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This Sunday is the Finale of The Voice SA, Season 3! With thanks to M-Net, we are giving away double tickets away to the final Live Broadcasts of The Voice South Africa, starting on Sunday, 07 July2019. This season’s finale will be broadcast live on Channel 101 from the Mosaic Teatro, in Fairlands, and you can be there! The Voice Finale Competition is now closed. ...

Nat Geo brings the World back one small step for man…  Apollo: Missions to the Moon; 1 July, 21:00 The Armstrong Tapes; 8 July, 21:00 Apollo: Back to the Moon; 15 and 22 July, 21:00. Mars: Inside SpaceX; 7 July, 13:00 Expedition Mars: Spirit and Opportunity; 14 July, 20:50 Explorer: Journey to Europa; 21 July, 19:05 Challenger Disaster: The Final Mission; 21 July, 20:50 Mission ...

Deon Meyer’s Trackers to come alive on the Small Screen in Biggest African TV Colab. The television adaptation of internationally acclaimed author Deon Meyer’s crime novel Trackers marks the beginning of a new era in high-end African storytelling. Pan-African television network M-Net and two global broadcasting giants are joining forces to take this uniquely South African political thriller to the world.  First, as announced in December 2018, ...

Cameras, Lights, African Production on Netflix, ACTION!   Netflix, the world’s leading internet entertainment service, has started production on its first original African series, Queen Sono, an action-packed spy thriller produced by Johannesburg-based Diprente. Pearl Thusi is to star in the title role as an unconventional spy working for an undercover South African agency devoted to protecting the people of Africa. The series will include an all-local ...

Kersfees in Julie met hope vol nuwe programme op die kykNET kanale: Alles Malan Begin Dinsdag 9 Julie 20:00. Alles Malan is ’n familiedrama wat in die Paarl buite Kaapstad afspeel. Aan die hoof van die familie staan Derik en Brenda Malan. Hulle eersgeborene, Frik, keer na agt jaar in Engeland terug om die familiebesigheid, Malan Vervoer, by sy pa oor te neem. Sy vrou, ...

Wall to wall sharks coming to National Geographic Wild this July Television’s fiercest sharks return with more teeth than ever, for the eighth annual Shark Fest this July. Packed with incredible stories from the world’s leading scientists along with wall-to-wall sharks, National Geographic Wild is your go-to channel for the most sharks per square centimetre of television. The answers to When Sharks Attack will be revealed on Saturdays, from 6 July ...

Kyk net hier hoe verander jou Afrikaanse Kyk Skedules. kykNET is opgewonde om aan te kondig dat die gewilde sepie, Getroud met Rugby, in Julie ‘n splinternuwe tydsgleuf kry. Aanhangers van dié sepie kan vanaf Maandag 1 Julie om 18:00 inskakel om uit te vind wat in die lewens van Die Stryders en hul familie en vriende gebeur. Dit is nie al goeie nuus nie. ...

Wonderful World Class Shows this Winter.   BBC Studios in Africa has announced, at its bi-annual Upfront event held in Johannesburg, its stellar winter season of programming across BBC Lifestyle, BBC Earth, BBC First, BBC Brit and CBeebies. Exclusive to DStv, viewers in South Africa, can look forward to a vast array of world class shows over the next six months, featuring stars such as ...

Space and 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landings. Welcome to the greatest story that’s never been told. In a new, ground breaking series Professor Brian Cox is back to tell the story of the planets as never before. The Planets will bring these worlds vividly to life with Academy Award winning VFX Company Lola Post. This never seen before translation of our solar system, can ...

Premieres Sunday 2 June 18:00 on National Geographic Wild For generations, Kings and Queens have ruled the bountiful Eden of Mombo, but a new age of terror is dawning. Mmamotse, Commander of the hyena army steals the throne. Her rotten army spreads fear, as the lions plot their revenge. Even the untouchable Pula struggles to safeguard her legacy. As rising waters bring warring factions closer ...

Your Survivor SA Cast-Aways! M-Net handpicked fascinating, multi-faceted personalities from a variety of professions and age groups who are not all they seem to be on the surface. It’s going to be a social experiment of note to observe how they manoeuvre through the conflicts that are bound to arise. With the Game well underway now, you can click on the cast-away below for more ...

Four-part series explores lost ruins using Guatemala’s Pacunam LiDar Data! In February 2018, Lost Treasure of the Maya Snake Kings rewrote history as National Geographic broke the new about the pioneering Pacunam LiDar survey of the Guatemalan jungle that revealed over 60,000 structures beneath thick jungle canopy for the first time to the world, including ancient pyramids, farms, highways and entire lost cities. This initiative ...

What’s underneath the Surface…. Once South Africa’s first Bachelor has found “the one” on M-Net channel 101, the much-awaited new season of Survivor South Africa will roll into the channel’s popular Thursday night local productions slot at 19:00. Set in the beautiful Samoa, and spiced with all kinds of never-seen-before curveballs, twists and turns, Survivor SA: Island of Secrets will hit our screens on Thursday, 16 May. While M-Net ...

One of these Ladies will play for the Final Rose! In the premiere episode of M-Net’s new reality dating series, The Bachelor SA, South Africa’s first Bachelor, Lee Thompson, met 24 beautiful, diverse and accomplished women, who each tried to make a good first impression on their potential future husband. Below are the 24 ladies who vied for Lee’s heart:   America | 25 | Attorney ...

Nat Geo on DStv explores Earth’s most hostile Environments. National Geographic’s Hostile Planet is an unflinching look at the volatility of Mother Nature and the resilient animals that survive earth’s most extreme Habitats. This six-part nature docu-series, hails from Academy Award winner Guillermo Navarro, and the Emmy- and BAFTA- winning natural History Filmmakers of Planet Earth 2 and Plimsoll Productions. Hostile Planet is a ground-breaking ...

