March 2024 On Studio Universal Across Africa | Running With The Devil On Crime After Dark | Gemini Man On The S Men Of Action | More

Crime After Dark

3rd – 7th March

Mon – Fri @ 9pm

Crime doesn’t pay, but it does pay to stay in to watch Studio Universal’s star-studded Crime After Dark!

Running with the Devil 

3rd March at 21:00

When a large cocaine shipment goes missing, an

investigation is launched to find out what has

happened to the drugs. The Cook (Nicolas Cage) and The Man (Laurence Fishburne) are sent out to get to the bottom of the situation. While they navigate the complexities of the international drug-trafficking business, hot on their heels are The DEA and The Sniper, who are both working to bring down the drug lords. As the net closes in for all sides, a race against time ensues.

Triple 9

5th March at 21:05

A hardened gang, made up of criminals and dirty

cops, is tasked with getting information on a Russian gangster’s husband. To do this, they fake a ‘999’ or officer-down scenario, with the new partner of one of the gang members as the target. However, their scheme doesn’t go to plan, and before long the finger of suspicion points in their direction. The glittering cast includes Kate Winslet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gal Gadot, Aaron Paul, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie and Woody Harrelson.

The Bank Job

6th March at 21:00

Petty criminal turned London car dealer Terry’s life is

far from exciting. He’s married with a family, but

struggling to make ends meet. When a former flame

(Saffron Burrows) walks back into his world with an

offer of a bank robbery that could set him up for life,

Terry jumps at the idea. He puts together a crew to

pull off the heist, only to discover that he’s merely a

pawn in a much bigger, rather more deadly, scheme.

Jason Statham heads the cast, with Daniel Mays and Richard Lintern.

The Next Three Days 

7th March at 21:00

Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks star in this

remake of 2008 French thriller ‘Pour elle’. Banks

plays Lara Brennan, who has been sentenced to a

long stretch behind bars after having been found

guilty of murdering her boss. Lara insists she is

innocent and, when all hopes of justice are

extinguished, her mental health takes a turn for the

worse. Husband John, increasingly desperate to

resolve her situation, decides to take matters into his own hands and break his wife out of prison.

ACTION WEEKEND–THE S MEN OF ACTION

8th – 30th March

Sat & Sun at 8pm

Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Statham, Smith, Snipes, Seagal: these are the “S” Men of Action!

Gemini Man

16th March at 20:00

After his last mission goes awry, ageing elite

assassin Henry Brogan decides to quit working with

the Defense Intelligence Agency and retire. But his

plans are scuppered when he is targeted by a slippery operative who is always one step ahead of him. Brogan is aghast to learn that he is being followed by a younger clone of himself and sets out not only to avoid meeting a sticky end, but to find out who created it and why. Will Smith, Clive Owen and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are among the cast

Rambo III

29th March at 20:00

After having finally hung up his guns, Vietnam veteran John Rambo has found peace of sorts in Thailand, only for his ‘retirement’ to be rudely interrupted. He discovers that Colonel Sam Trautman, his mentor, is trapped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan, where he was helping Mujahideen rebels fight Russian forces. Rambo faces a race against time as he sets out on an unofficial rescue mission, which sees him tangle with the brutal and ruthless Zaysen. Richard Crenna and Marc de Jonge co-star.

The Patriot

9th March at 20:00

An armed stand-off involving a radical militia group

close to a small Montana community is brought to a

peaceful end. However, when at a hearing one of their number spits on a judge, who later sickens and dies, Dr Wesley McClaren (Steven Seagal) soon realises a deadly toxin has been released in the town. Miraculously, McClaren’s daughter (Gailard Sartain) is immune, and while he races to create an antidote, the militia group leader (L.Q. Jones) pulls out all the stops to grab the girl too.

Collateral Damage

30th March at 20:00

Firefighter Gordy Brewer is devastated when his wife

and child are killed in a bombing, orchestrated by

Claudio ‘The Wolf’ Perrini. The official investigation

progresses at a snail’s pace, with government

authorities apparently not interested in pursuing

Perrini. Desperate to have justice for his family,

Brewer takes matters into his own hands, launching

a one-man war against Colombian guerrillas. Arnold

Schwarzenegger heads the cast, alongside Cliff

Curtis, John Leguizamo and John Turturro.

