Premium holiday reality & doccie adventures in April 2022
Reality & documentaries for the holidays on DStv Premium in April 2022, from Bear's Wild Adventure to Iceland with Alexander Armstrong
April is all about the adventure with DStv Premium. It’s holiday season and time for some fantasy travel as Bear Grylls takes celebs out to confront their fears in Bear's Wild Adventure Season 1, while Iceland with Alexander Armstrong Season 1 takes us from geysers to glaciers, midnight golf to wild horse rides. Mediterranean Life Under Siege Season 1 shows us the wild side of the Med, from oceans to mountains and deserts.
Reviewing your New Year’s Resolutions? How about a do-over? Comic documentary series How To… With John Wilson Season 2 uses expert interviews to guide us in how to do everything from finally tossing out those old batteries, to remembering our dreams. PS: If you’d like a taste of what to expect there, watch How To… With John Wilson Season 1 on Showmax.
Tuesdays are now True-Crime nights on Discovery Channel (DStv Channel 121) and if you’d prefer to relax with a little home reno, decor and design competition series The Block Australia Season 15 is here at last.
Watch to see more? Here are the must-watch series and movies coming to DStv Premium this April.
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Call to Adventure
Bear's Wild Adventure Season 1
Adventurer Bear Grylls takes 2 celebrity guests on a journey to explore the terrain of Dartmoor. He’ll push them to their mental and physical limits and teach them a range of survival skills including how to rock climb and abseil. Episode 1 features rugby player Jonny Wilkinson and Olympic boxing gold medallist Nicola Adams.
Watch Bear's Wild Adventure Season 1 from Friday, 15 April at 19:00 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184).
Iceland with Alexander Armstrong Season 1
Actor and presenter Alexander Armstrong (the voice of Danger Mouse) is on a quest to discover all Iceland has to offer, from erupting geysers to breath-taking glaciers, and the buzzing streets of Reykjavik. He plays midnight golf, rides an Icelandic horse, and samples Iceland’s rotten shark “treat”.
Watch Iceland with Alexander Armstrong Season 1 from Sunday, 17 April at 20:00 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184).
Real people, real drama
How To… With John Wilson Season 2
In this comedy documentary series, filmmaker John Wilson continues his observations of New York City’s life and people while presenting what he finds as hints and tips for improving his own life. This season, find out how to: appreciate wine, buy property, throw out your old batteries, remember your dreams and more.
Watch How To… With John Wilson Season 2 from Friday, 15 April at 22:30 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101).
Hoffman Family Gold Season 1
Oregon-born Todd Hoffman (who sparked Discovery’s Gold mining craze with his show Gold Rush), his son Hunter and his father Jack Hoffman are returning to the soil – risking life and limb as gold miners again as they race the start of winter to turn a rundown mine productive again.
Watch Hoffman Family Gold Season 1 from Monday, 18 April at 19:00 on Discovery Channel (DStv Channel 121).
Wild at heart
Mediterranean Life Under Siege Season 1
The Mediterranean’s plants and wildlife have adapted to life on the edge, but rapid climate change and environmental destruction are playing havoc with this delicate ecosystem. See a loggerhead turtle cross the Mediterranean to lay eggs inland; storks soar above the Gibraltar strait and explore the social relations in sperm whale pods.
Watch Mediterranean Season 1 from Saturday, 23 April at 19:00 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184).
Young Vets Season 1
10 final-year students at the Royal Veterinary College go from treating cats and dogs at the college's hospitals, to meeting more exotic species at zoos, farms and preservation areas. Each student talks through their experiences, giving an intimate insight into what it takes to become a modern vet. A must-watch for your animal-mad kids.
Watch Young Vets Season 1 from Monday, 18 April at 16:15 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184).
Makeover takeover
The Block Australia Season 15
5 suburban homes in Bronte Court in the Melbourne Bayside suburb of Hampton to renovate, no plans to work from, and a basement they must dig themselves. Make it tougher? Okay! This year’s contestants will be going up against favourite contestants from past seasons including Ronnie & Georgia, and Mitch & Mark.
Watch The Block Australia Season 15, Mondays-Fridays from Thursday, 28 April at 18:00 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101).
Wheeler Dealers: Dream Cars Season 2
Flipping a car takes on a whole new meaning! Car dealer Mike Brewer and ex-Formula 1 mechanic Marc “Elvis” Priestley buy, transform and sell cars, vans and motorbikes in a series of smart deals to build their budget to buy a client’s dream car, including an Audi Q7 and a Caterham sports car.
Watch Wheeler Dealers: Dream Cars Season 2 from Tuesday, 26 April at 20:00 on Discovery Channel (DStv Channel 121).
Crime time
Crime Night
Look out for Tuesday night crime on Discovery throughout April including the following titles:
Queen of Meth: Loti Arnold, sister of actor Tom Arnold, looks back on her days as a major meth producer and distributor, which earned her 15 years behind bars.
The World's Biggest Drug Lord: Tse Chi Lop, head of the notorious Sam Gor crime super syndicate, was reckoned to be the world’s biggest drug dealer at the time of his 2021 arrest.
American Cartel: The 2003 murder of police officer Matthew Pavelka led to an international manhunt that exposed a Mexican Cartel’s infiltration into a US street gang.
Finding Escobar’s Millions: Former CIA operatives Doug Laux and Ben Smith work with DEA agents to infiltrate Escobar's inner circle to find the cash that he supposedly stashed all over Colombia.
Watch Crime Night from Tuesday, 26 April at 20:55 on Discovery Channel (DStv Channel 121).
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