What To Expect On History Channel Africa In July 2023?

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MYSTERY PLACES
8 July
Saturdays 19h25
In Mystery Places we visit some of the most unusual places on earth. Their unique buildings, their mind-blowing spaces and the cultural pract ses of their people tell a fascinating story. From a UFO house in Taiwan, to abandoned places in Zimbabwe, to an Indian village where men train to become bouncers in the big city and a city in Georgia where every cit zen has a gun, join the adventure.

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ANCIENT MURDERS UNEARTHED
15 July
Saturdays 20h15
An exciting series that explores history through the unique angle of criminal psychology and forensic anthropology. We travel back in time to iconic epochs and cultures to re-tell the stories of infamous and little-known murders in a totally fresh way...and possibly solve some of the mysteries surrounding them. Can today’s modern psychological knowledge be used together with new forensic developments, to understand the last actions of ancient victms and theorise on the motives of their killers?

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DIRTY OLD CARS
17 July
Mondays 19h25
‘Dirty Old Cars’ follows the passionate owners and staff of three different detailing shops: Unique Classic Cars in Mankato, Minnesota; Visual Perfect on in Morganton, North Carolina; and Red’s Detail Co. in Marietia, Georgia; as they hunt down dirty and often unrecognisable 4-wheeled gems. The teams then either buy, clean and flip or clean for hire some of the most disgusting critter-infested cars in the country. Each half-hour episode features two ‘before and after’ reveals as viewers witness jaw-dropping cleaning processes and amazing transformations that make these cars sparkle like new.

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HISTORY’S GREATEST MYSTERIES WITH LAURENCE FISHBURNE S4
21 July
Fridays 20h15
In this latest instalment of a HISTORY Channel fan-favourite, Laurence Fishburne turns the microscope on some of world’s most enigmatic unsolved mysteries. In season 4 he investigates theories which quest on amongst others; can we ever decipher the true purpose behind the pyramids of Egypt? What happened to the Ark of the Covenant? And do newly declassified documents provide answers to the assassination of JFK? With contributions from top historians, authors, scientists, and researchers History’s Greatest Mysteries will explore possible explanations to some of the world’s most confounding events.

Brand New & Exclusive LOCAL GREAT AFRICAN
MYSTERIES
21 July
Friday 21h05
In this captivating local production, we uncover some of the biggest mysteries in South African history. Presented by well-known local talk radio host, John Robbie, Great African Mysteries will unlock the secrets of Africa’s past, from fossils that reshaped the human story with the discovery of Homo Naledi, to South Africa’s greatest treasure hunt in the form of the Kruger Millions to the ill-fated Helderberg flight. The HISTORY Channel Africa delves into these three major mysteries with fascinating interviews and archival footage.

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GREAT AFRICAN ESCAPES LOCAL
28 July
Friday 21h05
Join radio host and journalist John Robbie on an enthralling journey through some of the greatest escapes in South African history in the locally produced, Great African Escapes. The HISTORY Channel Africa investigates three daring escapes; the death-defying passenger rescue from the sinking MTS Oceanos cruise liner, the sensational prison break from Marshall Square by four anti-apartheid act vists and the miraculous escape of Albie Sachs from a car bomb explosion. Exclusive interviews, first-hand accounts and little-known facts bring these stories to life.

WARS STORY SUNDAYS CONTINUE

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HITLER’S SECRET BOMB
9 July
Sundays 20h15
In the final months of WW2, how close were the Nazis and Japan to creat ng the nuclear explosion that would win the war? Did Nazi uranium make it to Japan in the final hours on WW2? Were the Axis powers closer to a bomb than we think? In this tension-filled documentary, drama unfolds as experts shed new light on the hardships and challenges of a war-torn, pre-nuclear world. With startling new information about Japan, Germany and the US, Hitler’s Secret Bomb reshapes a relevant, critical moment in time that changed everything. Japan was developing tools to create the world’s first atomic bomb but lacked the raw material. Germany had tools and uranium, but as they moved closer to defeat, their efforts shifted to Japan. America also had tools and material but figuring out how to build the bomb was a nail-biting three-way chess game where each side had tremendous plans — and hurdles. And no one knew what the others were up to, until the end.

