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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.
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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.
