimer and Lucy Porter.