Reminder: Season 5 Of Magnum P.I. To Premiere On Universal TV On 21 February

Universal TV (DStv 117) has announced the return of the popular series, Magnum P.I., with Season 5 premiering on 21 February 2025. The twenty-part crime drama is set to captivate audiences with new episodes airing every on Friday at 8 PM, until the series finale on 20 June.

 

Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is back on the case in the action-packed fifth season of this modern spin on the classic series. The former Navy Season turned private investigator tackles thrilling cases in beautiful Hawaii as the series revs up for a new era with more romance and emotion than ever before. This season finds Magnum and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) starting a romantic relationship at long last, while diving deeper into the lives of the beloved Magnum P.I. ohana, including Rick (Zachary Knighton), TC (Stephen Hill), Katsumoto (Tim Kang) and Kumu (Amy Hill).

 

The action-packed reimagining of one of TV’s most iconic series, Magnum P.I., sees Jay Hernandez (Suicide Squad, Bad Moms) star as title character Thomas Magnum. Perdita Weeks (Ready Player One) supports as Juliet Higgins. They are supported by Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings) as Orville ‘Rick’ Wright and Stephen Hill (Law & Order: SUV) as Theodore ‘TC’ Calvin. Tim Kang (The Mentalist) as Detective Gordon Katsumoto and Amy Hill (Fifty First Dates) as Teuila ‘Kamu’ Tuileta round out the cast.

 

From CBS Television Studios and Universal Television, Magnum P.I. is executive produced by Eric Guggenheim, Barbie Kligman, John Davis, Justin Lin, John Fox, David Wolkove, and Gene Hong.

 

Season 5 of Magnum P.I. premieres on Universal TV on 21 February at 20.00, with episodes airing every Friday until the series final on 20 June.

ID Africa To Air Exclusive Interview With Former Assistant To Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Expanding The Four-Part Docuseries Of The Fall Of Diddy

Investigation Discovery Africa announced it will air an exclusive sit-down with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ former assistant, Phil Pines, expanding the finale of ID’s four-part docuseries THE FALL OF DIDDY. The 30-minute interview, conducted by journalist Mara S. Campo, who is also a featured contributor in THE FALL OF DIDDY, will premiere on Sunday, 16 February @ 22:50 following the conclusion of ID’s highly anticipated docuseries.

 

Filmed Wednesday, January 22 in New York City, the interview with Phil Pines, who served as Senior Executive Assistant with Combs from 2019 to 2021, addresses allegations he made against the hip hop mogul in a December 2024 civil suit, providing intimate details of his time working for Combs. Pines will speak, for the first time on camera, at length about his experience in Combs’ employment - including being allegedly tasked with setting up and cleaning up Combs’ ‘Wild King Nights,’ some of the alleged behaviour he witnessed, and the alleged manipulation he experienced under the fear of Combs’ retribution and power.  

 

The exclusive interview sit-down will premiere following the conclusion of ID’s four-part docuseries, THE FALL OF DIDDY. From Maxine Productions (the producers behind Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV) and Rolling Stone Films, the docuseries features exclusive, never-before-heard accounts and never-before-seen archival footage, offering personal insights into harrowing allegations of violent behaviour and illegal activity that have shadowed the music mogul. Spanning Combs’ decades-long impact on music and popular culture, from his early days as a talented creative to his 2024 arrest, the docuseries uncovers the insidious and terrifying allegations of sexual assault, abusive behaviour, violence, and other disturbing claims that lay beneath his success. The first two episodes of THE FALL OF DIDDY aired on Sunday, 9 February, and the final three on Sunday, 16 February, at 21:00 on ID, DStv channel 171.

Growth In Africa And Beyond: Canal+'s StudioCanal Talks Expansion Plans, Pending MultiChoice Buyout And Glen Powell's Revenge Thriller Huntington

Anna Marsh, StudioCanal CEO, says the group is looking to expand in Africa with a focus on English-speaking countries. Canal+, which has had a strong presence in French-speaking Africa for decades, currently owns a 45.2% stake in the continent’s leading platform MultiChoice.  “There are ongoing discussions to increase our ownership in that company,” she says. 

