Some of the best told stories on TV are on DStv Family this March. It’s quality all the way.
Fans of legal and cop dramas can enjoy the nail-biting thrills of local serial killer story Reyka Season 1 (and with loads of behind the scenes stories on DStv.com, you can play detective at home, too – just watch out for spoilers). Sharp-witted medical examiner series Coroner Season 4 takes a peek at what’s in the morgue drawer, we’re looking forward to episode 500 in Law & Order: SVU Season 23, along with NCIS Season 18.
Thoughtful, character-led series with their fingers on the pulse of social justice, race-based issues, culture and the joy and absurdity of modern life find a home on DStv family, too. Look out for The Chi Season 4, All Rise Season 2, David Makes Man Season 2, along with the brilliant sci-fi series Noughts + Crosses Season 1, which was filmed in South Africa.
A South African leads the comedy and family series, too, as Trevor Noah Stand Up brings us Sunday comedy specials, Hacks Season 1 is filled with wicked laughter, and the Pearsons are back to tug on your heartstrings in This Is Us Season 5.
Keen for more? Here are the must-watch reality and true crime shows coming to DStv Family this March.
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Serious justice!
Coroner Season 4
Serinda Swan returns as Toronto-based coroner Dr. Jenny Cooper in this smash-hit Canadian crime drama series. Reeling from her loss in the previous season, the new season kicks off with Jenny taking a much-needed holiday, only to stumble across a dead body that stirs suspicion in a small town.
Watch Coroner Season 4 from Thursday, 3 March on Universal TV (DStv Channel 117) at 20:00
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Reyka Season 1
Brilliant criminal profiler Reyka Gama (Kim Engelbrecht), who's investigating a serial killer at work in the sugar cane fields of KZN, reaches out to her former captor, a manipulative prisoner named Speelman (Iain Glen), to help her get into the mindset of a killer. 20 years on, Speelman still has his claws sunk into her – but Reyka is fighting back.
Watch Reyka Season 1 from Monday, 7 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 20:30
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Law & Order: SVU Season 23
Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T return, along with the rest of the SVU team, for the latest season of this long-running series. This season, the series hits its 500th episode with surprise reappearances from some familiar faces. In the season premiere, a congressman is linked to trafficking, while Benson faces a dilemma when her loyalty to Garland is tested.
Watch Law & Order: SVU Season 23 from Wednesday, 2 March on Universal TV (DStv Channel 117) at 20:00
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NCIS Season 18
Special Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and his team of naval investigators are back for a new season that kicks off with a bang as the team investigate the whereabouts of a missing body, and Gibbs helps his friend and former FBI agent Fornell to track down the leader of a drug ring that supplied drugs to Fornell’s daughter.
Watch NCIS Season 18 Mondays-Fridays from Thursday, 3 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 18:00
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Seriously good series!
The Chi Season 4
There’s no rest for the residents of the Southside of Chicago. Kiesha struggles with a decision that will affect the life of her unborn child, while Kevin, Jake and Papa have a run-in with the police. And Douda tries to walk the fine line between being a gangster and city mayor.
Watch The Chi Season 4 from Monday, 21 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 22:30
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All Rise Season 2
The 2-episode season premiere is off to a tense start. Through flashbacks we see how Mark came to be a bystander while Lola was detained by police after she defended a teen girl at a protest that spiralled into violence. And we’ll see how closures caused by COVID-19 have caused a back-up in the court system.
Watch All Rise Season 2 from Tuesday, 29 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 20:30
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Noughts + Crosses Season 1
Based on the first book in Malorie Blackman’s best-selling young adult novel series (2001-2008) of the same name. In a dystopian alternate history, childhood friends-turned-lovers Sephy (Masali Baduza) and Callum (Jack Rowan) fight for the right to love in a society where Black "Cross" people rule over White "Noughts". Filmed in Cape Town.
Watch Noughts & Crosses Season 1 from Wednesday, 9 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 22:30
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David Makes Man Season 2
Last season we saw brilliant teenager David trying to survive growing up in poverty. As Season 2 begins, we meet the adult David (Kwame Patterson) and see the impact that his upbringing has had on him, and his family. And we learn more about David’s struggles in his second year of high school.
Watch David Makes Man Season 2 from Thursday, 17 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 20:30
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Comedy & family
Trevor Noah Stand Up
Trevor Noah gives us new reasons to laugh with classic stand-up specials each Sunday.
6 March: Trevor Noah: It’s My Culture
13 March: Trevor Noah: African American
20 March: Trevor Noah’s Nationwild
27 March: Trevor Noah: Welcome To America
Watch Trevor Noah Stand Up from Sunday, 6 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 22:00
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Hacks Season 1
In this dark comedy, legendary Las Vegas comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) teams up with Ava (Hannah Einbinder), a selfish 25-year-old outcast comedic writer, to revive her career. But Deborah’s entitlement sends Ava on a journey into her past before the 2 are able to see eye to eye.
Watch Hacks Season 1 from Saturday, 5 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 22:00
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This Is Us Season 5
The Pearsons start the season taking on the pandemic. A question about social justice during the George Floyd protests sends Randall into therapy to grapple with his identity. In flashbacks, the Big Three go through puberty, and Kate has an abortion when she’s 18.
Watch This Is Us Season 5 from Sunday, 13 March on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 20:00
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