DStv Compact Plus Highlights October 2025

News 01 October 2025

DStv Compact Plus is celebrating Poshtober with a cricket tour, The Real Housewives of London, Strictly Come Dancing, Apples en Tee, and a little Schuster.

DStv Compact Plus Highlights October 2025

Raise a pinky, darling, because it’s Poshtober on Compact Plus. We’re serving Appels en Tee to The Real Housewives of London, our cricketing Proteas are off to menace Pakistan, we have new Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off: The Professionals seasons, and so much more.

If that’s too fancy to suit your fancy, we’re also slicing into more Great African Crimes with Mandy Wiener, and dishing up South African flavour with a fresh Schuster documentary.

There’s so much more to explore, so set your reminders for our top 10 October titles now.

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Top-class drama

Appels en Tee

Lisa Rossouw (Diaan Lawrenson, with Anya Human as the younger Lisa) is minding her own business, running her pretty tea garden in Paradysbos when she’s not tending to her perfect husband Dawid (Ivan Zimmermann) and son. Then the De Klerks crash their car in front of her garden and out steps Lisa’s long-lost friend Henriëtte (Tinarie van Wyk Loots, with Nicola Nothnagel as the younger Henriëtte) after 27 years of silence. With Neels van Jaarsveld as Wessel de Klerk.

Watch Appels en Tee Season 1 from Tuesday, 21 October at 8PM on kykNET Channel 144.

Tyler Perry's The Oval

Last season ended with a guns-blazing shootout at the White House between rival staffers representing US President Hunter Franklin (Ed Quinn), and First Lady Victoria Franklin (Kron Moore). Now we’re right back in the action as residence staff supervisor Priscilla Owens (Taja V Simpson) tries to get Hunter to leave the building with her as he wrestles with a shocking medical diagnosis. And Victoria uncovers facts that could unravel the web of lies that Simone Winter (Kaye Singleton) is spinning.

Watch Tyler Perry's The Oval Season 6 from Wednesday, 22 October at 10PM on BET Channel 129.

The tea in reality

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The Real Housewives of London

You think your Housewives are posh, but is she on the King of England’s guest list? Meet six London divas – Juliet Angus, Amanda Cronin, Karen Loderick-Peace, Juliet Mayhew, Panthea Parker, and Nessie Welschinger – who’ll have you running to Debrett’s to look up their connections…and to the Harrods website to see what their shopping sprees cost. Events for your diary include an International Women's Day soirée, a visit to Buckingham Palace, and a picnic at Henley. Poison with your tea, dear?

Watch The Real Housewives of London Season 1 on Sundays from 12 October on Bravo Channel 124.

Strictly Come Dancing

South African dancer Johannes Radebe and judge Motsi Mabuse are back for the 2025 season! Johannes has been partnered with Doctor Who’s Alex Kingston, and we have a horde of celebs, including actress and model Ellie Goldstein, who was the spokeswoman for the Down Syndrome Barbie; former England rugby captain Chris Robshaw; Love Island S3 winner Amber Davies; TikTok and YouTube star George Arthur Clarke of The Useless Hotline; RuPaul’s Drag Race S6 finalist La Voix; and The Geordie Shore’s Vicky Pattison.

Watch Strictly Come Dancing Season 23 on Sundays at 7PM on BBC Brit Channel 120. All previous episodes available on DStv Stream.

Bake Off: The Professionals Season 7

Calling all tarts and crumpets! Twelve teams from top hotels, restaurants and small businesses are competing to be crowned best patisserie team in Britain over the next five weeks. Stacey Solomon replaces Tom Allen as co-host to Liam Charles this season, with challenges set by pâtissier experts Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden. Look out for ancient mythology showstoppers, towering trifles, edible Mont Blanc mountains, the dreaded chocolate week, a pastry Les Misérables, and a Jurassic World edible tale scene.

Watch Bake Off: The Professionals Season 7 from Monday, 6 October at 8PM on BBC Lifestyle Channel 174.

Lavish lifestyle

Extraordinary Extensions

We couldn’t be in more delightful company as British rap star Tinie Tempah takes us to visit homeowners who’ve built exciting new additions to their properties. We’ll see everything from a ski-slope roof, to a mega-basement complete with swimming pool and grand staircase, to a blend of ancient and modern in a cottage from the 1600s, and a clever transition using an arched window that takes us from inside a home built in the 1930s, into its garden.

Watch Extraordinary Extensions Season 1 from Friday, 24 October at 8PM on BBC Lifestyle Channel 174.

Mike Brewer: Born Dealer

Mike Brewer, the English car trader and presenter of Wheeler Dealers, has a brand-new business close to home. He and his wife Michelle take us behind the scenes of their new car dealership in Warwick. And Mike lets us ride shotgun as he heads off to auctions and international trips to get his hands on the rare model luxury cars his clients love, while pulling off jaw-dropping trades, like swapping a classic Citroen for an F-Type Jaguar.

Watch Mike Brewer: Born Dealer Season 1 from Friday, 31 October at 8:05PM on Discovery Channel 121.

Daring documentaries

Great African Crimes with Mandy Wiener

With two crimes to linger over, and a journalist of the calibre of Mandy Wiener on the case, we’re in for a deep dive into seldom-explored South African stories. This season, Mandy visits crime scenes and cracks open historical records to explore the case of Maria Mouton, the only Huguenot woman put to death for murder in the Cape Colony during the 1700s. And we find out how South Africa’s first-documented serial killer, Pierre Basson, killed for insurance cash.

Watch Great African Crimes with Mandy Wiener Season 2 from Friday, 3 October at 9:05PM on History Channel 186.

Schuster

In August 2025, Leon Schuster received a Silwerskerm Lifetime Achievement Award, recognising his contribution to our entertainment industry. “Leon Schuster is a national treasure and probably, after Madiba, the most well-known South African across generations,” says Rian van Heerden, the producer of this five-part documentary. Rian explores Leon’s life, from his childhood in Bloemfontein, to his hit movies, to his health struggles. And Leon reflects on success, as well as on mistakes he made in his personal and professional life.

Watch Schuster Season 1 on Wednesdays from 1 October at 8PM on kykNET Channel 144. Many of Leon’s films are now available on DStv Stream and Showmax.

Sport for six

ICC World Test Championship 2025-27

After a one-off T20 International against Namibia in Windhoek, the Proteas will be off to Pakistan to defend their ICC World Test Championship title in Lahore and Rawalpindi. With Temba Bavuma recovering from calf strain, David Miller will lead the squad for the T20I games in Pakistan, while Dafabet Warriors’ Matthew Breetzke takes charge for the ODI series. It’s exciting enough to bring Quinton de Kock out of retirement!

Watch ICC World Test Championship 2025-27, Pakistan vs the Proteas. First Test from Sunday, 12 October at 6:20AM on SuperSport Cricket (with highlights on SuperSport Variety 1) until Thursday, 16 October. Second Test 20-24 October. First T20I on 28 October, Second T20I on 31 October. See your SuperSport schedules for more details.

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