DStv Premium highlights for January 2026

News 01 January 2026

New year, new obsessions! Catch Die Kantoor, All Her Fault, One Chicago shows and more.

DStv Premium highlights for January 2026

When we say Happy New Year, we mean it! DStv’s Upsize campaign is giving Compact and Compact Plus subscribers access to every DStv Premium channel until midnight on 31 January 2026. Explore our handpicked highlights as we welcome you to the best of DStv.

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Get ready for a grand National Geographic adventure in Pole To Pole With Will Smith. Our local shows knock it out of the park with The Office adaptation Die Kantoor, Een Keer Om Die Son Season 2, Rian van Heerden’s documentary on Afrikaner “refugees” in America, Beloofde Land, and ex-rugby pro Ruan Smith looking for love in Op My Eish! The Golden Globe- and Critics Choice-nominated thriller series All Her Fault kicks off an epic awards season. And there are more fan favourites as Chicago Med, Chicago PD, and Chicago Fire all return with brand-new seasons, and Fire Country spinoff series Sheriff Country arrives along with NCIS: Origins Season 2.

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New year, new drama

All Her Fault

If you love Big Little Lies, don’t miss this adaptation of Andrea Mara's bestselling thriller, which already has three Golden Globe nominations and four Critics Choice nominations. When Marissa (Succession’s Sarah Snook) arrives to collect her five-year-old son Milo (Duke McCloud) from his first playdate with school friend Jacob (Tayden Jax Ryan), the woman who answers the door doesn't have Milo, because she’s not Jacob’s mom, Jenny (Dakota Fanning). Soon Milo’s disappearance causes an uproar in Chicago’s upper crust.

Stream All Her Fault Season 1 from Monday, 26 January at 9PM on M-Net Channel 101.

Een Keer Om Die Son

As the new year begins, Ivan Botha’s Silwerskerm Award-nominated family drama takes us back for another 12 months of hope, struggle, love and sadness in the lives of workaholic neurologist Dr Ruan van Wyk (Jacques Bessenger), his children Markus (Liam Bosman) and Leandri (Alma van Heerden), and his sister Amé (Donnalee Roberts), who’s striking out and finding her independence following the disintegration of her marriage. Cindy Swanepoel joins the Season 2 cast as social worker Erika du Randt.

Stream Een Keer Om Die Son Season 2 from Saturday, 20 January at 8PM on kykNET Channel 144.

Atomic

Looking to step up your fitness in 2026? This action drama series delivers a full cardio workout as cartel driver Max (Alfie Allen) crosses the North African desert en route to Beirut with cocaine that he’s expecting to exchange for antique statues. Ahead of him lies an ambush, a deadly double-cross that leaves Max at the mercy of a militant named JJ (Shazad Latif), and a switcheroo when oligarch’s daughter Oksana (Avital Lvova) swaps the statues for something more volatile.

Stream Atomic Season 1 from Thursday, 8 January at 9PM on M-Net Channel 101.

Detectives and doctors on the case

Sheriff Country

Sheriff Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin), who first appeared in Fire Country Season 2 as stepsister of Cal Fire's division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr) – Bode’s (Max Thieriot) mother – fights to keep the peace in Edgewater County in northern California. Her workload involves everything from stepping in to help an abused child, to protecting her own daughter during a missing persons case and a bullying case at the local school, to protecting a key witness before a trial.

Stream Sheriff Country Season 1 from Friday, 2 January at 7PM on M-Net Channel 101.

Maigret

Adaptation of Georges Simenon's novels about streetwise Parisian Chief Inspector Jules Maigret (Benjamin Wainwright), who heads La Crim, the division responsible for investigating all serious crime in and around Paris. The series follows Maigret’s early career, as he uses his knowledge of Paris and its inhabitants, along with his relentless drive to prove himself, to solve cases in unconventional ways. The season’s three cases span two episodes each, as Maigret investigates bank robberies, death threats to a billionaire, and a stabbing.

Stream Maigret Season 1 from Thursday, 29 January at 8PM on Universal Channel 117.

NCIS: Origins

This NCIS prequel series, narrated by the OG Gibbs Mark Harmon, takes us back in time to see how the young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) built his reputation during the 1990s, as a special agent with the NCIS Camp Pendleton team. The season begins with the truth about what happened to Special Agent Lala (Mariel Molino) following Season 1’s cliffhanger finale, Gibbs is entrusted with his first interrogation, and Dr Donald “Ducky” Mallard (Adam Campbell) arrives at Pendleton.

Stream NCIS: Origins Season 2 from Thursday, 1 January at 8PM on M-Net Channel 101.

Chicago Med

There’s plenty of excitement to pull us into a new year at Gaffney. Dorris is ED Charge Nurse following Maggie’s (Marlyne Barrett) resignation; Naomi Howard (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut) is back as a general surgery resident; 64-year-old Dr Archer (Steven Weber) has to work his head around becoming a dad now that Dr Asher (Jessy Schram) is pregnant; and there’s more baby news from Will (Nick Gehlfuss) and Natalie (Torrey DeVito) when Will drops by in episode 2.

