April 2024 On Curiosity Channel Across Africa | New Series Alert Including Epic Exploring | Specials Like Vikings: The Lost Kingdom | More

SUPER SCIENCE MONDAYS

The New Frontier

New Series Premieres 01 April 2024

CAT: Mondays at 20:00 and 20:30

Episodes: 10 x 30 mins – ends 29 April 2024

Space: What does the future hold? A return to the moon? Manned flights to Mars? Embark on a galactic journey of exploration and discovery

What Went Wrong S2

New Season Premieres 01 April 2024

CAT: Mondays at 21:00

Episodes: 6 x 60 mins – ends 06 May 2024

Human and technical failures can lead to catastrophes that change the lives of thousands of people forever.

HISTORY LOVER TUESDAYS

Scary Tales of New York

New Series Premieres 02 April 2024

CAT: Tuesdays at 21:00

Episodes: 6 x 60 mins – ends 07 May 2024

The Naked City’s most notorious crimes of the 20th century, told in the hardboiled voice of the classic noir stories of the era.

The Greats

New Series Premieres 16 April 2024

CAT: Tuesdays at 18:00 and 18:30

Episodes: 26 x 30 mins – ends 09 July 2024

Celebrating the world's most notable people, including: explorers, leaders, and legends in art and entertainment.

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAYS

Wildlife Diaries: Australia

New Series Premieres 03 April 2024

CAT: Wednesdays at 21:00

Episodes: 6 x 60 mins – ends 08 May 2024

A world without animals is hardly conceivable, but the natural habitats are shrinking fast, especially in Australia.

Legendary Paddle Steamers

New Episode Premieres from 17 April 2024

CAT: Wednesdays at 18:00

Episodes: 5 x 60 mins – ends 24 April 2024

A documentary series about five of the most beautiful and oldest paddle steamers of the world.

HISTORY LOVER THURSDAYS

Vikings: The Lost Kingdom

New Special Premieres 04 April 2024

CAT: Thursday at 20:00

Episodes: 1 x 60 mins

Gjellestad, Norway. Archaeologists made the discovery of a lifetime: a 20-meter-long, 1200-year-old Viking funeral ship. Who is hiding in the grave? Is Gjellestad one of the oldest Viking settlements? What can this coffin tell us about the daily lives, beliefs, and traditions of the Vikings?

Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries

New Series Premieres 04 April 2024

CAT: Thursdays at 21:00

Episodes: 6 x 60 mins – ends 09 May 2024

Homicide detective Rod Demery and scientist Professor Turi King investigate history’s most intriguing murders to find long-lost killers.

Druids - The Mystery of Celtic Priests

New Special Premieres 18 April 2024

CAT: Thursday at 19:00

Episodes: 1 x 60 mins

Druids, the mysterious wizards of the Celts, have always fascinated the world. They are an integral part of ancient literature, as heroes of Irish legends and stars of modern fantasy worlds. But who were they really?

HUMAN STORIES SATURDAYS

Epic Exploring

New Series Premieres 06 April 2024

CAT: Saturdays at 21:00

Episodes: 11 x 60 mins – ends 15 June 2024

YouTube stars Josh and Cody are on a mission—traveling around the world in search of the most spectacular abandoned locations on the planet.

Important Notice: Curiosity Channel Might Scoop Up Content From Da Vinci Kids Once The Channel Goes Dark On DStv In November

During the week, it was reported that MultiChoice would be axing Da Vinci Kids from various DStv and GOtv platforms across Africa in November. With the future of Operation Ouch, Science Max and Horrible Histories residing within StarSat in South Africa and StarTimes across Africa.

Play Room is a children's channel operated by Ngwato Nkosi Group which offers fun and learning with popular animated shows dubbed in Zulu alongside live-action shows. The channel would replace Da Vinci Kids on channel 300 from November 6.

But from what we've analysed in regards to the content, Play Room's offering match that of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network as opposed to Da Vinci Kids whose offering is similar to that of History and National Geographic so basically we're getting a random addition. 

Although Operation Ouch and Animal Rescue won't form part of the offering in the coming month. There's chances that some of this content may resurface on another TV channel or in this case, Curiosity Channel.

Curiosity Channel is a factual entertainment brand that was set up by Discovery founder John Hendricks. The brand offers a streaming service which bundles content from numerous brands like Tastemade, SOMM TV, One Day University and also Da Vinci Kids.

