Fantasy & for real on DStv Family this June

Whether you like your TV to deal with here and now, or a faraway fantasy land, DStv Family is the place to be this June.

For local flavour we have Soso Rungqu asking what the neighbours are up to in Umakhelwane Season 1, Linda Sibiya is getting between fighting husbands and wives in Unzima Umshado Season 1, and South African forensic pathologist Dr. Hestelle van Staden is giving us a look inside real-life crime solving in SA in the fascinating Outopsie Season 1.

Less real but still with all the feels we have the return of episodic fantasy series, The Outpost Season 4, the launch of our brand-new romantic telenovela obsessions, My Desire Season 1, and a deep dive into another world in times gone by in the National Geographic (DStv Channel 181) documentary series Vikings: The Rise And Fall Season 1

PS: and since June is Pride month, the local stories of courage in Coming Out Season 1 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157) are a must-watch.

Read on for more about all these shows, including all the details of where you can watch the action from The Queen’s Jubilee below, and check out the highlights on the other packages. You’ve made it to mid-year 2022 and it’s treat yourself time!

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5 must-see series

Umakhelwane Season 1

What are the neighbours up to? Actress and singer Soso Rungqu twitches the curtain to peer inside the world of “the next-doors” – how our relationships with them go wrong and how feuds begin, leaving you unable to escape someone who steals, gets physically violent, tells your business around town, or who’s blaming you for allowing abuse to happen next door. Soso then plays negotiator to show us how to mend fences.

Watch Umakhelwane Season 1 from Sunday, 19 June at 20:30 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)

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Unzima Umshado Season 1

Linda “Mr Magic” Sibiya? On our TVs again? We’re blessed by Moja Love. Watching him hosting the Mnakwethu reunion show was something else. In this new series, Linda is exploring more troubled marriages, as he draws on his own romantic successes and failures, to help feuding couples. Through careful conversations, Linda hopes to guide them to a peaceful resolution and a happier future in a more balanced relationship. Marriage is a hot topic, or as we say, “Ngoba phela umshado ubanjwa ushisa”.

Watch Unzima Umshado Season 1 from Sunday, 12 June at 20:00 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)

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Outopsie Season 1

True crime enthusiasts, snap on your gloves! South African forensic pathologist Dr. Hestelle van Staden explores true crime cases in which forensic pathology played an important role. Each episode opens with Hestelle giving us the details of the forensic report and – from there – taking us deeper into the cases, including the 2016 murder of Baby Daniel, the shooting of local Reggae star Lucky Dube, and the 2015 Rhodes park gang rapes and murders.

Watch Outopsie Season 1 from Thursday, 2 June at 20:00 on VIA (DStv Channel 147)

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The Outpost Season 4

Big bold worldbuilding, adventure, and fantasy await as we return to The Outpost at the edge of civilization. Garret (Jake Stormoen) is pushing for the Blackblood, Talon (Jessica Green), to take the throne following Queen Gwynn’s death, but Talon’s lack of self-confidence is holding her back. This season will see more complications arise from newly awakened gods, a new race of beings that could hold the key to Talon’s origins, and the unlocking of the city buried beneath The Outpost.

Watch The Outpost Season 4 from Saturday, 18 June at 11:00 on Universal (DStv Channel 117)

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Vikings: The Rise And Fall Season 1

Fans of series like Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla and The Last Kingdom have been addicted to behind the scenes features on creating period-accurate costumes and props. But this doccie series goes further. Narrated by narrated by Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and based on research by Stefan Brink (Professor of Scandinavian Studies); Terry Gunnell (Professor of Folkloristics); Cat Jarman (Bioarchaeologist) and others, it gives us the true and fascinating details inside daily life through 300 years of the Viking Empire.

Watch Vikings: The Rise And Fall Season 1 from Wednesday, 29 June at 21:00 on National Geographic (DStv Channel 181)

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My Desire Season 1

This romantic drama telenovela is a spinoff to Yeh Hai Mohabbatein (This Is Love). The series follows 2 busy people – rockstar Rudraksh Khurana (Abrar Qazi) and a gynaecologist Dr. Preesha Srinivasan (Sargun Kaur Luthra) – as they fall in love while raising their siblings’ son Saransh together. Rudra believes that Preesha is the boy’s biological mother, the 2 get married in a series of misunderstandings, and they then have to fake being in a happy marriage to stop the Child Care department from taking Saransh away. It’s a classic “married strangers” plot and we love it!

Watch My Desire Season 1 from Thursday, 9 June at 20:00 on StarLife (DStv Channel 167)

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Also on DStv Family this June

