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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

M-NET BINGE


M-Net Binge (channel 114 on DStv) is home of sterling HBO series. The pop-up channel has been tailor made for the #Lockdown period.

Due to the high age-restricted content, the opening time for channel 114 has changed from May 1, 2020:
-Weekdays (Mondays- Fridays) channel opens at 20h00.
-Weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) channel opens at 19h00.
-M-Net Binge – The Home of HBO will be on air until June 28.

NB: M-Net Binge line-up start times and dates are subject to change.

List of series starting

May 9, 2020
21h25: The Wire. Season 1 Starts. Rating 18VNL
Emmy nominated crime drama about the gritty inner-city drug scene, starring Dominic West as Detective McNulty who finds himself in the doghouse after a witness’s death makes the news.
22h25: The Wire. Rating 18VL
Season 1 episodes 3 and 4 (Monday, May 11: 21h00 and 21h55), episodes 5 and 6 (Tuesday, May 12: 21h00 and 22h00), episodes 7 and 8 (Wednesday May 13: 21h00 and 22h00), episodes 9 and 10 (May 14: 21h00 and 21h55), and episodes 11 and 12 (Friday May 15: 21h00 and 21h55).


May 10, 2020
23h05: Sex And The City. Season 4 Starts
The girls get ready for a Saturday night out at an engagement party but are dismayed when they see the invitation which announces that the couple has Two souls, one thought.
23h35: Sex And The City
Season 4 episode 3, 4, 5, and 6 (Monday May 11: 00h05, 00h35, 01h05 and 01h35), episode 7, 8, 9 , 10 and 11 (Sunday May 17: 22h00, 22h30, 23h00, 23h30 and 00h00), episode 12, 13, 14 (Monday May 18: 00h30, 01h00 and 01h30), and episode 15, 16, 17 and 18 (Sunday May 24: 22h00, 22h30, 23h00 and 23h30).


May 11, 2020
22h55: Six Feet Under. Season 5 starts
This multiple award-winning HBO drama follows of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.
23h50 Six Feet Under
Season 5 episodes 3 and 4 (Tuesday May 12: 23h00 and 23h55), episodes 5 and 6 (Wednesday May 13: 22h55 and 23h50), episodes 7 and 8 (Thursday May 14: 22h50 and 23h45), episodes 9 and 10 (Friday May 15: 22h50 and 23h45), and episodes 11 and 12 (Monday May 18: 23h00 and 23h55)


May 12, 2020
02h30 True Detective. Season 1 starts
Nominated for 11 Emmy Awards, this acclaimed crime drama starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey centres on two detectives who take us back to a dark case they worked on years ago.
Season 1 episodes 2, 3 and 4 (Wednesday May 13: 00h50, 01h50 and 02h50), and episodes 5, 6, and 7 (Tuesday May 19: 00h50, 01h50, 02h50), and episodes 8 (Wednesday May 20: 00h45). Rating 16VNL


May 19, 2020
22h55 Big Love. Season 1 starts
Polygamist  Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) juggles his business demands with those of his three wives and seven kids.
23h50 Big Love
Season 1 episodes 3 and 4 (Wednesday May 20: 22h55 and 23h50), episodes 5 and 6 (Thursday May 21: 22h55 and 23h50), episodes 7 and 8 (Friday May 22: 22h55 and 23h50), episodes 9 and 10 (Monday May 25: 23h00 and 23h55), and episodes 11 and 12 (Tuesday May 26: 23h00 and 23h55) Rating: 16SL


May 20, 2020
01h40 True Detective. Season 2 starts
Sink your teeth into this Golden Globe award winning drama about a world where vampires and humans co-exist. The town of Bon Temps reels after a brutal and shocking murder in the season premiere.
02h40 True Detective
Season 2 episodes 3, 4, and 5 (Tuesday May 26: 00h50, 01h50 and 02h45, episodes 6, 7 and 8 (Wednesday May 27: 00h50, 01h50 and 02h55). Rating 18VSNL


May 23, 2020
22h50 The Wire. Season 3 starts
Emmy nominated crime drama that explores the dark and gritty drug scene in Baltimore. After the notorious Franklin Terrace Towers are demolished, the Barksdale drug crew try to regroup in the season premiere.
Season 3 episodes 2 and 3 (Monday May 25: 21h00 and 22h00), episodes 4 and 5 (Tuesday May 26: 21h00 and 22h00), episodes 6 and 7 (Wednesday May 27: 21h00 and 22h00), episodes 8 and 9 (Thursday May 28: 21h00 and 22h00), episodes 10 and 11 (Friday May 29: 21h00 and 22h00) and episode 12 (Saturday May 30: 21h50). Rating 18L

23h50 Big Little Lies. Season 1 starts
Set in an affluent community, the premiere of this critically acclaimed drama opens with a suspicious death at a school fundraiser. Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon star.
Season 1 episode 1 (Sunday May 24: 00h40) episode 3 (Saturday May 30: 23h15), episode 4 (Sunday May 31: 00h10), and episode 5 onwards (June). Rating 16VSL  


May 25, 2020
00h05 Sex And The City. Season 5 starts
As Fleet Week kicks off in New York City, Samantha, Carrie and Charlotte begin to adjust to Miranda's new life with baby Brady.
00h35 Sex And The City
01h05 Sex And The City
01h35 Sex And The City
Season 5 episodes 5, 6, 7 and 8 (June Monday 1: 22h25, 22h55, 23h25 and 23h55)


May 27, 2020
23h00 Big Love. Season 2 starts
Season 2 of the hit drama series continues with the story of Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), a polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives and seven children.
23h55 Big Love
Season 2 episodes 3 and 4 (May 28: 23h00 and 23h55), episodes 5 and 6 (Friday May 29: 23h00 and 23h55), episodes 7 onwards (June). Rating 16S


May 28, 2020
02h55 Ballers. Season 5 starts
Season 5 episode 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (Friday May 29: 00h15, 00h40, 01h10, 01h40, 02h10 and 02h40). Rating 18VL


May 30, 2020
00h50 True Blood. Season 3 starts
Sink your teeth into this Golden Globe award winning drama about a world where vampires and humans co-exist. Sookie and Eric search for a missing Bill in the season premiere.
01h40 True Blood
02h35 True Blood
Season 3 episodes 4, 5 and 6 (Sunday May 31: 01h05, 02h00 and 03h00), episodes 7 onwards (June). Rating 18VSNL