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Embarrassing Bodies (seasons 3 to 7)
Weekdays from Monday 6th July at 21:00 on BBC Lifestyle

The Embarrassing Bodies BAFTA winning doctors are back, once again aiming to de-stigmatise common complaints that many people would rather ignore than take to their GP. Dr Christian Jessen, Dr Dawn Harper and Dr Pixie McKenna take a look at patients' ailments and discuss treatment plans.

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet
Tuesday 7th July at 19:00 on BBC Earth

Science and wildlife presenter Liz Bonnin travels around the world to investigate the impact that our hunger for meat is having on our planet’s environment.

Liz travels from Texan mega-farms, the Amazon rainforest where she discovers how beef farming is a leading cause of deforestation and, in South Africa, Liz discovers life in our oceans are effected – driving African penguin towards extinction.

Liz also meets the scientists and entrepreneurs urgently looking for solutions and at the end of her journey, Liz starts to assess her own attitude to meat, and questions what we can all do to save our fragile planet.

Dragons' Den, Season 17 Set 2
From Wednesday 8th July at 20:00 on BBC Brit

Dragon’s Den returns with Series 17 where budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multimillionaires. But will they be willing to invest their own cash?

The Supervet (Season 6)
From Monday 13th July at 18:00 on BBC Earth

The Supervet returns for another series with Professor Noel Fitzpatrick and his team at Fitzpatrick Referrals changing the lives of some of the UK’s most critically sick and in need pets.

The brand new series includes the likes of 4 year old pug and beagle cross Barney, who is rushed into Fitzpatricks after being hit by a bus. His ankle has been crushed by the wheel and he has lost forty percent of the bone. Faced with the prospect of losing his leg, Barney’s family are praying Noel can come up with a way to save the leg and repair the damage. Worryingly the puggle’s wound is contaminated and is a serious infection risk, so Noel must find a way to fix the ankle without infection spreading. In a world first The Supervet invents a custom implant that holds the ankle together by fitting inside the bone.

The Restaurant that Burns Calories 
Tuesday 14th July at 19:00 on BBC Earth

Perhaps a good idea for post quarantine life?

Welcome to a restaurant like no other. Where behind the scenes is not just the kitchen, but a secret gym and an army of exercisers - aiming to burn off every single calorie the diners eat.

With a three-course meal plus drinks easily coming in at 2,500 calories, it’s going to get sweaty. How will the diners feel when all is revealed? And how will they feel when they have to take a turn on the treadmills? This high-energy stunt combines humour with innovation to reveal the science of calories.

Mister Winner
From Friday 10th July at 20:40 on BBC Brit

This new comedy series follows the ironically named Leslie Winner, a well-meaning optimist who frequently finds himself in the midst of chaos, through a combination of silly decisions and tough luck.

However, the pressure is on now for Leslie to finally pull himself together, as he prepares for his wedding to beloved fiancé Jemma and attempts to win over his skeptical father-in-law to be.

The series poses the question, by the end of the series "will Leslie be a winner or will his surname continue to be ironic?"

Stacey Dooley Investigates: Spycam Sex Criminals
Tuesday 21st July at 22:00 on BBC Brit

Stacey Dooley investigates a new kind of sex crime which is sweeping South Korea.

In a country where pornography is illegal, Molka is a DIY alternative where mobile phones and hidden cameras capture footage of women at their most intimate moments without their knowledge. With 6,000 cases reported to the police in 2018. Stacey meets both the perpetrators and victims of this huge and threatening phenomenon, known as 'molka'.

Over 90 percent of the population of South Korea owns a smart phone, and some users are utilising these and other ever-improving technologies to create pornographic material without people’s consent. As camera technology has improved, it has become easier than ever to hide cameras in public places.

Some of these cameras are as small as the head of a needle. Changing rooms, toilet cubicles and even showerheads can be hiding hidden cameras, some of which are used to live stream pornography to illegal websites.

Wild Tokyo
Sunday 26th July at 17:00 on BBC Earth

Situated on Japan’s largest island, Honshu, Tokyo is the largest and busiest metropolitan area in the world. But behind Tokyo’s concrete curtain are natural refuges where wildlife has adapted and learnt to co-habit in Earth’s most human-dense territory. Home to 38 million people, a quarter of Japan’s population, this is a land where Earth’s tallest towers and busiest streets accommodate some of the rarest animals in the world - and scientists are pouring more time, energy and money than ever before into studying these human-animal cohabitations.

