(Right: Damian Lewis)
The HISTORY channel on DStv 186
guarantees to enthrall and entertain with premium and original content this
November and December.
The gripping docu-drama Damian Lewis: SPY WARS continues each
Friday at 20h15 through to December 6, with its run of the true stories behind
some of the world’s most extraordinary espionage dramas. Actor Damian Lewis
guides viewers through some of the most remarkable intelligence and security
operations of modern times, from heroic rescues to assassination attempts and
‘near-misses’ in which, unbeknownst to the public, global catastrophe was only
narrowly averted.
Dedicated viewers can also catch up on new seasons of fan favourites
this November with Ax Men S10 and American Pickers S16. Ax Men
features the drama behind the logging families of the Pacific Northwest since Ax
Men star Gabe Rygaard of Rygaard
Logging passed away in a car accident. While American Pickers reveals
the small towns along America's back roads, where treasures are waiting to be
uncovered and valuable relics from history are revealed hidden in junk piles,
buried in barns and stacked in garages.
New to the HISTORY lineup is Unidentified: Inside America’s
UFO Investigation, a ground breaking new six-part series on Fridays at 21h00.
Featuring interviews with three former military intelligence and US government
officials, the show exposes a series of startling encounters and new
investigations.
HISTORY films at 20h15 on Sundays feature titles like Secrets in the
Sky: The Untold Story of Skunkworks on November 17. This documentary
comes from Robert Kenner, the Oscar-nominated director of Food Inc and Command and
Control, and tells the little-known story of Skunk Works, America’s
super-secret organisation that for decades clandestinely churned out the
world’s fastest and deadliest weapons and technology.
Game Changers: Inside The Video Games on November 24 is the untold story of the
personal battles that gave rise to the $100 billion video game industry.
Brought to life by Oscar winning director Daniel Junge, this is a tale of
brilliant innovations, colossal failures, and ego-driven rivalries similar to
Jobs v. Gates.
The festive line up for films concludes on December 22 with Rise of
the Superbombs which explores how President Trump ordered the use of
the “Mother Of All Bombs” over Afghanistan, which ushered in a new age of
military technology.
(Left: David Hasselhoff)
December also sees Car Weekend race into gear. On December
7 and 8, exciting motoring shows feature two favourite action icons from
Hollywood: Battle of 80s Supercars with David Hasselhoff, who sets out
to prove how the iconic 80’s KITT car inspired and revolutionized the car
industry and Chuck Norris' Badass Military Vehicles. Norris takes
viewers on a tour through the wildest vehicles in the history of the Armed
Forces in this one-hour special.
The lineup also features marathon episodes from Counting Cars S6
and S7 as well as a once-off; Counting Cars: Danny’s Detroit Special
which sees car restorer Danny Koker selling off two cars from his personal
collection.
Evel Live 2 showcases three epic motorcycle stunts, a high-speed
jump through a series of 10 flaming boards, a record-breaking 230-foot-jump
over 25 beverage trucks, and lastly, a colossal 380-foot-jump to set the world
record for the longest distance ever jumped on a motorcycle.
(Right: A scene from “Soviet
Storm: WWII in the East”)
Soviet Storm: WWII in the East starting on December 9 is an epic
television history of the Second World War’s Eastern Front, giving an
unprecedented Russian perspective on the war’s most decisive and bloody
theatre. The total death toll was more than 30 million, most of them civilians.
This was a conflict of staggering scale and savagery.
Salvage Kings, an exciting new series starting on December 11,
features the demolition and salvage teams at Priestly Demolition Inc. in the
fast-paced, adrenaline pumping job of tearing down buildings and racing against
the clock to pull out anything valuable left behind. Working in often dangerous
conditions, the salvage team hunts for any items they can sell, bringing life
to the phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. But the salvage
team’s job isn’t finished until they’ve taken their finds back to the yard and
turned their rubble into riches.
Sailing in on December 19 is Great British Royal Ships, hosted by
Rob Bell who examines the iconic Royal Yacht Britannia and the RMS Queen Mary
and the role it has played in history by re-establishing Britain as a great
shipbuilding nation.
From investigations into the world of global espionage and UFOs,
revelations of the deadly impact of WWII to Car Weekend and plenty of
HISTORY fan favourites like Counting Cars and Ax Men, the HISTORY
channel 186 has an abundance of original, entertaining content to round off
2019.
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