Eddie Izzard's Mandela Marathons

The Challenge: Untold History

December 2025 •English

Exploring the conception of the reality show. Featuring commentaries from competitors, producers, media analysts and famous fans.

The Zulu Wars

December 2025 •English

This series explores the facts and investigates the truth behind the British Redcoat Army's campaign in Zululand during 1879. The war was started by a country at the height of it's imperial powers and prosecuted by an army charged with the responsibility of implementing a policy known as Confederation - a proposal to unite various black and white factions in South Africa under British authority. Interviews, on-location footage and new geological surveys all help to reconstruct the conflicts and give insight into the tactics used in these epic battles.

12 Summers

December 2025 •

South Africa Walks

December 2025 •English

Julia Bradbury sets out on four walks that explore South Africa's claim to be 'a world in one country', going far beyond the normal tourist destinations to a series of increasingly remote locations.

Murders of Cape Town

December 2025 •English

Delve into some brutal murders that occurred in Cape Town, South Africa.

Tracking Thabo Bester

December 2025 •English

A Journalist unmasks an inconvenient truth: Thabo Bester is alive and at large, working with his lover, Nandipha. Their crimes involve stolen bodies and multi-million-rand scams. The investigation reveals disturbing secrets.

Shoreline

December 2025 •English

Explore the nearly 3000 kilometers of South African coastline – stretching from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast southwards around the tip of Africa and then north to the border with Mozambique on the Indian Ocean.

Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man

December 2025 •English

Series which follows comedian Eddie Izzard rising to the challenge for Sport Relief by running an astonishing 43 marathons in 51 days

Mind over Marathon

December 2025 •English

Nick Knowles challenges ten people with different mental health issues to run the London Marathon. Will it change their lives?

Souvenirs : le fabuleux voyage de Seb et Sofyan

December 2025 •French

Two friends, Seb and Sofyan, travel to four different countries and do the most unusual things.

The Challenge: Everest

December 2025 •English

In a journey that captures the mental and physical toll of the 8,848-meter climb – which has claimed the lives of nearly 300 people – accompany Ben Fogle and Victoria Pendleton during their six-day trek to base camp, acclimatisation on Everest and final ascent to reach the summit.

Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

December 2025 •English

Africa on its own terms and in full voice - across Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa. Uncovering the energy and ambition of creatives reinventing African music, fashion and film.

Ultimate Survival Alaska

December 2025 •English

They are some of the toughest, most extreme survivalists from across the nation. In the second season of Ultimate Survival Alaska, four teams - woodsmen, mountaineers, military veterans, and endurance athletes go head-to-head in an epic arctic competition that only National Geographic could inspire.

Penguin Town

December 2025 •English

In a picturesque South African town, an eclectic group of endangered penguins flock together to find mates, raise families and mix with the locals.

Hougaard: Die Liefling van Loftus

December 2025 •Afrikaans

Rugby legend, Springbok kicking king, Currie Cup winner, Super Rugby mascot - Derick Hougaard has been a household name in South Africa for years. And people always have a lot to say about him. But in the new kykNET documentary series, Hougaard: Liefling van Loftus, this former rugby player opens his heart to give his side of the story.

On the Edge

December 2025 •French

Survival instructor Marc Mouret have 100 days to sharpen his body and mind to take on extraordinary challenges.

My Tribute to Elvis

December 2025 •Dutch

Bouke Scholten wants to show as many people as possible what a musical genius Elvis was. That is why he travels to America together with music friend Rob Kemps and delves into Elvis history.

Charley Boorman's South African Adventure

December 2025 •English

Join Adventurer Charley Boorman as he sets off once more on an epic motorbike adventure, this time making his way through the stunning, rugged and often unknown South Africa. Teaming up once again with producer/director Russ Malkin, they journey in a circular route starting and finishing in Cape Town, taking on all corners of this wild and varied African country, experiencing the deeply rooted cultures, the extraordinary people, the remarkable wildlife and the heart stopping adventures along the way.

A Kalahari Family

December 2025 •English

A five-part series documenting 50 years in the lives of the Ju/'hoansi of southern Africa, from 1951 to 2000. These once independent hunter-gatherers experience dispossession, confinement to a homeland, and the chaos of war.

Safari Vet School

December 2025 •English

The brightest young vet students from around the world take on the ultimate test as they are plunged into the African wilderness for a crash hands-on course in animal conservation. Under the guidance of wildlife vet Dr Will Fowlds, whose family have lived on the Amakhala Game Reserve in South Africa for five generations, the students will work long hard days in the extreme environment. Not knowing when they will be called upon to sedate an elephant or assist in a rhino’s autopsy, will they rise to the challenge or be crushed by the pressure? Famed vet Steve Leonard will be on hand to help out and offer support to the strained and emotional students. Set in the exotic, beauty of wild Africa the young vets are far from home as they face the greatest challenge of their lives.