(Above: Jeremy Clarkson presents “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”)
Dipped your toes in 2022 and not feeling ready for all of that yet? Shut the doors and enjoy some time in the dark with DStv.
Survivor is back with its 41st season, ensuring delightful Sunday evening viewing. This time, the contestants will only have 26 days to outwit, outplay and outlast each other for the ultimate title of Survivor and the $1 million prize (and yes, it’s still locked at a pre-tax million after 41 seasons).
Afrikaans viewers have epic Sunday night viewing to look forward to as Colonel Piet van der Bijl (Waldermar Schultz) and his team of investigators return for a 4th chilling season of Die Byl on kykNET (DStv channel 144).
And don’t miss a group of soccer players who are pushed to their limits when they get stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash in the brand-new psychological thriller series Yellowjackets. Cannibalism and Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress and Juliette Lewis? Where’s the remote?
There’s also new episodes of the local true-crime series Strangers You Know, and a fantastic Sunday Night Blockbuster, Fatale, on M-Net.
Here are some of the highlights:
Survivor
Watch from January 16 at 18h00
Season 41 / Episode 1 / M-Net (DStv channel
101) /
This season was filmed on Fiji’s Mamanuca
Islands between April and May 2021. There’s a dangerous new game afoot,
complete with a twist that’ll have people rethinking their voting strategy.
Host Jeff Probst says, “Survivor 41 is like the monster in a horror movie, and
if you’re a player, it’s coming for you.”
Yellowjackets
Watch from January 21 at 14h30
Season 1 / Episode 1 / / M-Net (DStv
channel 101)
Four high school soccer teammates go
through hell after a plane crash strands them in the Canadian wilderness for 19
months. While we see their teen selves descend into madness and cannibalism, we
also see them as grown-ups in 2021. With Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress,
Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci.
Felix & The Treasure of Morgaa
January 15 at 16h00
Movie / M-Net (DStv channel 101)
Animated adventure. 12-year-old Felix sets
off to find his father, a fisherman who vanished at sea two years back. His
journey takes him to the lair of megalomaniac Morgaa and her secret society who
live in an underground city on Darkshadow Island.
The Wrong Cheer Captain
January 15 at 19h20
Movie / Lifetime (DStv channel 131) /
A young cheerleader named Kate (Alexis
Samone) suspects that their squad’s new captain, Anna (Sofia Masson), got rid
of her main rival… permanently. But when Anna realises that Kate might be onto
her, she starts destroying Kate’s life. With Vivica A. Fox as Kate’s mom,
Carol.
Fatale
January 16 at 21h00
Movie / M-Net (DStv channel 101)
Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy
drive this gripping thriller in which a married man’s decision to have a
one-night stand in Las Vegas comes back to bite him.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? With Jeremy Clarkson
January 19 at 20h00
Season 2 / Episode 1 / BBC Brit (DStv
channel 120)
In this legendary quiz show, contestants
have 15 trivia questions to answer on their way to a huge cash prize. This
season, Fastest Finger First is back, and there’s a brand-new lifeline: Ask The
Host. Honestly, would you dare?
Whitstable Pearl
January 20 at 20h00
Season 1 / Episode 1 / Universal TV (DStv
channel 117)
Crime drama based on the novels by Julie
Wassmer. Single mom Pearl Nolan (Kerry Godliman) starts running a detective
agency from her restaurant. In her first case, Pearl comes up against tough
London cop Mike McGuire (Howard Charles) as she investigates the murder of
fisherman Vinnie Rowe.
Lie with Me
January 20 at 21h30
Season 1 / Episode 1 / M-Net (DStv channel
101) /
This crime thriller series centres on a
British couple whose plans to make a fresh start in Australia, following one
partner’s affair, are wrecked by their new nanny. When the wife, Anna, works
out what’s going on, she decides to throw the nanny off course by revealing
that her husband, Jake, is an abuser
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