Tune in to the How to Lose Weight Well Series where Dr Xand van Tulleken and dietician Hala El-Shafie help six dieters attempt the most written-about diets on the market today. Is there really any real science behind these fad diets?
Or revert back to Graham Norton and Gordon Ramsay in their new series, or head straight to the tense Dragons Den.
The Graham Norton Show Series 21 (13 episodes) Tuesday 18 April at 21:00 on BBC Brit channel 120 on DStv
The irreverent BAFTA award-winning chat show host from the Emerald Isle returns with a new series of The Graham Norton Show.
Each episode is brim full of chat, comedy, celebrity gossip and general weirdness. And there’s just enough risqué material to make viewers cringe with delight.
At the end of each episode, Graham introduces some of the best contemporary music acts to wrap things up and finish the show off with a bang.
Dragons’ Den Series 14 (17 episodes)
Thursday 20 April at 20:00 on BBC Brit channel 120 on DStv
Dragons’ Den is back and open for business for a fourteenth series. Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Sarah Willingham and Nick Jenkins take their seats to face a fresh batch of entrepreneurs who dare to enter through the Den doors.
In the series opener, the Dragons ponder the investment opportunity in pint-sized pencils, oversized beanbags and a boot-cleaning device invented by a 15-year-old football fan. But will the revelation of a huge company debt mean it is game over for this fledgling family business?
Other ideas include wearable maps, a manhole cover key business, a paper folding device, an innovative drilling tool gadget and a portable water-saving product. Each entrepreneur has three minutes to introduce their idea, the investment they desire and perform what they hope will be an engaging pitch before coming under the scrutiny of the Dragons in what can often become a tense question and answer session.
Ross Kemp: Extreme World Series 5 (5 episodes)
From Monday 24 April at 20:00 on BBC Brit channel 120 on DStv
Ross Kemp returns for another series documenting the dangerous and extreme lives people live across the world. This time he meets the Mongolian nationalists who are hoping to stop their country’s remaining wealth being used up by Chinese big business.
On the US-Mexico border, he asks US Border Patrol if a 2000-mile long wall will ever be enough to halt the flow of illegal migration. In Mozambique, Ross tracks down gangs hunting the last of the nation’s elephants for their lucrative ivory. In Colombia he travels to an illegal cocaine production plant to find out why people risk their lives on the wrong side of the war on drug. In Syria, Ross meets the Kurdish fighters doing everything they can to turn back the advance of ISIS fundamentalists across the region.
Hell’s Kitchen USA Series 15 (16 episodes)
From Monday 24 April at 20:00 on BBC Lifestyle channel 174 on DStv
Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay takes command of the kitchen as a new crop of aspiring restaurateurs show off their cooking skills, all hoping to win the life-changing prize of a coveted head chef position at a prestigious restaurant. Expect high drama as they cook up a storm under the watchful eye of the terrifying superstar chef.
In the first episode, the chefs have 45 minutes to create their signature dish, which Chef Ramsay judges on a scale of one to five. Eddie is able to get the Blue Team off to a strong start with his Bambi tenderloin, while Kevin’s Chicken Caesar Piadina nearly derails the men’s team.
Weird Wonders of the World Series 2 (8 episodes)
Sunday 30 April at 16:00 on BBC Earth channel 184 on DStv
Chris Packham returns to explore more of the weirdest natural events on the planet.
In series two, Chris finds out why Spain is under attack from spaceballs, uncovers the origin of a mysterious underwater blob, finds goblin’s gold, reveals a slimy invasion in Florida and learns how one woman’s nose could hold the key to detecting Parkinson’s disease. He also tackles new topics like weird foods, crack pot chemistry and human oddities.
Using UCG footage and specially shot sequences the viewer will be taken on a fascinating journey through our weird world’s most recent bizarre and unusual events.
The World’s Deadliest Weather Series 1 (13 episodes)
Sunday 30 April at 18:00 on BBC Earth channel 184 on DStv
The weather is a staggeringly beautiful but destructive force, killing thousands of people every year. In this series, meet the people who came face to face with some of the world’s the deadliest weather – and filmed it.
The first episode reveals America’s deadliest tornado in sixty years; a catastrophic mile-wide multiple-vortex which tore through the town of Joplin, Missouri, wiping out 200 houses a minute in 2011. Also, find out how a hurricane ripped apart a Mexican holiday resort sending tourists fleeing for their lives, how fire-fighters tackled a 30mph inferno in Australia and how young British backpackers survived after being shipwrecked off the coast of Panama.
Each episode reveals how members of the public survived wildfires, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, avalanches, ice-storms and shipwrecks with their own video footage, including incredible rescues and human endurance that defy belief. Global warming is now giving our weather systems extra energy to unleash upon us, and this series reveals their terrifying power…
How to Lose Weight Well Series 1 (3 episodes)
From Sunday 30 April at 16:00 on BBC Lifestyle channel 174 on DStv
Dr Xand van Tulleken and dietician Hala El-Shafie help six dieters attempt the most hyped and written-about diets on the market today.
This series explores regimes including the 5:2 diet, All You Can Eat, Raw Food, the Paleo diet, the Grapefruit Diet and the ‘Coffee-Based’ diet. Xand also looks at virtual gastric band surgery, DIY enemas and even a procedure where a protein solution is fed straight into the stomach. Is there any real science behind any of these fad diets?
What: BBC Worldwide Channels highlights
When: 17 – 30 April, 2017
Web: http://www.bbcsouthafrica.com/
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