Foxtel highlights: Wednesday,January 6

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS Arena 111, 12.30pm (encore 7.30pm)

Expect former

Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Brandi

Redmond, socialite and beauty-brand owner D’Andra Simmons, real-life Barbie Kameron Westcott, Stephanie Hollman and Kary Brittingham to deliver lashings of drama when TheRealHousewivesofDallas return. In tonight’s season five premiere, LeeAnne Locken has officially left the franchise after a bizarre racist rant towards fellow housewife Cary, making way for new cast member Tiffany Moon, a physician who was born in Beijing. The teaser trailer ensures drunken escapades, wild parties and more, so expect a belly-full of laughs, plenty of bitchy quips and whole lot of shouting and you won’t be disappointed.

THE FLU THAT KILLED 50 MILLION History 130, 9.30pm

In 1918, as the Armistice bells rang out across the world to celebrate the end of World War I, a silent killer was making its way home with soldiers – the Spanish Flu. This devastating global pandemic ended up infecting up to a third of the world’s population and killed more than 50 million people. This one-hour special brings to life the terrifying onslaught of the disease, the horror for those who lived through it and the hope of the pioneering scientists who desperately sought for a cure. Prepare to be gripped by the compelling eyewitness testimony from doctors, soldiers, civilians and politicians who lived through this real-life horror story.