The best doccies & reality on DStv Compact Plus in April 2022
Highlights
01 April 2022
Op My Eish Season 2, Downtime with Somizi Season 1, Tiaan Proe Season 1 & Abraham Lincoln Season 1 and more on DStv Compact Plus in April 2022
The DStv Compact Plus basket of treats is overflowing this April!
The long-awaited romantic reality series Op My Eish Season 2 sees actor Francois Jacobs looking for Ms. Right, celebs get intimate in the brand-new talk series Downtime with Somizi Season 1, and if you love international reality, look out for The Bachelor Season 26 and Temptation Island USA Season 4.
There’s something delicious coming in restaurant rescue series In Die Sop Season 2 and plenty of flavour in Tiaan Proe Season 1, Net Koffie Season 3, Anzèl In Die Boland Season 3 and Voetspore Suid Afrika Season 2.
True-crime buffs, April’s must-see series celebrates local investigative reporters who broke some of the country’s most shocking corruption scandals in Waarheid Met Max Season 1, and there is murder, madness and mayhem in new series like Living with a Serial Killer Season 1, Murder: First On The Scene Season 1B, Handsome Devils Season 1, Making A Serial Killer Season 1.
Nature lovers can prepare for Earth Day on Friday, 22 April with a whole day of celebration on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185), as well as shows like Sloth Bears: Birth of a Prince and Mountain Lion: The Ghost Cat. While if History gets you tuning in, see if you can spot local actors and scenery in the fascinating Abraham Lincoln Season 1, and learn the history they don’t teach in schools in Reconstruction: America After The Civil War Season 1, Reconstruction: The Secret History of The Civil War Season 1, and Curse of The Ancients Season 1.
All this and so much more. It’s going to be an enchanted April on DStv Compact Plus.
Watch to see more? Here are the must-watch drama and comedy shows coming to DStv Compact Plus this April.
The romantic reality series returns with actor Francois Jacobs as the celebrity looking for love and the perfect partner to join his fast-paced action-adventure lifestyle. He will be taking the ladies who join the show on a series of exciting dates to see who can challenge him to keep up with her!
Watch Op My Eish Season 2 from Thursday, 14 April at 20:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Somizi Mhlongo takes guests to experience something daring for the first time, before dinner prepared by chef Xolani Mancotywa, and a chat in this 13-episode talk show. Peggy-Sue Khumalo and Connie Ferguson talk about love and loss, and Ntsiki Mazwai and Thandiswa Mazwai chat about the joys of telling it like it is.
Watch Downtime with Somizi Season 1 from Friday, 8 April at 20:30 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103).
Medical sales rep Clayton Echard didn’t make the cut as one of Michelle Young’s suitors in Season 18 of The Bachelorette. Now he’s back to find his own Ms. Right. Season 5 Bachelor Jesse Palmer replaces Chris Harrison as host and The Bachelor is travelling again, visiting Iceland, Croatia, Canada and Austria.
Watch The Bachelor Season 26 Mondays-Fridays from Monday, 25 April at 19:00 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103).
TV’s trashiest dating show is back and we love it. This season’s sexy singles looking to steal love and break the hearts of 4 couples on the fence about their future include media strategist Andrew, fitness instructor Taylor, therapist Karyna, astrology loving model/waitress Kryslyn, gym owner Bryan, and yoga instructor Madelyn.
Watch Temptation Island USA Season 4 from Thursday, 7 April at 22:00 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103). CHECK TX
Between loadshedding and lockdowns, many restaurants are barely clinging to survival by their fingernails. Chef Bertus Basso and his team are back to help struggling restaurants and family cooking businesses in the Western Cape, from Paternoster and Mossel Bay, to Touws River and Napier, to get back on track for success.
Watch In Die Sop Season 2 from Wednesday, 27 April at 20:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Fashion and beauty guru Hannon Bothma, aka the Glam Guru, returns with his team, including skincare expert Julius Swart makeup artist Robyn Poole, to raise spirits and give magnificent makeovers to people who’re giving to everyone in their lives but neglecting themselves. And check out the set, which is getting its own makeover this season!
