It’s time for Fun February on DStv Compact. Get ready for 100% glamour, excitement and intrigue.
Celebrity Game Night Season 3 is here as our favourite celebs get silly and twisted with host Anele Mdoda and returning team captains Jason Goliath and Ayanda Thabethe. And they might not be famous yet, but we’re all going to be talking about what the hosts and guests bring to the table when Come Dine With Me South Africa returns this month.
You can also see celebrity kids trying to stand out in Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules Season 1, take this year’s most glamorous trip with Mýa, Chilli, Pretty Vee, B. Simone, Tiffany Panhilason, Charly “Char” Defrancesco and music icon Lil' Kim in Girls Cruise Season 1, and enjoy “family” time with Jersey Shore Family Vacation Season 5.
True-crime buffs are spoiled for choice this February as 8 new series and seasons start including Killer Britain With Dermot Murnaghan Season 2 and the chilling first-person account of what it’s like to escape a cult that you grew up in in Children of The Cult Season 1. Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes Season 1 explores a killer couple’s shocking court case, while Michelle Carter: Love, Texts & Death Season 1 also asks uncomfortable questions about accountability, and a slippery online troll challenges police’s ability to handle cybercrime in Unravelled: The Stalker's Web Season 1.
DStv Compact has so many delightful series to enjoy if you want to have a chill February at home.
Look out for cooking tips and cottage core delights with Girl Meets Farm Season 7 and The Pioneer Woman Season 28. Guy Fieri brings us fun food galore in Diners, Drive-ins and Dives Season 34. Home reno fans can watch the experts at work with design inspiration in Holmes Family Rescue Season 1 and Home Inspector Joe Season 1.
And for lifestyle with a twist, try Kal Penn’s taste tests in the competition show Money Hungry Season 1, as well as a brand-new twist on property hunting shows with Moving For Love Season 1 which comes from the makers of 90 Day Fiancé. It’s romance, drama, and house shopping, all in one perfect Valentine’s TV treat.
Keen for more? Here are the must-watch fiction series and movies coming to DStv Compact this February.
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Glamorous Reality
Celebrity Game Night Season 3
SAFTA award-winning smash Celebrity Game Night brings us new celebrity guests and some familiar favourites trying absurd games under the eye of super-host Anele Mdoda and team captains Jason Goliath and Ayanda Thabethe. There are new games, new celebrities and even a brand-new extension to the Celebrity Game Night set.
Watch Celebrity Game Night Season 3 from Sunday, 13 February on E! Entertainment (DStv Channel 124) at 20:00
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Come Dine With Me South Africa Season 7B
South Africa’s snarkiest cooking competition series is back with 6 more episodes filled with personalities like ex-Sharks rugby player Katt. Find out who’s stingy with portions, who’s getting creative with laksa, and what it serves when everyone takes a glitter and galactic dress code to heart.
Watch Come Dine With Me South Africa Season 7B from Wednesday, 9 February on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174) at 20:00
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Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules Season 1
Their parents are some of the most famous people on the planet. Now 8 celebrity kids are coming together to live and work as ranch hands for 4 weeks in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. They’re hoping to prove that they’re more than their last names. Cast includes Jasmine Lawrence, Tay Hasselhoff and Harry Thornton.
Watch Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules Season 1 from Sunday, 6 February on E! Entertainment (DStv Channel 124) at 19:05
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Girls Cruise Season 1
Mýa, Chilli, Pretty Vee, B. Simone, Tiffany Panhilason and Charly “Char” Defrancesco join music icon Lil' Kim on the holiday of a lifetime as they cruise the high seas of the Caribbean. It’s a glamorous journey of self-exploration and sisterhood, with the women opening up about their pasts and dreams.
Watch Girls Cruise Season 1 from Tuesday, 1 February on BET (DStv Channel 129) at 21:30
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Being Joel Corry Season 1
Celebrity reality. After years grinding away in the music business, British DJ and producer Joel Corry blew up the music scene in 2020 and 2021 with hits like Lonely, and Head & Heart with MNEK. Now MTV is going behind the scenes with him as he takes his next steps as a Platinum-selling artist.
Watch Being Joel Corry Season 1 from Wednesday, 2 February on MTV (DStv Channel 130) at 22:00
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Jersey Shore Family Vacation Season 5
The Jersey Shore cast and their kids are on holiday together again, this time in a glitzy house in Miami Beach, Florida. Deena is pregnant again, Mike is preparing to become Big Daddy, Pauly is touring, and Ronnie won’t be joining them after being arrested for breaking probation rules.
Watch Jersey Shore Family Vacation Season 5 from Monday, 7 February on MTV (DStv Channel 130) at 22:00
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Impossible Season 4
Gameshow with host Rick Edwards. 30 returning players compete for the chance to win £10,000 (R208,550). There are 3 correct answers and if they can find them all, they will trigger a dramatic cascade of £10,000 coins. But if any of their answers are “impossible”, they win nothing.
Watch Impossible Season 4 from Monday, 28 February on BBC Brit (DStv Channel 120) at 20:00
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True Crime Time
Killer Britain With Dermot Murnaghan Season 2
Journalist Dermot Murnaghan explores British murder stories, interviewing those closest to the case, including family members of the victims and investigating officers. Cases include that of hitman Mark Fellows, aka The Iceman, spree killer Derrick Bird, killer Mitesh Patel, and vicious couple Isabella Gossling and Richard Moors.
Watch Killer Britain With Dermot Murnaghan Season 2 from Wednesday, 23 February on Lifetime (DStv Channel 131) at 21:00
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Homicide: Hours To Kill Season 3
True-crime. Investigators piece together evidence in the crucial early hours after a crime is committed, to reconstruct the timeline of the murder, unlock the motive, and identify the perpetrator. This season’s cases include the horror movie-style stabbing of 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart, and a killing that exposed a mom’s secret life as an escort.
Watch Homicide: Hours To Kill Season 3 from Wednesday, 2 February on Lifetime (DStv Channel 131) at 20:05
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Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes Season 1
True crime. 2 killers hid in plain sight after the kidnapping, assault and murder of 3 schoolgirls. But couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka created 6 disturbing video tapes that linked them to the cases, leading to 1 of the most controversial murder trials in modern history thanks to Karla’s plea deal.
Watch Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes Season 1 from Tuesday, 8 February on ID (DStv Channel 171) at 21:00
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Detective Diaries Season 1
Follow 5 American detectives caught in the middle of haunting homicide cases that test their will and threaten to push them beyond the brink. From hunting killers that have hidden in the shadows for decades, to facing off against a corrupt political machine, these detectives' fight for justice will leave them forever changed.
Watch Detective Diaries Season 1 from Wednesday, 23 February on ID (DStv Channel 171) at 21:00
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Children of The Cult Season 1
True crime. This 5-part series charts the true story of 3 British women born into the global cult, Children of God. Hope, Verity and Celeste speak out about years of abuse, fight for survival, escape and quest for justice. The documentary also educates about grooming, trafficking and exploitation in cults and criminal enterprises.
Watch Children of The Cult Season 1 from Saturday, 19 February on ID (DStv Channel 171) at 21:00
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Unravelled: The Stalker's Web Season 1
True crime. Alexis Linkletter and Billy Jensen explore a man they call a "psychological terrorist". His online serial stalking has turned over 50 lives upside-down for decades with death and torture threats, framing people for crimes they did not commit and flooding with disturbing posts and poems about cannibalism and occult topics.
Watch Unravelled: The Stalker's Web Season 1 from Monday, 14 February on ID (DStv Channel 171) at 21:00
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Michelle Carter: Love, Texts & Death Season 1
When police found 18-year-old Conrad Roy dead in his truck, his cause of death appeared to be suicide. But there were text messages from his girlfriend, Michelle Carter, urging him to kill himself. The court had to determine whether Michelle could be held criminally liable for Conrad’s death.
Watch Michelle Carter: Love, Texts & Death Season 1 from Friday, 4 February on ID (DStv Channel 171) at 21:00
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Love, Honor, Betray Season 1
This series explores shocking stories of betrayal and premeditated murder by husbands and wives. They include a wife who hires a hitman to kill her husband for his money, a conman who cheats his wife out of $227,000, and a husband who secretly becomes a serial bank robber.
Watch Love, Honor, Betray Season 1 from Friday, 11 February on ID (DStv Channel 171) at 21:00
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Love That Lifestyle
Money Hungry Season 1
Host Kal Penn pits ordinary Americans against recipe developers, restaurant critics and chefs. 12 teams of two competitors each test their palates with mystery dishes in a series of increasingly difficult taste tests, and their extensive food knowledge, while answering 15 culinary questions correctly, all for a cash prize.
Watch Money Hungry Season 1 from Wednesday, 23 February on The Food Network (DStv Channel 175) at 19:55
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Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives Season 34
Guy Fieri is back on the road, visiting the classic greasy spoon diners that make America special. Meet the family bringing flavours of Peru to Florida, try Polish specialities in Philadelphia, and celebrity friends like Vanilla Ice drop in and take Guy to their favourite dives, too. Guy’s son Hunter is along for the ride.
Watch Diners, Drive-ins And Dives Season 34 from Tuesday, 15 February on The Food Network (DStv Channel 175) at 19:00
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The Pioneer Woman Season 28
Award-winning blogger and best-selling cookbook author Ree Drummond shares her special brand of home cooking from down on the ranch in Oklahoma. This season, find out what she feeds her film crew after a busy day on set, her go-to meals to prepare in just 16 minutes, and more.
Watch The Pioneer Woman Season 28 from Thursday, 10 February on The Food Network (DStv Channel 1765) at 19:00
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Girl Meets Farm Season 7
Cookbook author, food blogger and musician-turned-farm wife and mom Molly Yeh blends dishes inspired by her Jewish and Chinese heritage with her new Midwest family’s tastes. This season, join Molly for a Norwegian celebration dinner, fried polony sandwiches, a festive Purim meal, and her sixth wedding anniversary marzipan moose cake.
Watch Girl Meets Farm Season 7 from Thursday, 10 February on The Food Network (DStv Channel 175) at 19:55
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Moving For Love Season 1
Long-distance couples dating across the US search for their first home together, but 1 of them will have to make the ultimate sacrifice and uproot their life in the name of love, so it had better be a fantastic location for flirtation with a firm foundation! From the makers of 90 Day Fiancé.
Watch Moving For Love Season 1 from Friday, 11 February on HGTV (DStv Channel 177) at 21:00
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Home Inspector Joe Season 1
Home Inspector Joe Mazza comes from a solid construction background, and he knows all the cowboy shortcuts, so he isn’t ready to let builders get away with anything that would put his clients in danger on their new property. Designer Noel Gatts and Joe help to locate and renovate safe new homes for families.
Watch Home Inspector Joe Season 1 from Monday, 14 February on HGTV (DStv Channel 177) at 21:00
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Holmes Family Rescue Season 1
Contractor Mike Holmes, his daughter, Sherry, and son, Michael, share their own dedication and expertise as they join forces to rescue homeowners from botched construction jobs and renovation fatigue. They step in when a fly-by-night builder leaves a family with a dangerous trench in their basement and a host of electrical and water issues.
Watch Holmes Family Rescue Season 1 from Wednesday, 23 February on HGTV (DStv Channel 177) at 21:00
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10 Years Younger In 10 Days Season 2
Journalist Cherry Healey gets leading experts to use clever tricks and non-invasive cutting-edge treatments to help people look 10 years younger in just 10 days. This season, community police officer Suzanne, funeral arranger Amanda, animal lover Sam and empty nester Tracey have makeovers that have them feeling and looking their best.
Watch 10 Years Younger In 10 Days Season 2 from Thursday, 3 February on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174) at 20:00
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