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Amazon Originals to stream on Prime Video in South Africa in July 2022

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Everything to stream on DStv online in July 2022

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Everything coming to Showmax in South Africa in July 2022

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30 January 2020

What’s new on DStv Now in February 2020

The Bachelor South Africa returns, plus there's the new M-Net original series Still Breathing and Boity's new reality show to look forward to!

It’s Oscars month, so you are guaranteed good movies in February. Plus, Boity gives us backstage access to her life, we get a new season of The Bachelor South Africa, the thrill-a-minute Prodigal Son and the new big thing on M-Net, Still Breathing!

A reminder that we’ve only included titles available to DStv Premium subscribers watching DStv Now online or using the DStv Now app (Apple and Android) on The Plum List.

These are some of the awards shows, documentaries and local series we’re particularly looking forward to:

Boity: Own Your Throne | 5 February

Boity stars in her own reality show that brings viewers along on her quest to define her legacy in the entertainment industry.

The Bachelor SA S2, starts 13 February

Cupid will re-string his bow for Season 2 of the popular reality dating show, when 22 stunning women will vie for the heart of South Africa’s new hunky bachelor Marc Buckner.

Prodigal Son S1 | 19 February

Tom Payne and Michael Sheen drive this dark twisted crime thriller about a criminal psychologist who helps the NYPD solves crimes. He also happens to be the son of a serial killer.

Still Breathing | 27 February

Love, friendship, complicated relationships, betrayal and long-kept secrets form the emotional crux of a tale about a circle of former friends who have drifted apart with the passage of time but are drawn together again when tragedy strikes. In short, it’s all about love, death, and the mess in-between.

Boxsets

  • The Talk S10, available until 3 Feb
  • Orange Is The New Black S7, until 5 Feb
  • The Block Australia S11, until 5 Feb
  • Real Housewives of JHB S2, until 7 Feb
  • Family Food Fight USA S1, until 9 Feb
  • Wild Bill S1, until 13 Feb
  • Oh Baby S1, until 14 Feb
  • Ambitions S1, until 17 Feb
  • Untold Stories Of Hip Hop S1, until 17 Feb
  • Jane The Virgin S5, until 23 Feb
  • Mooi S3, until 24 Feb
  • Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas S4, until 24 Feb
  • Love After Lock Up S3, until 25 Feb
  • My Matriekasskeld S3, until 27 Feb
  • Kuier-Mense S2, until  27 Feb
  • Cloak & Dagger S2

What else is new?

Here’s what’s being added to DStv Catch Up this month, available on your decoder, as well as online at now.dstv.com. (Look out for our Plum Picks in bold!)

Sat 1 February

  • Young Sheldon S3 – In this season premiere, Dr Sturgis has a nervous breakdown and Mary worries Sheldon might experience the same thing. Georgie discovers he has a knack for sales.
  • American Housewife S4 – A confident wife and mother of three raises her flawed family in a wealthy (and flawless) town in this unapologetic family comedy.

New movies: Red Sparrow, Deadpool, Unsane, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Message Man

Dreamgirls

Trading Places

Isabelle

The Birthday Wish

Breathe

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

A Dog’s Way Home

A Bag Of Marbles

Frozen Islands

Replicant

Man Of Steel

Sunday 2 February

  • Sunday Night Movie: Alita: Battle Angel – Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron create an epic sci-fi. A scientist finds a discarded battle cyborg with amnesia. But in her quest to find herself, she uncovers a great danger.
  • Finding the One S1 (returns from break)

Secrets Of The Superfactories S1

Sue Perkins And The Chimp Sanctuary

Call The Midwife S9

The Nineties S1

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Queen Of The Damned

Peppermint

Robin Hood

Pretty Little Stalker

Campfire Kiss

The Prince

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again

Meeting Gorbachev

Godzilla

Star Trek: Into Darkness

John Wick

Miss Sloane

Monday 3 February

  • How To Get Away With Murder S6 (returns)
  • Rocketman
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show S1 – Multi-talented, Grammy-winning artist Kelly Clarkson brings her singular voice and infectious enthusiasm to daytime television as the host of her own talk show.

Chopped: Grill Masters

Get On Up

Breakthrough

Divine Access

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (Part 1)

My Dog Skip

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Trip To Remember

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One In A Million

Tuesday 4 February

Life After Lock Up S1

The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan S2

The Ex Next Door

Fallen

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From The Heart

Wednesday 5 February

  • Boity: Own Your Throne

Blade

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (Part 2)

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (Part 3)

The Last Man

The Post

The Running Man

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To The Altar

Jungle Animal Rescue

Running Wild With Bear Grylls S1

The Wedding Video

The Snow Walker

Thursday 6 February

Blade II

Friday 7 February

Broken Promises 4 Ever

Father Brown S8

Obsession: Dark Desires S5

Blade: Trinity

Changeland

Saturday 8 February

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told

Space Cowboys

Sunday 9 February

  • Sunday Night Movie: The Mule – Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this intriguing drama. An elderly war veteran is dragged into a world of crime when he is forced to become a drug mule for a Mexican cartel.
  • A Day – A mysterious South Korean thriller about a father who commits an unethical act in order to save his daughter’s life – an act that comes back to haunt him.

