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29 April 2020

What’s new on Netflix in South Africa in May 2020

May sees Netflix launching its second African Original, Blood & Water, plus new seasons of fan favourites.

Blood & Water, new seasons of Schitt’s Creek, The Blacklist, Dead to Me and Workin’ Moms, plus the beautiful movie Call Me By Your Name are all coming to Netflix subscribers’ screens this month.

Here are our highlights, followed by the listing in date order.

Blood & Water | 20 May

A 16-year-old gets herself transferred to the same high school as a girl whom she suspects is her sister, who was kidnapped at birth 17 years earlier.

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Kings of Mulberry Street (2019)

Suidooster S7

Gomora S1

(S)he (2020)

Hollywood | 1 May

A new limited series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, Hollywood follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood as they try to make it in Tinseltown — no matter what the cost.

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Bad Education (2019)

I, Tonya (2017)

Everest (2015)

The Beautiful People

Dead to Me Season 2 | 8 May

In the aftermath of a bloody backyard reveal, Jen and Judy struggle to hide a dark secret. With a surprising new visitor in town, and Detective Perez hot on their heels, the stakes have never been higher.

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Shrill S1

Dumplin’ (2018)

Killing Eve S3

Little Fires Everywhere

Workin’ Moms Season 4 | 6 May

Big changes are in the air as the moms stand up for their children, their partners, their businesses — and more importantly, themselves.

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I’m Sorry S1-2

Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce S1-5

Run S1

Insecure S1-5

Call Me by Your Name (2017) | 9 May

In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father’s research assistant.

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Somizi & Mohale: The Union

Now Apocalypse

Boy Erased (2018)

Kanarie (2018)

The Blacklist Season 6 | Date TBC

Now knowing that Raymond Reddington isn’t who he claims to be, Liz must decide if she’ll help him uncover the traitor who has landed him on Death Row.

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Ray Donovan S7

Godfather of Harlem S1

The Plot Against America

False Flag S1

Schitt’s Creek Season 6 | 14 May 2020

As the Roses get closer to recapturing past glories, the dream of leaving Schitt’s Creek behind begins to lose its appeal.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1-8

New Girl S1-7

Modern Family S11

Shameless S10

Hannah Gadsby: Douglas | 26 May

Emmy- and Peabody-winning comedian Hannah Gadsby stopped the comedy world in its tracks with her genre-bending show Nanette. Having given herself her very own tough act to follow, she named her difficult second album after her eldest dog and took it for a walk across the planet, finishing up in Los Angeles and recording her second Netflix comedy special, Hannah Gadsby: Douglas. You can expect your expectations to be set and met by Douglas: a tour from the dog park to the renaissance and back guided by one of comedy’s most sparkling and surprising minds.