Fill the think tanks with DStv factual series from 14-20 January 2022

Highlights 13 January 2022

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies, Australia’s Health Revolution with Michael Mosley, Egypt’s Unexplained Files, This Is Greece and more factual shows on DStv this week

Fill the think tanks with DStv factual series from 14-20 January 2022

It’s time to start fresh and fill up those think tanks with all the amazing factual content coming to DStv.

Craig Charles gets serious about the unexplained with astrophysicist Sarah Cruddas in Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies, while regular aircrafts are brought to earth in Air Crash Investigation. And if you just can’t get enough headscratchers from history, try Egypt’s Unexplained Files or Nostradamus: End of Days.

On the more serious side, science-based diets are under the microscope in Australia’s Health Revolution with Michael Mosley on History (DStv channel 186), then National Geographic (DStv channel 181) looks at Adolf Hitler with Hitler’s American Battleground and true-crime series Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan takes a closer look at murder.

And if you’d like to combine a passion for travel with a passion for facts, Historian Michael Scott delivers both in This Is Greece.

Mystery, History & Medical Marvels

Australia’s Health Revolution with Michael Mosley Season 1

Doctor Michael Mosley explores a science-backed diet that could hold the key to halting Australia’s type-2 diabetes epidemic. Michael and exercise physiologist Ray Kelly put diabetics on the diet, while Michael subjects his own body to a diet of sugary carbs and saturated fats.

Watch Australia’s Health Revolution with Michael Mosley from Tuesday, 18 January on BBC Earth (DStv channel 184) at 19:00

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Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies Season 1

Red Dwarf star Craig Charles and astrophysicist Sarah Cruddas are out to uncover the truth behind UFO sightings, using archive footage and 2 roving reporters who’ll conduct direct interviews with military experts, eyewitnesses, and key players in the search for extra-terrestrial life.

Watch Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies from Saturday, 15 January on History (DStv channel 186) at 20:15

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Egypt’s Unexplained Files Season 1

Some archaeological finds in the sands of Egypt answer questions, others just provoke curiosity. See the discoveries that made people ask whether ancient Egyptians practised cannibalism, believe there really was a Scorpion King, and find out what made people fear the Crocodile Queen.

Watch Egypt’s Unexplained Files from Tuesday, 18 January on Curiosity Channel (DStv channel 185) at 20:00

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This Is Greece Season 1

Start rebuilding your travel fantasies! Historian Michael Scott brings ancient and modern Greece to life, from Athens to Rhodes in the Dodecanese Islands, in this 5-part documentary series. See the monuments and ruins, then meet the people and explore their daily lives.

Watch This Is Greece from Tuesday, 18 January on Curiosity Channel (DStv channel 185) at 21:00

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Hitler’s American Battleground Season 1

Within weeks of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour, Nazi U-boats attacked American ships in sight of the North Carolina coast. Now marine archaeologists are on an historic mission in this 2-part documentary to turn this battle’s graveyard into a protected sanctuary, honouring the fallen.

Watch Hitler’s American Battleground from Tuesday, 18 January on National Geographic (DStv channel 181) at 21:00

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Killer Britain With Dermot Murnaghan S2 (6)

Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan Season 1

Journalist Dermot Murnaghan explores British murder stories, interviewing those closest to the case, including family members of the victims and investigating officers. Cases include that of a Nottingham man who murdered homeless women with the goal of becoming a notorious serial killer.

Watch Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan from Wednesday, 19 January on Lifetime (DStv channel 131) at 21:00

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Air Crash Investigation Season 21

Experts use re-enactments and CGI to uncover the truth behind aviation disasters that made headlines. This season, the 2014 lightning strike emergency landing of Loganair Flight 6780, the 2015 crash of Execuflight Flight 1526, the deadly 2006 Comair Flight 5191 crash following a runway mix-up, and more.

Watch Air Crash Investigation from Thursday, 20 January on National Geographic (DStv channel 181) at 20:00

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Nostradamus: End of Days Season 1

Enthusiasts use the writings of Nostradamus, along with paintings, to see whether they can decode the seer’s prophecies. Find out what certain dooms they think are coming our way, including tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, death from space, asteroid impacts, famine and war.

Watch Nostradamus: End of Days from Thursday, 20 January on Travel Channel (DStv channel 179) at 21:10

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