• Agter Tralies Season 3 from Thursday, 2 June at 20:30 on VIA (DStv Channel 147)
• Besigheid Op 'N Bord Season 1 from Tuesday, 7 June at 20:00 on VIA (DStv Channel 147)
• Besigheid Wat Saak Maak Season 8 from Saturday, 11 June at 08:30 on VIA (DStv Channel 147)
• Hudson & Rex Season 4 from Tuesday, 14 June at 20:00 on Universal (DStv Channel 117)
• Private Eyes Season 4 from Friday, 17 June at 20:00 on Universal (DStv Channel 117)
• Street Outlaws: New Orleans Season 1 from Monday, 20 June at 17:45 on Discovery Family (DStv Channel 136)
• Explorer: The Deepest Cave on Sunday, 5 June at 21:00 on National Geographic (DStv Channel 181)
• The Real Housewives Of New York Season 13 Mondays-Wednesdays from Wednesday, 15 June at 21:30 on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• MasterChef Legends Season 11 Mondays-Fridays from Monday, 20 June at 19:00 on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• Still Breathing Season 1 from Monday, 20 June at 20:30 on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• Snowfall Season 5 from Monday, 27 June at 22:30 on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• Women Of The Moviement Season 1 from Wednesday, 15 June at 22:30 on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• CSI Vegas Season 1 from Thursday, 16 June at 20:00 (double bill) on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• My Kitchen Rules SA Season 3 from Friday, 17 June at 20:00 on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• Kings Of Napa Season 1 from Sunday, 5 June at 20:00 on Me (DStv Channel 115)
• Ekhaya Season 2 from Thursday, 2 June at 21:30 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)
• Ufelani Season 7 from Thursday, 2 June at 22:00 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)
• Isencane Lengane Season 4 from Sunday, 5 June at 21:00 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)
• Mamazala Season 12 from Saturday, 4 June at 19:30 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)
• Uyaphuza Season 5 from Saturday, 18 June at 21:00 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)
• Coming Out Season 1 from Sunday, 19 June at 21:30 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)
• X Repo Season 2 from Saturday, 18 June at 21:30 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)
• Motor Mythbusters Season 1 from Saturday, 11 June at 09:30 on Ignition (DStv Channel 189)

All package alert: The Queen’s Jubilee

• The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Trooping The Colour on Thursday, 2 June at 11:00 on BBC World News (DStv Channel 400)
• The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: BBC News Special on Thursday, 2 June at 19:00 on BBC World News (DStv Channel 400)
• Platinum Beacons: Lighting Up The Jubilee on Thursday, 2 June at 22:00 on BBC World News (DStv Channel 400)
• The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: A Service of Thanksgiving on Friday, 3 June at 11:00 on BBC World News (DStv Channel 400)
• The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: BBC News Special on Friday, 3 June at 18:00 on BBC World News (DStv Channel 400)
• Elizabeth: A Portrait In Part(s) from Friday, 3 June at 21:30 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101)
• The Queen Mother on Saturday, 4 June at 17:00 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• Our Queen At War on Saturday, 4 June at 19:00 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Platinum Party At The Palace on Saturday, 4 June at 20:30 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• Princess Margaret: The Royal Rebel on Sunday, 5 June at 17:00 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• The Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, 5 June at 19:05 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: The Big Jubilee Lunch on Sunday, 5 June (time TBC) on BBC World News (DStv Channel 400)
• Elizabeth The Unseen Queen on Monday, 6 June at 21:00 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• Royals: Keeping The Crown Season 1 from Tuesday, 7 June at 20:00 on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185)

All package alert: Awesome June shows

Check out the other highlights packages for more on these shows…

Premium

• Desert Rose Season 1 from Thursday, 2 June at 20:30 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101)
• Noughts + Crosses Season 2 from Thursday, 16 July at 22:30 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101)
• Celebrity IOU Joyride Season 1 from Friday, 3 June at 20:00 on Discovery Channel (DStv Channel 121)
• Exploration Volcano Season 1 from Sunday. 19 June at 20:00 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184)
• Watch Law & Order Season 21 from Thursday, 23 June at 19:30 on M-Net DStv Channel 101)
• We Own This City Season 1 from Wednesday, 8 June at 22:30 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101)
• The Staircase Season 1 from Monday, 27 June at 21:30 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101)
• Good Sam Season 1 from Monday, 17 June at 20:30 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101)

Compact Plus

• We’re Here Season 2 from Monday, 27 June at 22:00 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103)
• Power Book II: Ghost Season 2 from Tuesday, 28 June at 22:00 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103)
• Chernobyl Fukushima: Living With The Legacy on Tuesday, 14 June at 20:00 on Curiosity Channel (DStv Channel 185)
• Twisted Killers Season 1 from Monday, 6 June at 19:00 on CBS Justice (DStv Channel 170)
• Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter season 1 from Thursday, 16 June at 19:25 on History (DStv Channel 186)

Compact

• Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars Season 1 from Tuesday, 21 June at 20:00 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons Season 1 from Tuesday, 14 June at 22:00 on BET (DStv Channel 129)
• Listing Cape Town Season 1 from Wednesday, 1 June at 20:00 on BBC Lifestyle (DStv Channel 174)
• Lil Jon Wants To Do What? Season 1 from Wednesday, 29 June at 22:00 on HGTV (DStv Channel 177)
• The Saturday Showdown Season 1 from Saturday, 4 June at 18:30 on Mzansi Magic (DStv Channel 161)

Access

• When Luxury Holidays Go Horribly Wrong Season 1 from Saturday, 4 June at 20:40 on CBS Reality (DStv Channel 132)
• When All-Inclusive Holidays Go Horribly Wrong Season 1 from Sunday, 5 June at 20:40 on CBS Reality (DStv Channel 132)
• When Cosmetic Surgery Goes Horribly Wrong Season 1 from Sunday, 19 June at 20:40 on CBS Reality (DStv Channel 132)
• When Diets Go Horribly Wrong Season 1 from Saturday, 25 June at 20:40 on CBS Reality (DStv Channel 132)
• Naked And Afraid Of Love Season 1 from Tuesday, 7 June at 21:00 on TLC (DStv Channel 135)
• Lightened Up Season 1 from Tuesday, 7 June at 18:30 on The Home Channel (DStv Channel 176)
• Find Me A Beach House Season 1 from Tuesday, 7 June at 19:30 on The Home Channel (DStv Channel 176)
• Kenny & Armando: Our Journey So Far Season 1 from Sunday, 26 June at 18:00 on TLC (DStv Channel 135)
• Oceans Week from Monday, 6 June at 18:00 on National Geographic Wild (DStv Channel 182)

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