Watch Glam Gugu Season 22 from Sunday, 3 April at 17:30 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144)
Lottoland is reaching out to help where help is needed. They’ll send a local celebrity – like Riaan Cruywagen, Nadia Beukes and Brümilda van Rensburg – with that special green Lottoland envelope to meet people in the community who’re leading, inspiring and helping others, to give them a cash boost to say thank you, and to help them to take their projects to the next level.
Watch Dankie Lottoland Season 4 from Saturday, 2 April at 18:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Brothers Geo and PJ Botha look into what is needed to be a successful entrepreneur in the South African business landscape. They speak to entrepreneurs and gather hints and tips for viewers on creating and growing wealth, social media strategies, and whether following your passion is the best path to success.
Watch Welvaartskeppers Season 1 from Thursday, 7 April at 17:30 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Kokkedoor winner Tiaan Langenegger hosts this series that mixes together homemade food, family, friends like Neels van Jaarsveld and Stormer rugby player Ruhan Nel, good times and nostalgia. Look out for episodes on comfort food, Easter treats, snacks for the little ones, and weekday meals like mac and cheese, fishcakes, and potato bakes.
Watch Tiaan Proe Season 1 from Tuesday, 5 April at 21:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Die Boland speaks to Anzèl’s heart and she rediscovers the stories and characters of the Cape Winelands. This season she visits Durbanville, Elgin, Hemel en Aarde, and Constantia, and her guests include writer Irma Joubert, Springbok rugby player Pieter-Steph du Toit in die Swartland, singer Amy Jones and photographer Daniël Naudé.
Watch Anzèl In Die Boland Season 3 from Friday, 21 April at 21:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Henriëtte Marx is on a new leg of her journey to discover the best coffee on planet Earth. Come along as she visits El Salvador and its capital San Salvador in Central America to see how they farm coffee, explores their cafe culture, and chats to some of the brew’s producers to get their moving stories… over a cuppa, of course.
Watch Net Koffie Season 3 from Sunday, 3 April at 17:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
This season’s journey begins in the north-eastern corner of South Africa at the confluence of the Limpopo and Luvuvhu rivers. After a visit to the Kruger National Park, the team heads for Makuya on the Luvuvhu 4X4 route and visits the Ivory Route camps at Baleni and Letaba Ranch.
Watch Voetspore Suid Afrika Season 2 from Sunday, 3 April at 21:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Join arts and entertainment programme Fiësta’s reporters, Frazer Barry, Viljé Maritz, Lundi Khoisan and Franci Swanepoel, on a festive journey. Each week they’ll show you what happens at popular festivals and events in our country. Check out the action from Proe’toria, Stilbaai Boekefees, Wakkerstroom Musiekfees, Silwerskermfees, kykNET Buite-ekspo, KKNK and Lekkerland Karnaval.
Watch Fiesta Season 23 from Monday, 4 April at 20:30 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Max du Preez celebrates South Africa’s investigative journalists and the stories behind the scoops in this talk show. Meet Jacques Pauw, who exposed Jacob Zuma's compromised government in his book, The President’s Keepers, whistleblower Johann van Loggerenberg, Gangster State author Pieter-Louis Myburgh, The Stellenbosch Mafia author Pieter du Toit, and more.
Watch Waarheid Met Max Season 1 from Sunday, 3 April at 20:00 on kykNET (DStv Channel 144).
Investigative journalist Beth Karas asks what it’s like to discover that the person you shared your life with is really a murderer. Get first-hand accounts from those who lived with (and even loved) Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright, Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin, and Spree killer Joanne Dennehy.
Watch Living with A Serial Killer Season 1 from Sunday, 24 April at 20:00 on CBS Justice (DStv Channel 170).
As this true-crime series picks up again, a Spanish teacher is found dead in her bath, neighbours are both found stabbed to death in Derby, a 16-year-old is murdered in an alley in Iowa, teens beat a 20-year-old man to death, and a couple are shot dead at home.
