August 2020 On Nickelodeon Africa | Just Add Magic S2 | Lego City Adventures S2 | Henry Danger S5 | Stunts And More

JUST ADD MAGIC
NEW EPISODES: 201-226
SEASON #2 WEEKDAYS 03 AUGUST TO 04 SEPTEMBER AT 16:40
Kelly, Darbie and Hannah’s last Ditch layer Cake broke every spell in town which brought Grandma Quinn back to her normal self, however it also brought back an old enemy... Chuck Hankins, a teenage boy who has been missing for 50 years. As the girls begin to investigate Chuck they learn that he isn’t just an ordinary troublemaker, in fact, he’s capable of much more than they could ever imagine.

LEGO CITY ADVENTURES
SEASON #2 WEEKDAYS 10 AUGUST TO 04 SEPTEMBER AT 15:50
LEGO City Adventures is a character-driven series of funny, smart, kinetic slices of life that explores the misadventures of a community of unique characters. A rollercoaster ride of fun, humor and action make this a boundless series of silliness!

HENRY DANGER
SUNDAYS 23 AUG TO 25 OCT AT 19:00 NEW EPISODES 531-540
ENCORE: THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AT 19:00
Teenage boy Henry Hart lands a part time job as Kid Danger, the sidekick-in-training to superhero Captain Man. After promising to keep his new identity a secret, Henry must navigate a double life.

THE CASAGRANDES
1 WEEKDAYS 24 AUGUST TO 04 SEPTEMBER AT 15:00 NEW EPISODES 108-112
ENCORE: THE SAME NIGHT AT 20:15
The Casagrandes tells the story of Ronnie Anne, an independent, adventurous, 11-year-old who explores city life with her big, loving, multi-generational Mexican- American family.

THE THUNDERMANS VS. HENRY
DANGER MARATHONS
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS FROM 17:20 (FROM 04 JULY TO 30 AUGUST)
Who is faster? Who has more power? Is it the Thunder or the Danger? Are The Thundermans & Henry Danger in a Secret Society? Don’t miss weekend marathons with the most powerful Nickelodeon heroes!

MOVIE WEEKENDS
SUNDAYS AT 12:00
02 TO 30 AUGUST
ENCORE: THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AT 12:00
02 AUGUST - Lost in the West (Part 1)
09 AUGUST - Lost in the West (Part 2)
16 AUGUST - Lost in the West (Part 3)
23 AUGUST - Rufus
30 AUGUST - Rufus 2

Rainbow's 44 Cats And DreamWorks' Noddy, Toyland Detective Debut On e.tv And eToonz Respectively

eMedia Investments will begin to air two more kids shows across their channels to bolster the kiddies' lineup, 44 Cats and Noddy, Toyland Detective.

44 Cats (44 Gatti) is produced by Rainbow S.r.l., 4 Cats get taken in by Granny Pina and form a band and meet 40 other cats. It's currently on its second season in Italy with more markets to set to follow. The series can also be found on the Nickelodeon channels through DStv.

Other productions from Rainbow S.r.l. include Winx Club (Nickelodeon, eToonz), Regal Academy (Nicktoons, e.tv), Mia and Me (eToonz), and Poppixie (Nickelodeon).

Noddy, Toyland Detective is produced by DreamWorks Animation, the titular character turns detective. Accompanied by his dog Bumpy and car Revs, Noddy travels to the four corners of Toyland to investigate mysteries. Big Ears and Clockwork Mouse appear alongside new toys Deltoid, Smartysaurus and Pat-Pat the Panda.

Other productions from DreamWorks Animation include Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (Nickelodeon), Dawn of the Croods (eToonz), The Adventures Of Puss In Boots (eToonz) and The Epic Tales Of Captain Underpants (e.tv).

Both series consists of 11 minute episodes with only 1 airing for 30 minutes. Both shows are catered to an even smaller audience aka preschoolers.

44 Cats airs at 15:00 on e.tv from Wednesday 15 July

Noddy, Toyland Detective airs at 14:00 on eToonz from Monday 27 July

BayTV Is Now Known As Mpuma Kapa TV

After 7 years, Bay TV has been scrapped for a more stronger and at close at home branding, Mpuma Kapa TV.

Bay TV launched as a free-to-air community television channel in Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas in Eastern Cape before making its way to DStv. It features local news, sport, youth, children, women's issues, current affairs, education, music and local culture.

The channel lost their analogue licence years back that's why it can only be found on DStv besides that they also need the funds to stay open.

Before it's rebrand, the channel was mostly carrying pastor and church based programming like a few other community channels on DStv. This new brand has opened up their doors for content proposals.

Mpuma Kapa TV will more likely be no different to Bay TV at launch. The channel will still be representing Eastern Cape hopefully with more variety and not only church shows.

e.tv Acquired Broadcasting Rights To Elif

South Africa's first and only privately owned free-to-air television station e.tv acquired broadcasting rights to another Turkish telenovela called Elif.