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JACK KING AFFAIR
23 July
Sunday 20h15
Between 1940 and 1945, an MI5 agent going by the name of Jack King infiltrated Fascist networks in Great Britain by posing as an undercover Gestapo officer. His main mission was to intercept strategic documents stolen by pro-Nazi sympathisers. How was this operation organised? What role did the British secret service play during the war? And who exactly was the man behind the code name Jack King?

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THE LAST KING BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
30 July
Sunday 20h15
The dramatic story of Romania’s last king, Michael. A king who defied Hitler in an extremely sensitive moment during World War II would later be dethroned and banished from his country by the communists supported by Stalin.

What To Expect On BET Africa In July 2023?

SISTAS S6
THURSDAY 22 JUNE @ 21:00
Sistas follows a group of single black women as they navigate the ups and downs of modern life, which includes careers, friendships, romances, and even social media.

BLACK TAX S3
SATURDAY @ 19:30 CAT
1 July 2023

BET AFRICA MOVIE STUNTS

WESLEY SNIPES FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 22/29 JULY @ 20:00
ART OF WAR: THE BETRYAL
THE CONTRACTOR
THE DETONATOR

SPIDERMAN FESTIVAL
FRIDAYS @ 21:30
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

MONDAY NIGHT DRAMA FESTIVAL
MONDAYS @ 21:00
I SPY
THE INTRUDER
THE CALL
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO

What Happened To Trace Sport Stars?

Trace Sports Stars is a lifestyle channel that celebrated the life of sports through factual entertainment, reality shows and gossip similar to E! operated by NBCUniversal. The channel supplies various originals such as Up Close, Bad Boys In Sports and Football Stars.

The channel was added in 2011/2 on Sky UK and MultiChoice's DStv across Africa as Trace Sports. Two years later, it went dark in the UK which coincides with the rebrand to Trace Sports Stars as they didn't offer live sports and the name didn't coincide with the offering.

When looking at a brand name like Trace Sports, one would assume they'd play actual sports like English Premier League, La Liga and WWE and although the content is focused solely on that topic. It just didn't really stick with some consumers.

In general, Trace Sports Stars was a wreck not because the channel couldn't get fresh content as it did possess potential but likely due to the fact that this type of content promoted by the channel isn't watched by vast majority as seen with the actual sporting events.

That in mind is what led to it's demise on MultiChoice's DStv with Trace Africa coming in place and at that time it was made available on rivals On Digital Media and StarTimes' StarSat and eMedia Investments' Openview platform.

This was Openview's first attempt at anything sports with StarSat offering a platform to reject channels or affordable entertainment. But of course, both brands ended scrapping the channel before 2018 for similar reasons as MultiChoice - viewership.

As of 2023, Trace Sports Stars is not viewable anywhere in Africa but that doesn't mean the channel is completely lost as it can be obtained on Binge Networks (USA), Sky (Mexico), Viaccess-Orca (France) and NTV Plus (Russia).

To be frank, Trace Sports Stars remains sustainable if anything it's not performing as well as it's musical family Trace Urban, Trace Gospel, Trace Toca, Trace Mziki and Trace Naija all of which are viewable on MultiChoice's DStv in selected territories.

New Movie Alert: Seconds Currently Streaming On Amazon Prime Video And Soon On eVOD

In the film, Seconds, a boxer, has to fight until he dies so as to repay a man who has given him a place to stay, a job and even taken his son to school.

Though his aging body is no longer allowing him to fight, his boss keeps demanding more in the ring from him. 

Kuhn said: “In Seconds, the team delves into the complex dynamics of the Khumalo family and the Van Tonder family, for whom Seconds has trained as a boxer while working at their family butchery.

“As the narrative unfolds, long-buried secrets and unresolved traumas begin to surface, causing tensions to rise. As Seconds’ son, Lukas Khumalo, embarks on a promising political career,his aspirations unknowingly strain his father’s relationship with Pa Van Tonder, the patriarch of the family.

