Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman, Lingashoni Season 2, Guessable Season 2 and more eye-catching TV on DStv Compact Plus this March
March on DStv Compact Plus is all about bizarre fascinations and extreme stories. It’s your insider access to little-known truths in the worlds of true crime, nature and history – along with lashings of comedy when you just want to relax.
Delightfully silly celebrity game show Guessable Season 2 leads the laugh track, followed by 4 comedy specials featuring Daniel Tosh, The Amazing Jonathan, Big Jay Oakerson and Kristen Schaal.
The big news for the month is the intriguing prison break history series, Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman Season 1. It’s a crowd pleaser with enough information and intrigue for everyone from Shawshank Redemption fan dads, to true-crime buff moms, and kids who’re into learning about history that’s not in the text books. True crime fans can also settle in for the chilling World's Most Evil Killers Season 6 and Killer Cases Season 2.
Lingashoni takes us straight from the shattering Season 1 finale into Lingashoni Season 2, in which the identity of 2 burned bodies are going to make us sweat and count which of our favourites are still on screen. And a newcomer is in town looking for revenge. Drama fans should also note that All American Season 4 is back.
If that’s a bit on the grim and gritty side, there’s plenty of wonder to explore in DStv Compact’s nature series, which take in everything from planets in Secrets of The Universe Season 1, to elephants in Elephants Changing Lives, to the tiniest living organisms in Clean Up Crew.
And there are some thrilling insights for history lovers in Fighting For Lincoln: The Wide Awakes, Return of The Trade Wars, and Cities of The Underworld Season 4 with adventurer Don Wildman.
See the world through new eyes this March on DStv Compact.
Host Sara Pascoe leads 2 celebrity teams led by Alan Davies and Darren Harriott as they compete to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. This season’s celebs include Nish Kumar, Joel Dommett, Oti Mabuse and Richard Madeley. If you enjoy Celebrity Game Night, give this a go.
Watch Guessable Season 2 from Saturday. 19 March on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) at 22:00
Daniel Tosh talks about his child-like dreams and his fascination with cannibalism in this half-hour stand-up special. Daniel’s wheelhouse is offensive humour and all about finding someone else’s line and crossing it.
Watch Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts on Sunday, 3 March on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) at 21:00
In Big Jay Oakerson's first hour-long special, he uses his signature gritty, witty crowd work as a jumping-off point to explore topics like the challenge of raising a teenage daughter, body parts, relationships and our insecurities as humans.
Watch Big Jay Oakerson Live At Webster Hall on Sunday, 13 March on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) at 21:00
Flight of The Conchords and What We Do In The Shadows star Kristen Schaal performs stand-up in this hour-long special. The first half includes prop work, mime work as a magician’s assistant, and a little body humour. The second half is… interesting and either experimental “awkward” comedy or a straight up disaster.
Watch Kristen Schaal: Live At The Fillmore on Sunday, 20 March on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) at 21:00
Las Vegas legend The Amazing Johnathan combines good magic, flopped tricks, comedy and gore with his hapless assistant, Psychic Tanya, who can’t help flirting with Jonathan’s audience volunteers. Johnathan takes classic tricks like the pencil-up-the-nose thing and gives them an unexpected twist.
Watch The Amazing Johnathan: Wrong On Every Level on Sunday, 27 March on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) at 21:00
Spencer risks his future to protect his teammates from an unjust punishment, and Olivia and Layla make post-graduation plans, while Asher lashes out because he’s too proud to ask for financial assistance. And as the season ends, GRace joins the search for a new school principal.
Watch All American Season 4B from Monday, 14 March on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103) at 20:30
We’re back with the story of former amnesiac Mandla Cele (Patrick Mofokeng) his 2 families. As the season begins, wedding ruiner Mpumi has news about her pregnancy, 2 badly burned bodies create mystery, loan sharks take Poppy’s TV, a new arrival sets everyone talking, and Gagashe’s DNA results reveal a family secret.
Watch Lingashoni Season 2 from Monday, 21 March on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103) at 21:30
Alexia loses her perfect wedding venue, Lisa hosts a sultry slumber party, Nicole’s reunion with her father disappoints, the ladies’ Hamptons trip is too low rent for Lisa, and marysol drops some juicy gossip about Nicole. NB! While the channel claims this is Season 1, it is Season 4, released in 2021.
