DStv shows and movies kids will love this February

News 11 February 2026

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DStv shows and movies kids will love this February

While grownups are swept up in their Valentine’s Day haze, this February DStv is all about what kids love, whether that’s seeing Daddy Pig fall in the mud in Peppa Pig, dinosaurs that eat people in Jurassic World: Rebirth, or solving problems with talking blue van Mojo Swoptops and his mechanic best buddy, Bo.

Along with fresh seasons and episodes of favourites like Critter Fixers for our animal-mad kids, Regular Show, Ariel and Pokémon Horizons, we’re celebrating Pokémon’s 30th anniversary with two movies. And there’s more movie madness to come with the live-action How to Train Your Dragon.

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Top notch for the tiny terrors

Mojo Swoptops

In a world of talking machines and their human friends, Mojo Swoptops the blue truck and his best buddy, Bo the human mechanic, love to help their friends in the little town of Swoppiton. And they can do it all thanks to Mojo’s ability to change by swapping his top to become anything from a helicopter to a crane, and Bo’s creative thinking. The series comes from the team behind Numberblocks and Alphablocks.

Stream Mojo Swoptops Season 1 Mondays-Fridays at 5:25PM on CBeebies Channel 306

Ariel

Ariel (voiced by Mykal-Michelle Harris), the little mermaid, and her friends go on adventures through the ocean, help their fellow sea creatures, and discover a magical new undersea world. With Taye Diggs voicing Ariel’s father King Triton, and Amber Riley voicing Triton’s younger sister, Ursula the sea witch. The new season starts with Ariel exploring the magical Crystal World.

Stream Ariel Season 2 from Monday, 23 February Mondays-Fridays at 12PM noon on Disney Junior Channel 309

Peppa Pig

Peppa, an outgoing young pig in her preschool years, learns something new every day and has a lot of fun with her family and friends in these quick and cheerful five-minute episodes. This season, we’ll see Peppa make a new friend at school, join in a class dance party, visit the Great Barrier Reef in Mummy Kangaroo’s submarine, and have a good laugh when the grown-ups get stuck in the equipment at the soft play centre.

Stream Peppa Pig Season 7 daily at 4:33 PM on NickJr Channel 307

Super Duper Bunny League

Six bunny superhero friends – Stumpy the stretchy leader, Derek who’s simply massive, smart Dr Annabelle, the silent but deadly Midnight “Middy” Bun Bun, electrokinetic first officer Bex, and the strong and handsome Steve, who can fly – defend the world from their archnemesis, Dr Francis Fuzzleglove and his league of villains in this animated action comedy. The new season starts with a haunted house encounter before the bunnies go treasure hunting with pirates.

Stream Super Duper Bunny League Season 2 from Monday, 16 February, Mondays-Fridays at 2PM on NickToons Channel 308.

For kids and their grownups

Baking Championship: Next Gen

For the first time ever, 12 teams of young siblings, aged 8-14, compete for $25 000 and the title of Baking Champions in Baking Championship: Next Gen. The teams tackle tricky challenges like Breakfast Dessert Imposters, Cream Puff Friendship Bracelets, and Animated Cakes. Pastry master Duff Goldman and Southern baker Kardea Brown serve as hosts, judges, and mentors in this jam-packed journey of baking, bonding, and sibling rivalry.

Stream Baking Championship: Next Gen Season 1 from Friday, 27 February at 4:05PM on Food Network Channel 175

How to Train Your Dragon

This live-action film takes us back to the beginning of the How to Train Your Dragon saga. On the rugged isle of Berk, Hiccup (Mason Thames), the inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons and challenges the foundations of Viking society. Nominated for the 2026 Annie Award for Best Character Animation – Live Action.

Watch How To Train Your Dragon on DStv Stream now.

Regular Show

Join the surreal misadventures of two best friends – Mordecai the blue jay and Rigby the raccoon – as they liven up their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park, where they work with a yeti, a green-skinned man, and a small ghost. Their capers include meeting Father Time after Mordecai accidentally kills Rigby, trying to dodge their boss’s new surveillance system, and trying to beat the world record on an arcade game.

Stream Regular Show Season 1-2 Monday-Fridays at 4:15PM Cartoon Network Channel 301

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Pokémon Day

It’s Pokémon’s 30th birthday! And as a double treat, kids can watch two epic films: Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, in which Ash, Pikachu, and their friends visit a desert city by the sea and meet the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa. And Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, in which Ash becomes bonded to the mythical Pokémon Volcanion after it crashes down from the sky.

Stream Pokémon Day on Friday, 27 February at 3:45PM on Cartoon Network Channel 301

Pokémon Horizons

Find out what Liko and Roy have been up to – and how they’ve levelled up in their own way alongside Floragato, Crocalor, and Captain Pikachu. Roy has even befriended a Lucario that can Mega Evolve! Together with their new friend Ult, they’re determined to rebuild the Rising Volt Tacklers. But they’ll also have to investigate the strange, pink mist that’s affecting Pokémon.

Stream Pokémon Horizons Season 3 from Saturday, 21 February Saturdays-Sundays at 1:10PM on Cartoon Network Channel 301

Vampirina: Teenage Vampire

In this live-action series adapted from the Vampirina Ballerina books by Anne Marie Pace, 13-year-old Vee Hauntley (Kenzi Richardson) leaves her home in Transylvania to attend a performing arts boarding school, where she’s determined to chase her musical dreams. But she has to keep her vampire identity a secret to evade the Van Helsing vampire hunters, as unexpected obstacles threaten to banish her back to the shadows.

Stream Vampirina: Teenage Vampire Season 1 from Monday, 16 February on Mondays-Thursdays at 5PM on Disney Channel 303 [ep 8 onwards]

For the science and nature kids

Human

Documentary. Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi peels back the layers of time to reveal an incredible story across 300 000 years of human evolution. When homo sapiens emerged in Africa, we were not alone: there were at least six other human species alive at the time. Human examines how we went from being just one of many types of human to the dominant form of life on the planet, as it draws on new scientific discoveries about the fate of the Neanderthals.

Stream Human Season 1 from Tuesday, 3 February at 8PM on BBC Earth Channel 184.

Critter Fixers

100 miles south of Atlanta, lifelong friends Dr Hodges and Dr Ferguson own and operate Critter Fixer Veterinary Hospital. Together with their loving staff, they treat and care for over 20 000 patients, from massive draft horses to tiny kittens who’ve been trapped under a hot car. This season, we’ll meet a goat with bloat, a turtle who’s infected with vampire worms, and a cockatiel battling with a ruptured egg. We’ll also see them meet with a young cancer patient who wants to grow up to be a vet.

Stream Critter Fixers Season 5 on Mondays at 6PM on National Geographic Wild Channel 182.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend), a ParkerGenix pharmaceutical exec, hires former special forces operative Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and her friend Duncan Kinkaid (Mahershala Ali) to provide transport and security for paleontologist Dr Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), a former student of Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill), on a mission to visit Île Saint-Hubert, where he must gather dino DNA from three colossal creatures – Mosasaurus, Titanosaurus, and Quetzalcoatlus.

Stream Jurassic World: Rebirth on Sunday, 22 February at 8PM on M-Net Channel 101

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