K-Pop Shark Heroes
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 22h45
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary, Shark Week
Comedian Ken Jeong and Grammy-nominated singer Rei Ami team up with shark experts to reveal sharks' superpowers through K-Pop.
Through the show Ken and Rei use K-Pop to transform perceptions of sharks across East Asia.
Gesels 9
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Interview Show, Lifestyle, Afrikaans, Advertiser-Funded
Gesels is an energetic lifestyle talk show where advice and inspiration are shared to address different facets of our lives.
With host Leandie du Randt, you will get the sense that you are privy to the coolest conversations and leave with fresh insights and a list of new things to try.
My Strange Shark Addiction
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 23h35
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary, Shark Week
Four shark fanatics reveal their extreme obsessions — from intimate relationships to life size replicas.
Ashley's husband meets her shark boyfriend for the first time and Casey tries to overcome his sharkphobia.
Also, Mike adds to his growing collection and Emily attempts the world record for shark tattoos.
Deadly 60 6
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Wildlife
Explorer Steve Backshall comes face to face with lethal beauties and killer beasts in his mission to find the world's deadliest animals.
From tiger sharks to giant centipedes, funnel web spiders to the golden poison frog, Steve bravely tracks down the creatures that others spend a lifetime avoiding.
Travelling across six continents, Steve searches through trees, deserts, swamps and seas in his bid to find the 60 deadliest creatures on the planet.
From the infamous to the unexpected, this dangerous global adventure illustrates that size is of no importance, while the battle for survival is key.
The series also looks at the perilous future facing some of these deadly animals, and reveals the remarkable work being done by wildlife conservationists to protect them.
With stunning footage and fascinating facts, this is a chance to get up-close-and-personal with the natural world's most fearsome creatures.
Just don't forget to watch your back...
In the Season 6 premiere, "Cheetah Special": Head to Zambia's Liuwa Plain, where Steve tracks a young female cheetah that shows him how these supercharged cats hunt.
Learn what's pushing her species to the brink of extinction and hold your breath as bloodthirsty hyenas circle her territory.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Saving Sharks": Steve dives with 100 grey nurse sharks and joins a mission in Indonesia to save sharks from overfishing.
Alien Sharks: Untamed America
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 21h55
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary, Shark Week
Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante searches for America's strangest alien sharks, traveling from California and Louisiana to Key Largo and Cape Cod in a cross-country celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary.