Attenborough, opals & American Idol turns 20 this March on DStv Premium
Highlights
01 March 2022
Let DStv put a song in your heart this March with American Idol Season 20, Attenborough's Wonder of Song & more documentary & reality series
Welcome to a marvellous March on DStv Premium. From talented people hard at work to beautiful nature, it’s a wonderful world on DStv!
The brand-new Attenborough's Wonder of Song introduces us to new research and exquisite footage from the world of bird communication. There’s beautiful British scenery to see in the new series The Lakes With Simon Reeve Season 1 and Coastal Fishing With Robson Green Season 1, along with a time machine trip into the ancient world thanks to Blowing Up History Season 5.
You and your kids can spend a day on the job with Surgeons: At The Edge of Life Season 4, Inside The Factory Season 6, Outback Opal Hunters Season 5 and Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars Season 6.
And it’s the Big 20 for American Idol, in a season packed with fresh talent and fresh surprises.
Watch to see more? Here are the must-watch series and movies coming to DStv Premium this March.
Sir David Attenborough tunes in to the remarkable sounds of the natural world, and shows us new discoveries from scientists about female animals’ songs. But as humankind gets noisier, the rest of the planet is falling silent. This story of pioneering research and insight is a chorus of wonder… and a wake-up call.
Watch Attenborough's Wonder of Song on Sunday, 27 March on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) at 16:10
From submarine workers to hill farmers, Simon Reeve meets the people of Cumbria. The Lake District is England’s biggest national park, but it's also at the heart of issues from development to sustainability and climate change. Simon explores threats to its wildlife and visits controversial energy projects located within its borders.
Watch The Lakes With Simon Reeve Season 1 from Friday, 25 March on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) at 19:00
Subject experts use modern technology and research to take us inside some ancient wonders. This season, archaeologists look beneath the streets of Rome to uncover the secrets of the Pantheon's survival. And find out more about the alleged portal to hell in Hierapolis, the foundations of Venice, Seahenge, Egypt’s “floating” pyramid, and the Summerians’ pyramid of death.
Watch Blowing Up History Season 5 from Wednesday, 2 March on Discovery (DStv Channel 121) at 20:55
Ryan Seacrest hosts, with Katie Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan as judges, and Bebe Rexha and Jimmie Allen as guest mentors for the top 24 in this extra-special season. Judges might hand out platinum tickets during the audition rounds, which will allow singers to skip ahead to the first day of Hollywood Week.
Watch American Idol Season 20 on Fridays & Saturdays from Saturday, 26 March on M-Net (DStv Channel 101) at 19:30
Gregg Wallace follows the journey of popular items such as chairs, leather boots, mugs, tortilla chips, and ice cream from raw ingredients to finished product, inside factories around the UK. Meanwhile outside the factory, Cherry Healey investigates the science and innovation behind each product, while historian Ruth Goodman reveals how it was invented and popularised.
Watch Inside The Factory Season 6 from Thursday, 17 March on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) at 20:00
The UK's top surgeons undertake some of the most complex operations in the world, where technical skill is paramount. In this season, the surgeons perform procedures including a life-changing surgery which takes 2 days to perform, a complex spinal surgery and the removal of life-threatening tumours.
Watch Surgeons: At The Edge of Life Season 4 from Tuesday, 22 March on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) at 20:00
As the season begins, the Young Guns are down a man due to James’s injury, The Bushmen find an opal right on the border of their claim, and the Cheals have rain issues. The Blacklighters spot one of Australia’s deadliest snakes hanging around, and the Opal Whisperers are looking for a Cathedral Pattern opal.
Watch Outback Opal Hunters Season 5 from Thursday, 17 March on Discovery (DStv Channel 121) at 20:55
UK-based antiques dealer Drew Pritchard and automotive expert Paul Cowland get their hands on 1 of the classic James Bond cars, the 1976 Lotus Esprit, but the looming restoration project, which includes finding an apolsurer to refresh the tartan interior, looks time intensive as well as prohibitively expensive.
Watch Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars Season 6 from Tuesday, 29 March on Discovery (DStv Channel 121) at 20:55
Wire In The Blood actor Robson Green is hunting the tastiest fish in British waters. He begins his quest with Conger Eels in the South West of England, then he’s off to the west coast of Scotland for shellfish, the Welsh Pembrokeshire coast for sea bass, and Northumberland for scampi.
Watch Coastal Fishing With Robson Green Season 1 from Saturday, 5 March on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) at 19:00
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