Bonatuurlike riller-reeks maak buiging op KykNET in April. Daar is iets onheiligs aan die broei op die hange van die berg. Kinders verdwyn, gelok deur ‘n geheimsinnige roomyswaentjie en ‘n man, wat glo vroue klere dra… Die bonatuurlike kom kuier op kykNET, DStv-kanaal 144, met Die Spreeus, wat op Dinsdag 9 April 2019 om 20:00 sy verskyning maak. Die Spreeus, is ʼn bonatuurlike riller-reeks, waarin ...

HBO® and M-Net Invite Game of Thrones® Fans to Bleed For The Throne! What would you do for the Throne? Prove your devotion and Bleed For The Throne– join the global Game of Thrones blood donation promotional effort. In partnership with HBO, M-Net, the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) and the Western Cape Blood Service (WPBS), the broadcaster is inviting all Johannesburg and Cape Town fans to prove ...

Cape Town Stage Stars Awarded! Winners of the 54th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were announced on Sunday 10 March 2019 at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town. For more than five decades the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, together with Fleur du Cap Wines, have been honouring excellence in theatre at this theatrical event that is a highlight of the Mother City’s ...

Award winning Reality Dining Show Returns to BBC Brit. The SAFTA award winning Come Dine With Me South Africa will return for a fifth season on BBC BRIT, DStv channel 120, from Monday 11th March at 8pm with the celebrity special to kick things of, with a repeat on Saturdays at 7Pm. Candice Modiselle, Christall Kay, Gert Johan Coetzee, and Lucky Du Plessis will all take each other on to be ...

Die Siener is die ware Jakob Die heldersiende, Gerald Burger, wat reeds jare gelede die Lainsburg-vloede van 25 Januarie 1981 vooraf korrek voorspel het, is vanaf 24 April deel van kykNET se nuwe realiteitsreeks, Die Siener. In dié program gaan hy mense met verskillende kwessies help – van mense wat afgesterf het en nie kan aanbeweeg nie tot bonatuurlike verskynsels wat inwoners teister. Gerald het ...

Veertien splinternuwe naelbyt-episodes in Tweede Seisoen. ’n Talentvolle span voor en agter die kamera. Ja, kolonel Piet van der Bijl en sy span is terug vir nog ’n reeks! Die Byl vertel die verhaal van kolonel Piet van der Bijl, ’n briljante speurder wat spesialiseer in die vastrek van reeksmoordenaars. Sy hele wese is ingestel op die detail van die lewe en die stukke van die legkaart ...

Nat Geo’s Rock Climbing Thriller wins the Oscar!! An edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who exceeded our current understanding of human, physical and mental potential, was awarded during the 91st Academy Awards with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.   See below how Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, and the climber Evan Hayes, accepted the their Golden Statue. From ...

Social and On-line Media Influencers, Join the Voice Team for Post-Blind Chats… With the 3rd Season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa currently being broadcast on DSTv’s channel 101’s most Successful Slot on Sundays, the deserving Talent of our Country, is slowly but singingly filling up the available spots in their chosen Coach’s teams. Audiences all across M-Net’s satellite reach, have already familiarized themselves with ...

Showmax goes Original with Travel Series! Filming is underway on Showmax’s first travel show Trippin’ with Skhumba. In each 30-minute episode, the Comic’s Choice Comic of the Year 2017 will get down and dirty with a fellow South African comedian in their hometown, exploring places that won’t make any tourism brochures and stories that would be edited out of any authorised biographies. Skhumba mentions that ...

The Girl From St Agnes racked up over 1.2 million views.. so far! Showmax has released the trailer for The Girl From St Agnes, their first original drama, and the series is now to be seen on their video-streaming service. At St Agnes, a prestigious all-girls boarding school in the Midlands, the only saint is in the name. When a popular student is found dead at the ...

Meet your host before 14 February when the 1st Bachelor SA starts! It’s all over the M-Net channels, and petals are falling much more noticeably, introducing that Channel 101 will be bringing viewers the local version of the immensely successful international reality dating show franchise, The Bachelor.  M-Net also revealed that local heartthrob, former Sharks rugby player, international model and business owner, Lee Thompson, would be ...

New Series on Internet Pioneers during Dot-Com Boom. Set During the 1990’s in Silicon Valley, this six-part limited series stars two-time Emmy award-winning actor Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn and Lamorne Morris, with show runner Matthew Carnahan and Executive Producer, Arianna Huffington. Creator Matthew Carnahan uses a disruptive approach to tell the true stories of these visionaries, blending doc-style interviews with real-life subjects into the scripted storylines. ...

Rarely seen behaviours come to the Small Screen in Big Cat February… Nat Geo Wild’s ninth annual big cat event packs in five new premieres over the month of February 2019, featuring surprising behaviours and inspiring stories of big cats around the world. Every year the channel shines a light on these majestic creatures to remind people of their struggle and their importance in our ...

3rd Season of Nat Geo’s Cosmos, returns with Possible Worlds. National Geographic has announced the Emmy-, and Peabody Award-winning Cosmos will return for its third season, beginning Sunday 3 March at 20:00. The program is airing as a global event on National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages which now includes South Africa. The 13-part series will once again be executive-produced, written and directed by ...

Entries for M-Net’s New Blind-Dating Show are Now Open! The very first Bachelor SA – superhot former Sharks rugby player, entrepreneur and international model, Lee Thompson, is not the only one who will be dating up a storm on M-Net 101 in 2019, in the hopes of finding true love. In addition to The Bachelor SA, the magic channel has conjured up a fresh and fun-filled highly original ...