Stream Chicago Med Season 11 from Tuesday, 6 January at 8PM on M-Net Channel 101. Also watch Chicago Fire Season 14 from Monday, 5 January at 8PM, and Chicago PD Season 13 from Wednesday, 7 January at 8PM.

Back-to-work comedy

Die Kantoor

South Africa’s official adaptation of The Office has arrived! Deep in industrial Klerksdorp, you’ll find Deluxe Processed Meats, a place where dreams settle, ambitions stall, and polony – the flat, pink meat treat – rules the day. At the centre: Flip Bosman (Albert Pretorius), Interim Manager, self-appointed visionary, and devoted disciple of Rassie Erasmus. Flip believes he’s living his own Chasing the Sun. Everyone else in the office believes they’re just trying to survive eight hours without throttling each other.

Stream Die Kantoor Season 1 from Sunday, 18 January at 8PM on kykNET Channel 144. Also on Showmax from Tuesday, 20 January. Binge The Office Season 1-9 on Showmax while you wait!

Back-to-school doccies

Hazardous History with Henry Winkler

Remember when kids used to gnaw the lead paint chips off their toys and play hide-and-seek in abandoned fridges? Good times! Prepare for a whiff of nostalgia as Happy Days actor Henry Winkler takes an eight-episode journey into the way things were, from toy science labs that let you make explosives and cigarette sweeties for the kids, to vintage daredevils, crooked medical “cures”, personal helicopters, the ability to send children across the country via the postal service, and more.

Stream Hazardous History with Henry Winkler Season 1 from Thursday, 22 January at 7:25PM on History Channel 186.

Beloofde Land

In early 2025, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order granting special refugee status to Afrikaners. In this documentary, Rian van Heerden (Schuster, Sex in Afrikaans) turns his lens on the question of whether the United States of America could truly be a land of hope and opportunity. He’ll travel through South Africa and the US to meet with locals who made the leap to see how the choice has impacted their identity, their safety, and their finances.

Stream Beloofde Land Season 1 from Wednesday, 7 January at 8PM on kykNET Channel 144.

Life After People

What would happen if every human on Earth disappeared? This documentary series asks scientists and engineers to imagine what would happen to the world we leave behind, over time. We’ll see how water impacts low-lying areas and deserts reclaim cities, how grocery shops become hunting grounds, what the world’s most iconic cities would look like as nature takes over, and how our most dangerous creations impact the environment around them as they crumble, explode and corrode without constant maintenance.

Stream Life After People Season 3 from Monday, 5 January at 7:25PM on History Channel 186.

There-can-be-only-one reality shows

Op My Eish!

Dating reality series with a twist of comedy. Former professional rugby player Ruan Smith puts his heart on the line, hoping to meet The One. He starts the series with 16 women he picked from all the applications, but can only take 12 of them on this season’s fun dates, including ziplining, e-biking, bushveld safaris, and touch rugby. Ruan’s twin brother and former teammate, JP, is at his side as his wingman – can the ladies spot the difference?

Stream Op My Eish! Season 4 from Thursday, 15 January at 8PM on kykNET Channel 144.

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My Kitchen Rules: Australia

Nine pairs of cooks, from happy couples, to best friends, to blood relatives, compete to win approval from judges Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge. They’ll have to host the judges and teams in the Instant Restaurant rounds, and beat the other teams in the studio during the Kitchen HQ Cook Off’s pick-a-fridge challenges. Those who reach the gruelling Grand Finale will have to prepare over 100 dishes, including South African pickled kingfish.

Stream My Kitchen Rules: Australia Season 15 on weekdays from Friday, 2 January at 6PM on M-Net Channel 101.

Pole To Pole With Will Smith

Actor and producer Will Smith takes us along on a journey from the South Pole to the North Pole. In the course of 100 days, Will travelled across all of Earth’s biomes: polar ice, desert, jungle, mountain, savannah and swamp, living with his film crew, scientists, and local communities to gain firsthand experience of surviving in some of the most extreme landscapes on the planet – whether you’re skiing to the South Pole, or diving under the ice at the North Pole.

Stream Pole To Pole With Will Smith Season 1 from Wednesday, 14 January at 8:30PM on National Geographic Channel 181.

Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet

In 1922, 32-year-old author Agatha Christie travelled around what was then the British Empire. Now, actor Sir David Suchet, who played one of the author’s most iconic creations, Hercule Poirot, follows in her footsteps. He’s visiting southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Sir David will explore how the journey influenced her life and work, and contrast what she saw then, to what exists now, starting at Cape Town’s Mount Nelson Hotel, and meeting the activists behind the Rhodes Must Fall movement.

Stream Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet Season 1 from Friday, 16 January at 7PM on BBC Earth Channel 184.

World’s Most Amazing Walks with Robson Green

Join actor Robson Green (Strike Back) for a journey through faith, nature, and time as he tackles eight of the world’s most incredible hiking trails, including Poland’s castle-filled Trail of the Eagle’s Nest, Spain’s Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, the Great Glen Way in Scotland, the Hadrian’s Wall path in the UK, and following the path of the Danube river through Austria’s Wachau Valley. Along the way, he tries local activities like cold water plunges, watercolour painting, and picnicking.

Stream World’s Most Amazing Walks with Robson Green Season 1 from Sunday, 11 January at 8PM on BBC Earth Channel 184.

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