Lionheart

The Way We Weren’t

American Gangster

Heartlock

Shooting The Mafia

John Wick: Chapter 2

Monday 10 February

  • Grown-ish S3
  • The Walking Dead S10 (returns)
  • 92nd Annual Academy Awards 2020 (21:00) – Hollywood’s most prestigious event honouring only the best in filmmaking.
  • What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali Part 1
  • What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali Part 2
  • Station 19 S3 – After a car crashes into Joe’s Bar, Andy and Sullivan lead the team of firefighters as they work to rescue their crew mates Ben and Pruitt, Grey Sloan doctors and interns, and bar patrons before the building comes crumbling down.

The Aftermath

Coroner S2

Sex And The City

Tuesday 11 February

Vigilante Chronicles

Cutthroat Kitchen

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (Part 4)

Wedding Crashers

Wednesday 12 February

The Interrogator S1

Bad Times At The El Royale

Orange Is The New Black S6

A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III

Monster In Law

Thursday 13 February

  • The Bachelor SA S2

Big Sky

Girl Meets Farm

Wrong Turn

Letters To Juliet

Friday 14 February

Looking For Love

One Night

A Simple Wedding

Surprised By Love

Paris Can Wait

Brain Games S1

Trippin’ With Skhumba S1

Saturday 15 February

  • Twilight Zone S1

My Feet Are Killing Me S1

The Dark Knight Rises

Sunday 16 February

  • Sunday Night Movie: Kandasamys: The Wedding – The madness continues in this sequel to the hit South African rom-com. It is a week before Jodi and Prishen’s wedding and their love is tested as the family interfere once more.
  • An Impossible Love – A moving French drama about love and class. An office worker and a man from a bourgeois family have a child together. But he refuses to marry outside of his social class.

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War

Conan The Barbarian

Life Of A King

The Amazing Jonathan

Jack The Giant Slayer

Monday 17 February

  • Why Women Kill S1 (returns)

Southern Charm New Orleans S2 (double bill)

The Chefs’ Brigade S1

The Strongest Man In History S1

World On Fire S1

All Of My Heart 2

Tuesday 18 February

  • Jett S1 – Carla Gugino stars in this slick and dark crime drama. Freshly out of prison, a world-class thief finds herself being pulled back into the underworld by a group of dangerous and eccentric criminals.
  • Prodigal Son S1

The Black Widow Killer

Ultimate Supercar S1

Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America S1

Wednesday 19 February

Cold Call S1 (double bill)

Friday 21 February

Matwetwe

Saturday 22 February

A Little Something For Your Birthday

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground

The Condemned 2

Sunday 23 February

  • Sunday Night Movie: Fighting with My Family – A crazy but surprisingly charming film that follows a wrestling family and their ambition to reach the World Wrestling Entertainment.

The Double

On The Path To Paradise (aka) Mayfair

3022

Over The Limit

My Blind Brother

Monday 24 February

Startup S3

Death In Paradise S9

The Lake Erie Murders S2

Tuesday 25 February

  • Chicago Fire S8 – From Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf (Law & Order), this high-octane drama follows the personal and professional lives of a group of dedicated firefighters in Chicago.
  • Chicago Med S5 – The series creator of the explosive Chicago series brings us another compelling instalment, with this medical drama about the courageous team of doctors at the city’s trauma centre.
  • Chicago PD S7 – An elite group of officers and detectives put the pin on crime, in this acclaimed drama, another fast-paced addition to the series from Emmy-winning creator Dick Wolf.

Reggie In China

Ring Of Deceit

Hudson & Rex S2

Wednesday 26 February

Dinner Date South Africa S2

The Wish List

Codes And Conspiracies S3

Thursday 27 February

  • Top Gear 2019/20: Nepal Special
  • Still Breathing S1

An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn

Twilight Saga, The: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Friday 28 February

  • Divorce S3 – Golden Globe winner Sarah Jessica Parker and Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church star in this introspective dramedy about love, marriage and one woman’s story of a very long divorce.
  • Detour S4 – Jason Jones (The Daily Show) stars in this adult comedy that follows a father whose road trip with his family across America causes them to end up on the run from the FBI.

Silent Witness S23

Mongolian Death Worm

Saturday 29 February

Red Riding Hood

Paranormal Emergency S1 (double bill)

Please note that titles and dates might change.

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Why Women Kill

Why Women Kill

The River S1-5

The River S1-5

MasterChef Australia S13

MasterChef Australia S13

This Is Us S5

This Is Us S5

Black Tax S1-2

Black Tax S1-2

Mixed-ish S1

Mixed-ish S1

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Life With Kelly Khumalo S3

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On Showmax
Westworld S4

Westworld S4

On Showmax

IMDB 8.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes 86%

Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu (2016)

Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu (2016)

On Showmax

IMDB 7.6/10

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The Bay S2

The Bay S2

On Showmax

IMDB 6.9/10 Rotten Tomatoes 80%

Superstore S1-6

Superstore S1-6

On Showmax

IMDB 7.7/10 Rotten Tomatoes 100%

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On Showmax
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IMDB 8.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes 86%

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