From the mountainous forests of Tokyo’s Okutama region, along the Tama River, through the wild sanctuaries of Tokyo’s city centre and out to its network of volcanic islands - Wild Tokyo features stunning 4K photography, shot by the world’s best natural history cinematographers, this film will reveal an unseen side of Japan’s capital city.

Charles & Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding
Thursday 30th July at 20:00 on BBC Lifestyle
Find out the truth behind the fairytale wedding of the century which was watched by three quarters of a billion people around the world. But all wasn’t as perfect as it seemed.

At 11:30am on Wednesday 29 July 1981, 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer walked up the aisle of St Paul’s Cathedral towards HRH Prince Charles.

This documentary uses rich archive and interviews with people who knew the couple to tell the revealing, and often, shocking inside story of the seven days running up to the wedding. It compares what the jubilant public saw from the outside to the doubt, fear and heartbreak suffered privately by two individuals propelled by a fate they couldn’t control.

Die Deur Dik En Dun Coming In July 2020 To eExtra

A month after e.tv signed a deal with Global Agency for the new Turkish telenovela Istanbullu Gelin, the show is expected to make its debut on eExtra.

Die Deur Dik En Dun, the series follows the passionate love between a wealthy businessman and a poor singer struggles to survive in a battle against deep-rooted family traditions which prize power over romance.

The series is also dubbed in Afrikaans alongside the latest addition Vierspel Vuurspel bringing eMedia brand to a total of 5 Afrikaans Turkish shows on air with 3 of them being exclusive series.

The series was produced back in 2017 so even though it's new to the platform it's not a first run series. The first season will run an hour consisting of 51 episodes with the second being 129 episodes and third being 121 episodes.

Die Deur Dik En Dun airs 6 July at 19:00 on eExtra replacing Doodsonders.

New Channel Alert: Supabets Launches On OpenView

Supabets is often called one of the best sport betting sites in South Africa. It was established in 2008, and since that, it gained much popularity in African countries — the customers from South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and other countries are now very well aware of this bookmaker.

Supabets belongs to a South African company called Portapa (Pty) Limited. The parent company has obtained a license to accept bets from the Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB).

Now Supabets will be getting it's own channel on the OpenView platform even though no details have been issued on channel's lineup. The channel will take up a slot on channel 150 and will run 24/7 a day.

Prisoners Of Love Season 2 Returns To Telemundo Africa And Season 7 Of Lord Of The Skies Scrapped Possibly Due To Covid-19

Bad news guys, Lord Of The Skies final season has been delayed just like season 6 was delayed back in December 2019 for repeats of Christmas Miracles.

Now the seventh and final season is being delayed with a repeat of Prisoners of Love season two. The worst part is Telemundo supplied highlights for the final season of the show. It might have something to the lockdown currently being implemented in Africa even Star Life had to pause airing on most of their shows with a portion of those series making their way back to the screens with the rest coming back only when the lockdown has eased up a bit.

In the final season of Lord Of The Skies, To avoid falling into the hands of the American Justice, Amado Leal "El Águila Azul", now Amado Casillas (Matías Novoa), has turned himself in to Bernardo Castillo (José Sedek), Secretary of Security of Mexico. The DEA commissioner, Joe Navarro (Guy Ecker), has made every attempt to achieve his extradition. What he does not know is that Baltazar Ojeda (Eduardo Santamarina), a CIA Agent, has the plan to eliminate Amado before, since he is the only one who can prove that within the organization in which both worked together, there is a scheme of corruption and murky management that endangers its existence within it and its freedom. He has already been transferred to a jail on the outskirts of the State of Mexico and is about to be taken to the airport, under strict security measures when the Casillas cartel tries to rescue him and Baltazar Ojeda himself tries to kill him. In the midst of this tension and in parallel, under the supervision of Doña Alba (Lisa Owen) and a specialized doctor, they try a risky procedure to revive Aurelio (Rafael Amaya). That is what it would have been about if it aired.