Elif, a pretty and kind 6-year-old girl, is in danger of being sold to pay the gambling debts of her stepfather, Veysel Şimşek. Her mother Melek escapes, but finds out that she is very sick. She leaves Elif in the protection of her best friend, Ayşe Doğan, a maid in a wealthy family's household. Ayşe tries to get permission from the Emiroğlu family to raise Elif in the mansion. However, she is holding a well-hidden secret: Elif is the biological child of Kenan, the beloved eldest son of the wealthy family. Kenan is unaware that Elif is his child from a past love his family forced him to leave. He is now married to Arzu Karapınar. They have a daughter, Tuğçe Emiroğlu, who is a very spoiled girl known for her bad temper. Elif is forced to live at the luxurious estate, away from her beloved mother, and unaware of her proximity to her biological father.

Mrs Petite Universe's Zinnia Rose Petersen will be the voice-over artist for the character, Tugçe Emiroglu. The Turkish telenovela series will be dubbed in Afrikaans. The production which has 5 seasons and over 800 episodes at the moment.

The series will be broadcast on e.tv and eExtra, which is on OpenView, DStv and StarSat later this year.

Zinnia, 9, said it felt "absolutely wonderful" to be in Elif."This is by far one of the biggest and happiest moments. I'm hoping to gain loads of experience and skills to help me into my acting career," she said.

The Grade 4 Pupil will also be at Somerset House will also take part in Van Adamse season two, where she plays Emily. She is also an ambassador for three organisations - Angels United Helping Hands, Spirit Of Hope and Faith - and a motivational speaker with a focus on children.

Brave And Beautiful Coming Soon To Star Life

Star Life, is set to introduce a new fantasy telenovela next month to join the existing lineup of shows. This will be the channel's first fantasy show.

Brave And Beautiful (Divya Drishti), separated at childhood, Divya and Drishti attain super powers - to not only see the future, but also manipulate it. However, their own future lies in the hands of an evil Pishachini. Sana Sayyad and Nyra Banerjee take up the titular character's roles.

The series consists of 106 episodes each consuming at least 45 minutes meaning that this will be the second drama series on the channel that doesn't consist of 30 minutes with the first being Crime Alert. It made its debut last year on StarPlus and ended earlier in the year on that channel.

Star Life was set to air two other telenovelas earlier in the year but due to the lockdown regulations implemented in Africa and India months back these shows were delayed indefinitely. The channel hasn't made a statement with regards to the shows but they are likely to air them at some point.

The series makes it debut at 18:00 WAT/19:00 CAT/20:00 EAT from August 18th

StarLife can be found on MultiChoice's DStv, eMedia Investments' OpenView (SA Only) and StarSat (South Africa) with StarTimes (ROA).

MultiChoice South Africa On The Catholic Channel, EWTN

EWTN offers family-oriented, spiritually-enriching programming from a Catholic point of view. The Networks’ diverse programs include live talk shows, news programs, original series and documentaries, teaching series with noted theologians, children’s shows, live coverage of the Pope, a live daily Mass, and much more.

The channel launched 9 years ago for the rest of Africa on MultiChoice's DStv excluding South Africa. EWTN is also available on StarTimes (ROA) and StarSat (South Africa).

During those nine years, A lot of angry DStv customers approached MultiChoice over the possibility of adding EWTN to DStv's South African platform and as always we'll forward your suggestion to a relevant department.

They even created a petition and page to help get the channel to the market seeing as StarSat which is located in South Africa also packages the channel.

Two years ago, I contacted someone with regards to the channel and this is what DStv told them and what they're trying to do:
DStv: Currently it is VERY expensive to get
EWTN on DSTV
The Individual: I have made contact with a representative from EWTN in USA to see how we can get this going, he is currently meeting with the powers that may be to see how we can get the funds available and if it is viable to do so in South Africa.

And two years have passed and EWTN is only available on StarSat. Do you believe MultiChoice South Africa will get this channel they were able to get Da Vinci Kids and AfricaNews on board so anything is possible.

Ebonylife Is Being Removed From MultiChoice's DStv From The End Of July, StarSat And StarTimes Might Follow

TV show host, Mo Abudu has revealed that EbonyLife TV will no longer function as it is now becoming a video-on-demand service called EbonyLife ON.

She also revealed that most of the contents offered by the channel will now be uploaded EbonyLife ON which will be available on iOS stores and Google.

She said: “Remember when we used to wait a whole week to watch our favourite TV shows? Well, those days are gone forever! Now, we can binge on the whole series if we want to. Therefore, we have decided that EbonyLife TV will no longer be available on DStv from 31st July 2020.”

EbonyLife TV was launched by Multichoice in 2013 and operated on DSTV. The deal ended in 2018 and Mo Abudu partnered with Startimes to broadcast the channel.