The only problem would be accessibility as MultiChoice regards this as premium channel and as such consumers would need to pay more in order to watch content from Da Vinci Kids or get StarSat which is very much affordable.

What To Expect On Curiosity Channel Across Africa In October 2023?

SUPER SCIENCE MONDAYS

Oops, I Changed the World 

Returning Series 

02 October 2023 

CAT: 20h00

Episodes: 15 x 60 mins

Oops I Changed The World! tells the fascinating stories of accidental and surprise inventions that have transformed our lives.

02/10 The Beat Goes On 

09/10 Flash of Success 

16/10 Get A Grip 

23/10 How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day 

30/10 Sleeping on the Job 

Attack of the Zombie Fungus

New Special 

Premieres 23 October 2023 

CAT: 22h00 

Episodes: 1 x 30 mins

We think of fungi as the bottom of the food chain, the recyclers in the circle of life. But fungi are predators. They feed on life. And there are more out there than we ever knew. As we spread into every corner of planet Earth, they are also discovering us –and that we might be the perfect host.

Breakthrough

New Special 

Premieres 23 October 2023 

CAT: 22h30 

Episodes: 1 x 30 mins

Breakthrough takes a deeper look at some of the recent developments in physics, astronomy and other sciences. This episode details the Sargassum seaweed invasion off the coast of Florida.

HISTORY LOVER TUESDAYS

Hitler’s Circle of Evil

New Series 

Premieres 03 October 2023 

CAT: 20h00

Episodes: 6 x 60 mins – ends 07 November 2023

This is the story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich as told by the personal relationships of its most notorious members.

Finding the Graf Zeppelin 

Docu Special - 17 October 2023 

CAT: 21h00 

Episodes: 1 x 60 mins

While exploring the Baltic Sea in 2006, a Polish oil firm stumbled upon the remains of Germany’s first –and last –aircraft carrier at 80 meters depth off the coast near Gdansk. It was a discovery that solved an enduring maritime mystery that had baffled experts for over half a century.

The Auctioneers: Profiting From the Holocaust 

New Special 

Premieres 24 October 2023 

CAT: 21h00 

Episodes: 1 x 60 mins

The systematic antisemitism of the Nazis peaked with the pogroms of 1938/39, the outcome of which was incomparable violence and despotism towards Jewish citizens. The events that culminated in the ‘Reichspogromnacht’ also led to a massive wave of expropriation.

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAYS

Life at the Limits

New Episode 

Premieres 04 October 2023 

CAT: 20h00

Episodes: 3 x 60 mins – series ends 04 October 2023

This spectacular three-part series presents extreme habitats all around the globe 

Giants

New Series 

Premieres 11 October 2023 

CAT: 20h00

Episodes: 5 x 60 mins – ends 08 November 2023

Circle the globe on this exhilarating five-part epic series that “connects the dots" between the GIANTS of the natural world, past and present.

Expedition Wallacea

New Special 

Premieres 11 October 2023 

CAT: 21h00 

Episodes: 1 x 60 mins

Marine biologist Matthias Kopfmüllerwants to know whether the Wallace Line exists underwater. We descend deep into a subterranean crevice and shine a light on a universe that has never-before been captured on film.

Nature’s Greatest Secret – The Coral Triangle 

New Special 

Premieres 18 October 2023 

CAT: 21h00

Episodes: 3 x 60 mins – ends 01 November 2023

The exploration and management of the Coral Triangle may well hold the key to the survival of marine species from all over the world.

HISTORY LOVER THURSDAYS

The Real Wild West

Series Continues 

12 October 2023 

CAT: 21h00

Episodes: 4 x 60 mins – ends 26 October 2023

The famed Wild West: where outlaws rampage and lawmen become legends. Cowboys and native Americans are eternal archetypes, but this is the real American West, filled with diverse pioneers, unprecedented opportunity, ambition and fortune, and technological marvels that change the world.

HUMAN STORIES SATURDAYS

Dangerous Waters S4

New Episodes 

Premiere from 07 October 2023 

CAT: 21h00 and 22h00

Episodes: 16 x 60 mins – ends 28 October 2023

Follow the Dangerous Waters crew members as they embark upon an epic adventure riding their JetSki personal watercraft around the world.