Watch The Real Housewives Of Miami Season 4B from Wednesday, 16 March on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103) at 19:00
Kelly, Brauwyn, and Elizabeth are out, but the rest of the Housewives are back, including Heather Dubrow, who's inviting all her old friends to her house for a sushi party. And a juicy piece of gossip about Nicole disrupts the party.
Watch The Real Housewives Of Orange County Season 16 from Wednesday, 30 March on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103) at 19:00
Few animals have more complex societies and interactions than elephants. For these slow-growing, long-lived animals, survival is dependent on knowledge passed down from family members and from the constant support of the herd when it comes to dealing with change. Also find out how elephants act to change the environment around them.
Watch Elephants Changing Lives on Wednesday, 2 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 20:00
Like mini inland oceans, lakes are treasure troves of aquatic wonders. Each zone, from the depths to the surface, from the banks to the mud at the bottom, hosts its own animal communities of predators and prey. Meet the fish, birds, insects and mammals who’ve adapted to this freshwater home.
Watch Lake Magic on Wednesday, 9 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 20:00
Some unlikely animals, from flies and ants to crabs, dung beetles, vultures and crows are our heroes, keeping us safe from diseases as they dispose of rotting matter, carcases, dung and plant waste. We can thank the FBI – fungi, bacteria and insects – for recycling nutrients and releasing them back into the soil.
Watch Clean Up Crew on Wednesday, 23 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 20:00
Grasslands are among the most productive habitats on Earth, home to concentrations of big game and the most dramatic interactions of predator and prey. Take a journey around the world from the veld and savannah to the pampas to the steppes and taiga to watch these animals’ story of survival.
Watch Glorious Grasslands on Wednesday, 30 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 20:00
Find out what could lie within and beyond black holes, see how energy from the sun flows into climate and energy patterns on Earth, learn about our universe’s supervolcanoes, catch up on the search for water on other planets, find out how stars die, learn more about exotic planets, and more.
Watch Secrets Of The Universe Season 1 from Monday, 7 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 20:00
Adventurer Don Wildman uses cutting-edge technology to explore buried mysteries. This season, Don follows searches for a lost Aztec colony, he travels to Croatia to learn about a pirate queen who ruled her empire from a muddy cave, and he explores tunnels below Los Angeles with links to an infamous cold case.
Watch Cities of The Underworld Season 4 from Thursday, 24 March on History (DStv Channel 186) at 20:15
Find out how torch-lit marches down Main Street America by a black-clad paramilitary group of young abolitionists calling themselves the Wide Awakes played a role in securing the presidency for Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 election – without social media to spread the word.
Watch Fighting For Lincoln: The Wide Awakes on Tuesday, 1 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 21:00
Get into the history of beer, starting with the Sumerians who invented it 5,000 years ago, through to the leading export of today and the new trend of the future: craft beer. This documentary takes us inside a modern factory that exports pilsner to meet a master brewer who shows us how beer is brewed.
Watch The Story Of German Beer on Tuesday, 8 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 21:00
While some wild political claims have been made recently about the ease of winning trade wars, the truth about separatism, embargoes and customs is trickier in a global market. What has history taught us about trade wars, and what has led to the outbreak of trade wars in the past?
Watch Return of The Trade Wars on Tuesday, 15 March on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185) at 21:00
Morgan Freeman follows in the footsteps of prison inmates who plotted and executed some of history’s most daring escapes, along with going inside the intense manhunt that followed. Using prison reports from “unescapable” facilities like Dannemora, Alcatraz and Altiplano, and eyewitness testimony, they’ll take us inside the big break.
Watch Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman Season 1 from Saturday, 26 March on History (DStv Channel 186) at 20:15
First we hear from police officers, forensic experts, witnesses, and sometimes the defendants themselves. Then the legal drama plays out in the courtroom. This season, Army Sergeant Kemia Hessel is accused of murdering her husband, dentist Dr. Kendra Hatcher is murdered, and a boy goes missing during a court ordered visit with his father.
Watch Killer Cases Season 2 from Monday, 21 March on CBS Justice (DStv Channel 170) at 20:00
What drives people to kill in especially evil ways? Sit down for expert testimony in the cases of Stuart Campbell, Trimaan Harry Dhillon, Jamie Reynolds, Sarah Williams & Katrina Walsh, Daniel Gonzales (aka the Freddy Krueger Killer), Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw, and British serial killer Mark Martin.
Watch World's Most Evil Killers Season 6 from Sunday, 6 March on CBS Justice (DStv Channel 170) at 19:00
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