Series & movie highlights on DStv Premium this October

Vigil S1

Six-episode British drama set on a nuclear submarine in Scottish waters. Detective Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) of the Scottish Police is sent to investigate a suspicious death aboard the HMS Vigil. Could it be tied to the recent mysterious disappearance of a trawler? That’s not the sort of question that MI5 wants anyone asking.

Watch from Monday, 11 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 20:30

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Cinema Toast S1

If you and your friends have ever muted a movie and provided your own silly soundtrack, you get the idea behind this anthology comedy show in which brand-new 30-minute stories are made out of footage from classic films. With the voices of Fred Armisen, Nicole Byer, Jake Johnson, Nick Offerman and more.

Watch from Friday, 1 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 23:30

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Scenes From A Marriage S1

This five-episode drama series from Hagai Levi (The Affair) is based on Ingmar Bergman's 1973 show about a marriage falling apart over the course of 5 years. The modern American couple, philosophy lecturer Jonathan and tech company VP Mira, are played by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.

Watch from Monday, 4 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 22:30

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The North Water S1

Five-episode BBC drama based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Ian McGuire. In the mid-1800s, Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell) joins The Volunteer as a ship’s surgeon for an Arctic whaling trip, where he enters a battle of wits with the ship’s psychopathic harpooner, Drax (Colin Farrell).

Watch from Thursday, 28 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 22:30

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Wentworth S8

Action at the Australian women’s prison picks up shortly after the siege that ended S7. New prison general manager Ann Reynolds (Jane Hall) arrives, former top dog Lou Kelly (Kate Box) returns with her transgender lover, Reb (Zoe Terakes), and the supposedly dead Joan Ferguson plots trouble on the outside under a new identity.

Watch from Wednesday, 6 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 22:30

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Billions S5

Drama about the crimes of super-rich finance bros. Taylor returns to Axe Capital and confides to Axe that Chuck has ordered them to spy on Axe. Both Axe and Chuck have a new target when old money billionaire Mike Prince (Corey Stoll) sets Chuck’s teeth on edge and sneers at Axe.

Watch from Monday, 11 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 21:30

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In The Dark S3

Blind, impulsive 20-something woman Murphy is now on the run with her friends. The Chicago PD, including Officer Clemens and Josh, who’s been fired by the IRS, are out to find them in connection with their investigation into Nia’s murder and the money laundering that Murphy confessed to Josh in S2.

Watch from Saturday, 23 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 21:30

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Shrill S3

In this comedy’s final season, based on the semi-autobiographical writing of Lindy West, journalist Annie is back “dating while fat” and meets an interesting new guy named Will, her BFF Fran lands a job at a posh salon and prepares to meet her partner Emily’s parents, and Annie’s editor, Gabe, publishes his memoir. Double episodes.

Watch from Friday, 29 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 21:30 & 22:00

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The Personal History of David Copperfield

This absurd, comic take on the life of Charles Dickens’ character, from the 1850 novel David Copperfield, comes from Armando Iannucci (Avenue 5, Veep). David himself (Dev Patel) looks back over the events of his life to determine whether he’s the hero of his own story.

Watch from Sunday, 3 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 20:00

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Jiu Jitsu

Campy martial arts sci-fi action. An ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters convenes every six years to do battle against alien invaders. Earth’s fate hangs in the balance after the aliens defeat 1 of their greatest fighters, but despite his amnesia, this fighter could still save the day. With Nicolas Cage and Tony Jaa.

Watch from Sunday, 10 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 20:00

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The Secret: Dare To Dream

Drama based on Rhonda Byrne’s 2006 self-help book The Secret. Hard-working widowed mom Miranda Wells (Katie Holmes) unwittingly turns her family’s bad luck around when she invites engineering professor Bray Johnson (Josh Lucas), who believes in positive thinking, to dinner after the 2 have a traffic accident.

Watch from Sunday, 17 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 20:00

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Songbird

In this dystopian sci-fi thriller, bike courier Nico Price (Riverdale’s KJ Apa) who’s immune to the mutated COVID-23 virus, races to save his young love, Sara Garcia (Sofia Carson), after the “sanitation department” arrives to take her to a concentration camp because she’s tested positive for COVID-23. Produced by Michael Bay.

Watch from Sunday, 24 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 20:00

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Unhinged

Psychopath stalker Tom Cooper (Russell Crowe) drives off after murdering his ex-wife and her boyfriend. The next day when he has a minor traffic incident with newly divorced mom Rachel (Caren Pistorius – no relation to Oscar), he believes he has the right to “teach her a lesson” and sets about terrorising her.

Watch from Sunday, 31 October on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 20:00

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