Kids entertainment highlights on DStv, 6-12 August
DC Super Hero Girls movies, a Paw Patrol takeover & more on DStv this week
DStv is going to knock your kids’ little socks off this week.
In honour of women’s month, DStv’s School of Laughter channels have added some epic female-inspired series and movies like Moana along with new episodes of Super Hero Girls and 2 superhero girl movies: LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain, and DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis.
M-Net (DStv channel 101) delivers a family-friendly live action animal adventure with Against The Wild: The Journey in its Saturday kids’ movie slot, there are brand-new episodes and seasons of kids’ shows like Jungle Beat, Amphibia and Side Hustle.
And with the Paw Patrol movie coming to cinemas from Friday, 20 August, the pups are taking over the small screen, too!
Watch, laugh and learn with even more children’s shows and movies in DStv’s School of Laughter.
Major movies
Against The Wild: The Journey
An epic canine adventure in which Chinook the Alaskan Malamute must lead a shipwrecked blind man out of the wilderness, while the man’s children launch a rescue mission of their own. Starring Natasha Henstridge and Steve Byers.
Watch on Saturday, 7 August on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 16:00
Moana
An adventurous island princess and an ancient Demigod go on a quest to save her home. Starring Dwayne Johnson, who shows off his vocals in this beautifully animated Disney adventure.
Watch Saturday, 7 August on M-Net Movies 4 (DStv channel 108) at 16:52
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain
A memory mix up leaves Supergirl, Wonder Woman and Batgirl with no idea of the wicked deeds they supposedly did. Who’s been meddling with their minds?
Watch on Monday, 9 August on Cartoon Network (DStv channel 301) at 08:25
DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis
Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Bumblebee and the Super Crew must combine their powers to battle evil whenSiren steals the Book of Legends from Super Hero High in order to locate the Trident of Atlantis.
Watch on Monday, 9 August on Cartoon Network (DStv channel 301) at 09:45
Super Series!
DC Super Hero Girls S2
At Super Hero High, Wonder Woman, Supergirl and their Super Hero friends attend exciting classes and deal with the awkwardness of growing up. In new episodes, Batgirl finally gets the chance to be Batman’s sidekick.
Watch from Monday, 9 August on Cartoon Network (DStv channel 301) at 15:50
Jungle Beat S8
The jungle animals, including Munki, Trunk and Tallbert, are disturbed by the arrival of three human explorers – Simon, Rita and Mirabelle – and their puppy, so they do their best not to be seen throughout the season.
Watch from Saturday, 7 August on Boomerang (DStv channel 302) at 08:05
Fancy Nancy Clancy
6-year-old Nancy is excited to experience what the world has to offer with her friends. In S2, a neighbourhood climbing tree is declared off-limits, and Nancy and her friends take a stand against it.
Watch from Monday, 9 August on Disney Junior (DStv channel 309) at 15:30
Amphibia S2B
Animated series about teen Anne Boonchuy, who is magically transported to a marshland full of frog people. In new episodes, Sprig and Polly stay up all night to drive the family home, and the Plantars make it to Wartwood.
Watch from Monday, 9 August on Disney Channel (DStv channel 303) at 15:15
Side Hustle S1
In the new episode, Mr. Prusko is the most boring teacher in school. Students even fall asleep in his class, so Lex and Presley make a deal to make him cooler in exchange for good grades.
Watch from Saturday, 7 August on Nickelodeon (DStv channel 305) at 18:30
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Santiago of The Seas S1
In new episodes, Santi and the crew will have to team up with a pirate puppy to stop Bonnie Bones and save an old friend, and Enrique’s new gold-digging machine threatens Lorelai’s home.
Watch from Monday, 9 August on Nick Jr (DStv channel 307) at 16:40
Marvellous Makes Lab S1
The Marvellous Makes workshop showed you all sorts of projects you could form with modelling clay. Now the Makes lab will show you experiments that you can perform at home using ordinary household goods.
Watch from Sunday, 8 August on Da Vinci (DStv channel 318) at 09:00
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And don’t miss…
Non-Stop Paw Patrol & Sunday Marathons
Celebrating the arrival of S5 along with feature-length Paw Patrol: The Movie, which arrives in SA cinemas from Friday, 20 August, Nick Jr is dedicating an entire viewing block to Paw Patrol puppy power! And Paw Patrol puppy power intensifies on Sunday afternoons, too.
Watch Sundays from Sunday, 1 August on NickToons (DStv channel 308) from 16:00
Download and watch later
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