“What follows is a journey of self-discovery as Seconds fights not only for his boxing career but also for the restoration of his family and reclaiming his own life.”

One of the executive producers of the film, Vuyelwa Booi, said: “We are very excited to see this beautiful work of art come to life.

“This is new territory for us doing a sports drama movie. We decided to commission it because it was a beautiful story to tell. The journey has been phenomenal.”

The film is set to debut on eVOD on July 13.

Disney Planning To Restart The Pirate Of The Caribbean's Franchise

Sean Bailey, the president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, recently spoke with the New York Times to talk about Disney’s live-action projects and one of those projects was Pirates of the Caribbean.

Bailey says restarting the Pirates franchise is a priority at Disney. “We think we have a really good, exciting story that honors the films that have come before but also has something new to say”

For those unaware, Disney is actually developing multiple Pirates projects and we highlight each project and share everything we know so far. So let’s set sail and get into the nitty-gritty.

Pirates Project #1

Back in 2018, it was reported that Deadpool and Zombieland 2: Double Tap writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, were brought on to write Pirates 6, but would drop out months later and were replaced by Chernobyl and The Last of Us creator Craig Mazin and Pirates alum Ted Elliot. While there have been no story details or massive updates on this project, it is still the main Pirates project Disney is actively working on. That said, in 2019, we exclusively reported that Guardians of the Galaxy star Karen Gillan was someone Disney was looking at to star. This project will exist in the previous Pirates of the Caribbean movies continuity, so a return from stars Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley, Brenton Thwaites, and Kaya Scodelario is definitely on the table.

Pirates Project #2

In 2020, a report surfaced that Harley Quinn herself Margot Robbie would star in a female-led reboot from Bumblebee writer Christina Hodson. This project is not intended to be a spinoff, but a new story, with new characters set in the Pirates universe. Despite rumors last year that this project was axed, franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer dispelled that, saying “I think that that script will come forward at a certain point. We developed two different stories for Pirates and the other one’s going forward first, so that’s what we’re working on, to try to get that one made.” The story Bruckheimer is referring to would be the first project we talked about. We had heard when this project was in active development Disney was looking at some pretty big-name actors to star alongside Robbie, names we heard included Jason Momoa, Richard Madden, and Sebastian Stan.

Pirates Project #3

A fun piece of information we shared on The DisInsider Show during our “Rumor of the Week” segment, is that Disney has put a Pirates of the Caribbean Disney+ on the drawing board and are in very early development stages. At this time, I don’t have any further information on this project as it is still in the early stages.

The Elephant in the Room

It’s what everyone wants to know, is Johnny Depp returning to the franchise as Captain Jack Sparrow? A role that garned him an Oscar nomination for his work in Curse of the Black Pearl. Despite rumors last year that the actor had actually closed a deal to appear in a sixth movie and that he was also planning to help co-write the film, after his very public defamation trial against Amber Heard last year, the actor made it very clear that he would never forgive Disney for the way they publicly distanced themselves from him. Some insiders believe he will return. Bruckheimer told Deadline earlier this year that he would still reach out to Depp because Johnny was both his friend and “an amazing artist.” Acknowledging that enough time has passed between him, Disney, and Depp, he explained his reasoning by saying, “You go through things in life that you wish you hadn’t done right.” Bailey was asked about Depp once again and said “Noncommittal at this point,” which is an inkling that a return is very possible.

Now, here is what we at The DisInsider know, we have talked with some people in the industry and we have heard the goal is to bring Depp back in a passing of the torch role, whether that would be in a starring, supporting, or cameo role is currently unknown.

The franchise originated with the Pirates of the Caribbean theme ride attraction, which opened at Disneyland in 1967, the last Disney theme park attraction overseen by Walt Disney. The attraction can be found at four Disney theme parks. Since then, it has become a moneymaker, the five films have grossed over $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office. The franchise has also become a revenue booster in video games, merchandise, and more.