If you read the first paragraph nicely the channel will no longer function as it used to. They recently signed a content deal with Netflix and with it going dark on DStv in the rest of Africa.

Apparently Ebonylife made the choice to can the channel from DStv so it's likely that StarTimes (ROA) and StarSat will follow as well since Ebonylife might transition into becoming an online platform once their contract expires.

August 2020 On National Geographic Wild Africa | Predator Bloodline | South America's Weirdest

EQUATOR‘S WILD SECRETS (6 x 60‘)
Sundays at 18:00

Life along the equator is spectacularly diverse. More than half of the world's species live here. Equators Wild Secrets is a 6 part series about the Equator's wildest and most diverse ecosystems - the Amazon, the Andes, the Galapagos Islands, Borneo and Sumatra, Africa, and the Coral Sea. This series features a cornucopia of exotic animals in habitats ranging from steamy rainforests and great grasslands to snowy mountains and great reefs.

PREDATOR BLOODLINE (5 x 60‘)
Mondays at 18:00, from 3 August
Bloodlines... It is through this mechanism that individuals inherit the unique code for survival.
The fight for survival is universal. The fight for legacy sets these six extraordinary characters and their families apart. With our camera lens having captured these animals‘ lives daily for three years, the series allows viewers to witness personalities that defy expectation, to see determination without equal, and to watch these characters navigate the extreme tribulations of life in the wild where bloodlines are everything and they strive at all costs to conquer the ultimate prize: survival for themselves and their kin.

SOUTH AMERICA’S WEIRDEST (3 x 60‘)
Wednesdays at 18:00 from 12 August

South America's Weirdest dives into the depths of the South American wild to investigate the cast of misfits, the oddities, the weird, the eccentric and the truly bizarre. The landscape here is truly one of a kind. So, the animals have evolved accordingly. In the South American wild, strange problems gave rise to even stranger solutions.

August 2020 On National Geographic Africa | Gordon Ramsay Uncharted 2 | Barksins | America's National Parks Updates | More

GORDON RAMSAY UNCHARTED 2
Wednesdays at 21:00 from 26 August (ends 2 October)

Gordon Ramsay dives, fishes, forages and leaps out of helicopters on another all-action adventure in the pursuit of food. From the big game filled wild of South Africa; and caiman infested jungles of Guyana, to pristine Tasmania, his culinary journey takes in Louisiana's Cajun swamps, Norway's icy fjords, the spice packed mountains of South India and the epic Indonesian Island of Sumatra.

BARKSKINS
Thursdays at 21:00 from 13 August (ends 3 September) Double billed, 2 episodes per week.  

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS follows a disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battling to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World.

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS UPDATES
Mondays at 19:00 from 13 August (ends 28 September)

Get to know the Grand Canyons most notable critters, including a new scene featuring one of the Canyons feistiest residents: the Gila monster.

CONTINUING SHOWS

GATHERING STORM
Mondays at 21:00 from 15 July (ends 19 August)  

A major global series forming a unique view on the planet's fiercest storms, through the experience of people who work at sea inside the major hurricane zones of the world. Through extensive access agreements, hundreds of cameras are embedded on boats, ships and oil platforms. So, as the storm approaches and the clock ticks down we are with the men who witness weather at its wildest, from all angles. All face different challenges, with different cargoes, deadlines and routes. At stake is the job, their cargo, their equipment... and their lives. We tell their greatest stories; the triumphs of engineering, ingenuity and sheer bravery that go along with working in storms at sea. Through their eyes we witness the rise of the storm.  And we experience what it takes to get their job done in the face of nature's wildest weather. To explain what lies behind the unpredictability and danger unfolding on the ocean's surface, these first-hand stories combine with scientific insight, analysis and satellite mapping.

MADE IN A DAY
Tuesdays at 19:00 (double bills) from 29 July (ends 1 September)

The last decade has seen a revolution in manufacturing.  A just-in-time economy means the products we love are being made on a massive scale in record time. Lightning fast logistics mean global trade and distribution happens faster now than ever before. This is the story of how some of today's biggest brands, from Tesla Cars to Gibson Guitars, from Tabasco Sauce to Space Rockets, are made in America.

BANGED UP ABROAD S13
Mondays at 21:00, from 13 July (ends 14 September)

The most tense and dramatic series on TV is back with ten stories of drugs, deception, and dramatic downfalls.

WORLD WAR II HELL UNDER THE SEA
Tuesdays at 21:00, from 14 July (ends 18 August)

World War 2: Hell Under the Sea is an event-based series charting the stealth game of subsea warfare from contact to attack of the greatest submarine patrols of World War II. From the rise of the Wolfpack to the drive for victory in the Pacific, meet the masterminds who brought together the strategy, technology and tactics to make every sailor's worst nightmare to come to life.

SPECIALS

India from Above – Wednesday 19 August at 20:00
Lost Voices of World War II – Tuesday 25 August at 21:00