Now that it's not happening yet let's give you some details regarding Prisoners of Love season two. The second season tells the story of the Centauro revenge against Yolanda, his former lover and Gerardo, the detective who sought to bring him to justice. After running away from the authorities for two years, tired of being constantly harassed by the police and the bloody war between his cartel and his rivals, Centauro faked his death along with his second biological son. In this way he will be able to rebuild his empire without the persecution of the police and, moreover, will allow him to execute his plan of revenge towards Yolanda. Listening to the news of the alleged deaths, Yolanda and her daughter Cristina, as well as Gerardo and his adopted son, Gato, manage to return to Mexico from Canada, where they have lived under the Witness Protection Program. However, it will not be an easy return for Yolanda, since Centaurus will use all his sagacity and power to destroy her and her loved ones in their thirst for revenge.

Prisoners Of Love Season 2 repeats daily June 22 at 23:00 CAT/22:00 WAT/00:00 EAT(24th)

Telemundo Africa's Indefinite And Possibly Scrapped Programming Plans

Back in 2017, Telemundo International announced that the Turkish telenovela Örlene Kadar would make their way to viewer's screens in Latin America and Africa from a year later so far the series only made its way to Latin America.

This was Engin Akyürek comeback to acting after Kara Para Aşk. Ölene Kadar which was retitled into Hasta La Muerte (Until Death) with Akyürek taking up the lead role of Dr. Dağhan Soysür who was convicted for murdering a business tycoon Sezai Karali when he was a 24-year old medical-grad pursuing his specialization. Due to this false accusation, Dağhan lost his youth, his career, the woman he loved and his unborn child. 11 years later, Dağhan is called upon by a young lawyer Selvi Nardan (Fahriye Evcen Özçivit), who claims that she knows he is innocent and can prove in court that Dağhan never committed the murder for which he has served more than a decade in confinement.

Though the series had a strong theme and direction, and Akyürek's romantic pair with Fahriye was making waves internationally, the series failed to impress the local Turkish audience, and due to low ratings, the series had its finale at its 13th episode. It was produced by TIMS and written by Elif Usman anf Sevgi Yilmaz. The first four episodes were directed by Umur Turagay and the rest by Feride Kaytan in January 2017.

It's failure to attract it's viewers is not the cause for the delay or possible termination of the show in Africa. Even though the series shares similarities to Telemundo's El Rostro De La Venganza (The Face Of Destiny). It shows that Telemundo which is now flooded with repeats during the daytime is working on a way to reduce them or carefully go unnoticed. Eva, owned by AMC International has the long running American series, Bold And The Beautiful from CBS in its own slot with Mexican, Colombian and Argentine telenovelas filling up two or less slots.

Telemundo in the United States is also airing telenovelas produced not only produced in Mexico and Colombia but also Turkey, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia just to name a few. Even though they're being fed repeats to a lesser extent they're still dominating the market since that channel is also used for other entertainment unlike international markets.

There have been signs that Telemundo Africa is not only for Mexican and Colombian telenovelas. Back in 2017, the channel aired the Argentine telenovela Gavilanes which doesn't make sense to me at all since they brought Tierra De Reyes and both these shows are based on the 2003 telenovela, Pasíon De Gavilanes. Why not source out something different from that market.

Telemundo international also picked up the Kara Para Ask (Black Money Love) and Muhtesem Yüzyil (The Sultan) sometime ago and Latin America managed to air one of them so far. Which begs the question on what Telemundo Africa has planned once El Señor Del Los Cielos (Lord Of The Skies) and Sin Seños Si Hay Paraiso (The Way To Paradise) concludes. They'll more likely air biographies from their studios, El Chema, El Recluso and telenovelas from Imagen Television.

Their super series alone fill up most of the airtime now that most of them can't get above 100 episodes per season and Telemundo in Africa uses a 7 day a week format in a 2 hour timeslot. A series running in that pace can take up 3 months. Judging by this format it's possible that reruns will air in the premiere slot.

If you had to tally this channel's lineup I'd say they're more secure with daytime shows as opposed to night time. They are stronger in that area and are able to get newer programming on the daytime slot but the super series is the downfall. At the moment there's less to no repetition in that area but it's likely to occur in that area very soon and Telemundo will have to find a way out to keep viewers entertained if they hope to be around that long in Africa.