Presently, Canal+ Group’s pay-TV platform operates in 52 countries, with more than 26.4 million subscribers, of which two-thirds are from outside of France. Adding MultiChoice’s nearly 16 million (mostly English-speaking) subscribers, would mean the multi-billion acquisition would place the French company among the top five biggest entertainment companies in the world and the biggest outside of the U.S.

“It’s an incredible opportunity, not only for the Canal+, but also for Studiocanal when it comes to our growth and production strategy,” says Marsh. “Just being able to tap into that incredible English-speaking subscriber base really opens things up.” 

She stresses that “investing in local content is really important” to the group, noting that the move will allow them to tap into South Africa’s local industry. Canal+ and MultiChoice co-produced TV series Spinners, which Studiocanal distributed around the world. The company also recently shot John Patton Ford’s revenge thriller Huntington, starring Glen Powell, Ed Harris and Margaret Qualley, on location in South Africa, using local crew and tapping into the nation’s 25% plus tax incentive. 

There are plans to make “many more projects” in the country, says Marsh, and the company is already in development on “one massive South African story” which it is making as a feature film and will announce soon. 

Canal+ has also been aggressively investing in Southeast Asian streamer Viu, where it owns a 36.8% stake, and also has a 29.3% stake in Swedish streamer Viaplay. 

There are also plans to move more into the elevated genre space. Last year, the company tapped Jed Benedict to head up new in-house genre label Sixth Dimension. Reporting to Studiocanal EVP of Global Production Ron Halpern, Benedict will look to identify high concept horror, thriller and science fiction films that the group can develop, produce, acquire and distribute. The label recently announced its first title, a reboot of 1984 slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night, which the company will distribute in its own territories and shop to buyers at EFM. 

In addition to Benedict, Studiocanal made a number of key hires in 2024, including M-K Kennedy as Executive Managing Director for Worldwide TV Series and Isabelle Pain as Head of Global Acquisitions and Analytics. Anne Chérel was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer while Chloé Marquet was promoted to Head of International Sales for Films and TV series and Françoise Guyonnet was upped to CEO of Studiocanal Kids and Family

March 2024 On Universal TV And E! Entertainment Across Africa | Channel Premiere: Parish | Returning Shows Including NCIS | More

Universal TV 

PRISH

Season 1 – Territory Premiere

Thursdays from March 20th at 8pm

Following the brutal murder of his son, ex-hood Gray

Parish (Giancarlo Esposito) returns to New Orleans’

underworld, hired by the head of a Zimbabwean crime family (South Africa’s Bonnie Mbuli).

HUDSON & REX

Season 7 – Territory Premiere

Tuesdays from March 18th at 8pm

Along with their team in the major crimes unit of St.

John’s, Detective Charlie Hudson (John Reardon) and his canine partner Rex work to bring law and justice to Canada’s easternmost point.

FAMILY LAW

Season 4- Territory Premiere

Continues Tuesdays, season finale

March 11th at 8pm

Abigail Bianchi (Jewel Staite) and her family legal firm tackle more difficult cases as Season 4 of the Canadian courtroom drama series continues.

NCIS LOS ANGELES

Season 14 - Channel Premiere

Continues double billed Thursdays, season finale March 13th at 8pm

Season 14 comes to its explosive climax as the NCIS agents deal with the theft of military-grade weapons and multiple killings in broad daylight, while Callen and Anna plan their wedding.

E! Entertainment

Snoop Dogg’s Fatherhood: Cori And Wayne’s Story

Sunday 23rd March at 19:05

“Snoop’s Fatherhood: Cori and Wayne’s Story” follows Cori Broadus, entrepreneur and daughter of globally recognized superstar Snoop Dogg, and her fiancé, Wayne Duece, as they plan the wedding of the century.

E! Live From The Red Carpet: Oscars 2025

Sunday 2nd March at 22:00

Join E! at the annual event celebrating the crème de la crème of movie making and check out who’s wearing what as the stars gather for Hollywood’s most glittering night.