The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Mockumentary, Sport, Comedy
From Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey, the team behind 30 Rock, comes a comedy about a disgraced ex-football star and a washed-up filmmaker trying to make their epic comeback.
Disgraced former football star Reggie Dinkins (Tracy Morgan) is on a mission to rehabilitate his image with the help of award-winning filmmaker Arthur Tobin (Daniel Radcliffe).
In order to earn back the admiration of his fans and the respect of his family, Reggie will also have to confront the ghosts of his past.
In the series premiere, "Pilot": Twenty years after a career-ending scandal, former running back Reggie Dinkins enlists filmmaker Arthur Tobin to make a documentary he hopes will rehabilitate his image.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Nittany Means Big": Tobin spends the day with Monica and uncovers the truth about Reggie's famous food poisoning game.
Meanwhile, Reggie struggles to apologise to Brina.
Dragons' Den 23
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
Budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires who are willing to invest their own cash.
Dragons' Den is back in business with a brand new season – and the heat is on.
An exciting new line-up of guest Dragons is ready to shake things up in the Den and put Britain's boldest entrepreneurs to the ultimate test.
In the Season 23 premiere: Cosmetic powerhouse Jenna Meek makes her fiery debut in this episode.
The CEO and co-founder of REFY Beauty joins Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Steven Bartlett and Touker Suleyman as they grill a fresh wave of hopefuls chasing the deal of a lifetime.
Facing the Dragons, a London-based founder tips her hat to sustainability, reinventing pre-loved headwear as bespoke designer pieces.
A charismatic entrepreneur hopes the Dragons can picture the profits in his business, which transforms smartphone memories into cherished keepsakes.
A plant-based drink powered by an east African super-crop is the brainchild of two Leeds-based business partners.
Finally, a former pharmacist steps into the ring with her women-only self-defence venture – but will the Dragons fight for it?
Joanna Lumley's Japan
Channel: S3
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Travel, Docu-Reality
Travelling Japan by boat, train, plane and foot, British actor and activist Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous) turns travel reporter to explore the uncharted corners of the country's 6,800 mystical islands.
From rustic mountains to sprawling super-cities, this epic journey takes her across a beautiful and perplexing country of extremes – with a population to match.
Joanna travels across Japan from the icy Siberian seas of the north to the subtropical islands of the south.
Her journey starts in the sub-zero temperatures of Hokkaido, Japan's wild north, known for its rugged terrain and endangered wild animals.
Winding her way south, Joanna catches a bullet train to the metropolitan sprawl that is Tokyo, the ancient capital Kyoto with its stunning temples and shrines, and the city of Nagasaki with its tragic past.
Her epic journey comes to an end on the idyllic beaches of Kohama, one of Japan's most remote pacific islands and home to a 'girl band' with an average age of 84.
In the series premiere: Joanna's trip begins in Hokkaido, one of Japan's four main islands, to find the majestic red-crowned crane – an important symbol in Japanese culture.
Next she heads to Sapporo for its magical Snow Festival, and meets some of its indigenous Ainu community.
Heading south, she visits an ancient brewery that's been making sake since 1689 and one of the oldest, most breathtaking pagodas in the country.
Halloween Baking Championship 11
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 16h05
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Host John Henson is the caretaker of a haunted hotel and welcomes the competitors to an eight-week stay, unless their baked goods fail to impress the judges, in which case they will have to "check out".
Now John welcomes a batch of 10 bakers to a terrible haunted mansion filled with secret passageways and scares around every corner.
The bakers are tested over seven episodes with a series of sinister challenges inspired by the haunted manor, and the most terrifying aspect of all - their own personal fears.
For the first time, the bottom three bakers in most episodes will be forced to bake for their lives as judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young decide whose chilling displays will earn $25,000 and the title of Halloween Baking Champion.
In the Season 11 premiere, "For Doom the Bell Tolls": In a haunted mansion, John Henson asks 10 bakers to make their number one Halloween fright in a dessert that pumps edible blood.
The judges decide which pulsing sweet treat wins $1,000 and one baker is eliminated.
Slim Vang sy Baas: Musiek 5
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Game Show, Music, Afrikaans
In each episode of this spin-off of Slim Vang sy Baas, two teams go head-to-head and battle it out through a series of rounds that will put their knowledge of popular music to the ultimate test.
As with the original series, this one is hosted by Beer Adriaanse.
The Curse of Skinwalker Ranch 7
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
Are we alone in the universe?
That's what Season 7 of The Curse of Skinwalker Ranch is trying to get to the bottom of.
The new season will follow ranch owner Brandon Fugal and his fearless team of credited scientists and researchers as they employ cutting-edge science and technology to identify what or who is behind all of the high-strangeness that has long been reported on the 512-acre Utah property.
News reports from around the globe have documented more evidence than ever that mankind may not be alone.
This season the team will conduct daring experiments using high-powered rockets, drone swarms, laser technology, explosive munitions, and much more to test that theory close to home, and unlock unexplainable phenomena at the ranch's centre.
After six seasons of progress, the team wants answers and they'll do whatever it takes to reveal them.
In the Season 7 premiere, "All Fired Up": After new tests reveal shocking clues about the ceramic materials that were extracted from the Mesa, the team fires extreme heat above the Triangle, which leads to stunning phenomena appearing in the sky.