Watch Murder: First On The Scene Season 1B from Sunday, 24 April at 19:00 on CBS Justice (DStv Channel 170).
Some predators use love and charm as bait. After a whirlwind courtship, Margie Danielsen saw her husband, Chef Sean Paul Lanier, on America’s Most Wanted. Bartender Addie Hall and Iraq veteran Zack Bowen survived Hurricane Katrina but Zack later murdered Addie. And Will Jordan lied about being a CIA agent to cover up his double life.
Watch Handsome Devils Season 1 from Monday, 4 April at 19:00 on CBS Justice (DStv Channel 170).
Detectives on 10 serial killer cases talk about the justifications that the murderers gave for their crimes, including America's youngest serial killer, who claimed to have killed one of their victims for owning a loud dog, and a woman who claimed that abuse in her past gave her the right to kill men.
Watch Making A Serial Killer Season 1 from Monday, 18 April at 19:00 on CBS Justice (DStv Channel 170).
The story of the 16th President of the United States, told across 3 2-hour episodes featuring dramatizations and interviews with the likes of former US President Barack Obama. Filmed in the Western Cape so look out for Colin Moss (William Seward), Rob Van Vuuren (Montgomery Blair), Andre Jacobs (Gideon Welles), Anele Matoti (Miles James) and more.
Watch Abraham Lincoln Season 1 from Sunday, 3 April at 19:25 on History (DStv Channel 186).
Reconstruction: America After The Civil War Season 1
Historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. hosts this 4-hour history of the years of revolutionary transformation following the American Civil War of the 1860s. The Reconstruction period is seldom taught in schools but features fascinating tales of the hope, violent racist backlash, and devastating political betrayal that impacted previously enslaved Black Americans.
Watch Reconstruction: America After The Civil War Season 1 from Sunday, 3 April at 21:35 and Monday, 11 April at 19:25 on History (DStv Channel 186).
Reconstruction: The Secret History of The Civil War Season 1
This 1-hour documentary special uses interviews, original artworks, dramatic recreations and archive images to expose secret developments that happened during the American Civil War, from medical inventions, to espionage techniques, to innovations and unsung heroes. These are people, inventions and events whose influence is still felt in the US today.
Watch Reconstruction: The Secret History of The Civil War Season 1 from Sunday, 24 April at 20:15 on History (DStv Channel 186).
Learn about the bloodiest battles, the biggest disasters, and the worst villains of ancient history, brought to life in gritty CGI. Episode topics include the Bronze Age Collapse, the Black Death, St. Lucia’s Flood, the Great Famine of 1315, Charlemagne’s mass slaughter at the Blood Court of Verden, and the Mongol invasion of Poland.
Watch Curse of The Ancients Season 1 from Friday, 15 April at 19:25 on History (DStv Channel 186).
Celebrate Earth Day from sunrise to sunset on Curiosity Channel!
06:00 Wonderful Wetlands: Water provides a haven for everything from water-loving cats and predatory birds to killer dragonflies and carnivorous foliage. It’s a nursery, a migration stopover, a larder, and a home.
07:00 Countdown to Catastrophe Ep 1-3: Every year volcanoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes threaten hundreds of millions of people across the globe.
10:00 Nature’s Fight Club Ep1-2: Animals face daily battles to protect themselves and secure the resources they need.
12:00-18:00 Same programming as 06:00-12:00
Watch Earth Day on Friday 22 April from 06:00 on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185).
Mountain lions are sometimes called the ghost cat for their ability to live out its life largely unseen. Now in the cold mountains above Chile, a camera crew follows a single mother as she raises her 3 cubs, and we see the impact that these pumas have on the animals around them.
Watch Mountain Lion: The Ghost Cat on Wednesday, 13 April at 19:00 on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185).
India’s sloth bear is one of the oddest-looking bears, with his shaggy fur, long lower lip and gaping mouth. The sloth bear rose to fame in popular fiction as Baloo the kindly guardian in The Jungle Book, but did you know they eat ants or that they have the longest bear tail?
Watch Sloth Bears: Birth of a Prince on Wednesday, 13 April at 19:30 on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185).
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