Love & blood
Whether it’s lovers, friends or the skulls of your enemies, TV has it wrapped up with a bow between Nov and Jan.
OUTLANDER
Season 3 starts Wed 13 Dec on M-Net (*101) at 22:00 (Fantasy) Need to know: this season was filmed in Scotland and Cape Town (which the cast regularly say they’re missing on their social media pages). It starts with Claire (Catriona Balfe) trying to make her marriage and motherhood work back in 1948, while Jamie (Sam Heughan) struggles on without her back in the 1746s having survived the Battle Of Culloden. But after 20 years of longing for one another, Claire finds a way back to the past. Their sexy yet awkward reunion will be pure magic!
DETROITERS
Season 1 starts Thu 14 Dec on Comedy Central (*122) at 21:00 (Comedy) Need to know: dim but delightful pals Sam and Tim are unsuccessful advertising execs in one of the best buddy comedies we’ve seen in ages. It’s light, funny and absurd, from the guys’ terrible ad ideas to their bottom- of-the-barrel clients
HAPPY
Season 1 starts Fri 22 Dec on M-Net (*101) at 22:00 (Comic book action) Need to know: in this odd mini-series based on the graphic novel by Grant Morrison, cop-turned hitman Nick Sax (Christopher Meloni) starts seeing a fluttering blue cartoon unicorn named Happy. (Patton Oswalt) who wants ex- cop Nick to save his little- girl best friend who’s been kidnapped.
CALL THE MIDWIFE
Season 7 starts Jan (date and time TBC) BBC First (*119) (drama) Need to know: expect a chilly start to the season. “There was the Big Freeze (1962/63) that took place during the period we’ll be covering in the next Christmas Special,” hints series executive producer Pippa Harris. And viewers will meet our first West Indian midwife, the “elegant, funny and clever” Lucille (Leonie Elliott). Another new character joins up when Shelagh (Laura Main) hires an au pair to help care for Baby Teddy, who was born during the season 6 finale.
AND DON’T MISS…
• APB season 1 (action) M-Net (*101)
Wed 22 Nov 19:00 • Black-ish season 4 (comedy) Vuzu
AMP (*103) Thu 23 Nov 19:00 • Valor season 1 (action) M-Net (*101)
Sat 25 Nov 20:00 • Doctor Foster season 2 (drama) BBC
First (*119) Wed 6 Dec 20:00 • Dian Fossey: Secrets In The Mist (doccie) National Geographic (*181) Wed 6 Dec 20:05 • Single AF season 1 (reality) MTV
(*130) Wed 6 Dec 21:15 • Below The Surface season 1 (action)
M-Net (*101) Sat 9 Dec 23:00 • Chopped Jr season 3 (reality) Food
Network (*175) Mon 11 Dec 18:00 • Dueños Del Paraíso season 1 (telenovela) Telemundo (*118) Mon 11 Dec 21:00 • Dr Miami season 1 (reality) TLC
(*135) Tue 12 Dec 20:55 • Better Call Saul season 3 (drama)
M-Net (*101) Wed 13 Dec 21:00 • Clean House season 6 (reality)
FoxLife (*126) Thu 14 Dec 19:10 • Project Runway Jr season 3 (reality)
M-Net (*101) Sat 16 Dec 18:00 • The Great South African Bake Off: Festive Celebrity Special (reality) BBC Lifestyle (*174) Tue 19 Dec 20:00 • The Librarians season 4 (sci-fi)
Universal (*117) Thu 21 Dec 20:00 • The Amazing Race season 26 (reality)
Sony (*127) Sun 24 Dec 18:45 • Victoria Special season 2 (drama) ITV
Choice (*123) Mon 25 Dec 20:00 • Me, Myself & I season 1 (comedy)
M-Net (*101) Sat 6 Jan 17:00 • The Voice UK season 7 (reality) ITV
Choice (*123) Sun 7 Jan 18:00 • Vikings season 5 (drama) M-Net
(*101) Mon 8 Jan 22:00 • The Flash season 4 (sci-fi) M-Net
(*101) Tue 9 Jan 17:00 • This Is Us season 2 (drama) M-Net
(*101) Mon 15 Jan 19:00 NB! SABC1, 2 and 3 and Vuzu AMP’s Dec and Jan programming was still being debated when tvplus went to print.