The List of South African television series lists TV series that were created and/or shown in South Africa since 1975. It includes both South African originals and foreign imports that were dubbed into local languages.
Pronounced "Sewende-laan", translates to "7th Avenue". Local soap opera centered on the lives of the people who live and work in the fictional Hillside suburb in Johannesburg.
A police drama that followed the daily activities of a pair of LAPD patrol officers. The series was produced in the US from (1968–1975). Stars Martin Milner and Kent McCord.
American action-adventure television series about a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and her crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, during the Cold War. Stars Jan-Michael Vincent.
American horror series created by Shaun Cassidy revolving around young Caleb Temple (Lucas Black) and the town's corrupt sheriff, Lucas Buck (Gary Cole).
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Franco London Films
Gloria Film
Dubbed from a series of 5 French films starring Michèle Mercier as Angélique Sancé de Monteloup and Robert Hossein as Joffrey de Peyrac. The films were in turn based on a series of adventure novels by Anne and Serge Golon.
American live-action science fiction series aimed at children. The series was best-remembered for its titular vehicle, a futuristic six-wheeled combination RV and mobile laboratory.
Arende I, II and III. Historical drama about the Boer struggle during the Boer War with British imperialism, British scorched earth approach to Boer farms, and British Boer prisoner of war camps etc. Stars Ian Roberts.
UK children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The title character is "an old, saggy cloth cat, baggy and a bit loose at the seams".
American dub of the original Japanese animated show Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman. Five young people known as G-Force, consisting of Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny use their ship, the Phoenix, to battle invaders.
An animated television series based on the BattleTech fictional universe. The series takes place in the year 3050 as the Inner Sphere, the central region of settled interstellar space, is suddenly invaded by a powerful human faction identifying itself as the Clans.
Often shortened as Batman: TAS. An American, two-time Emmy Award-winning animated series adaptation of the comic book series starring the famous DC Comics superhero Batman.
Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the classic fairy tale, focusing on the relationship between Vincent, a noble man-beast from a utopian underground community, and Catherine, a savvy assistant District Attorney in New York, starring Ron Perlman, Linda Hamilton and Roy Dotrice.
Beertjie Boot
Afrikaans
Ben Brandt
Afrikaans
1977
South African cowboy type TV series adapted from photo comic book. Starred Vonk de Ridder as Ben Brandt & Jacques Loots.
British science documentary miniseries featuring notable scientists such as Stephen Hawking
Biltong and Potroast
1975
Question and answer style game show between South Africans (Biltong) and UK expatriates (Potroast), hosted by longtime Springbok Radio broadcaster Clark McKay, with comedians including Con Travers (Travis, Original Biltong Team Captain), Len Davis, Cyril Green, Noel Glover, Mel Miller and Denis McLean.
American family Western series, broadcast on SABC on Friday evenings 1979 and again on SABC TV in 1986, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors, Richard Long, Peter Breck, Linda Evans.
American/Japanese animated superhero television series produced by TMS Entertainment and distributed by Studios USA and MCA Television, shown in South Africa.
A lifestyle, culinary series starring author and blogger, Sarah Graham. Broadcast internationally. Distributed by DCD Rights. Golden Horn Winner - 2014 SAFTAs Produced by Okuhle Media.
(English: "Blonde Ambition") Lifestyle-show centered on the home-life of singer Patricia Lewis. Each episode features her participating in various, often random, day-to-day tasks like yoga or home renovation and home cooking.
Teen crime drama that follows a girl, Puleng Khumalo (Ama Qamata), whose sister was abducted as a baby. She transfers to an elite school to find answers.
American sitcom about psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley, starring Bob Newhart.
Die Boere Orkes Kompetisie
Afrikaans
1980s
A music competition where bands from across the country competed against each other. The music played was a unique country style called Boeremusiek. Hosted by Dana Niehaus. Winners included the orchestras of Nico van Rensburg, Dirkie Smit and Piet van Heerden.
American detective TV series featuring a dead police detective, Ezekiel "Zeke" Stone (Peter Horton) whose mission (assigned by the Devil) is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth.
Dubbed from the hit American science fiction series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Starring Gil Gerard as Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers, a US Air Force pilot who is frozen in space for five centuries due to a freak accident. Upon his revival in the 25th century he joins the Earth Defence Forces and proceeds to topple despots on sovereign planets, become romantically involved with various women and generally preserve the American way. Also starring Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering.
Since the novels about Butler Parker were very successful and another fictitious British pulp fiction hero (Percy Stuart) had already been adapted for the TV screen with huge success, the idea of a TV series about Butler Parker seemed like common sense. However, the show only lasted for 26 episodes.
South African show about rural life. The theme song, "Kelly's Song" by Bobby Angel and Hennie Bekker, was released as a single by Teal Records and reached #13 on Springbok's Top 20 in December 1977, spending 7 total weeks on the charts.[14]
American detective series about Frank Cannon, who resigned from the LAPD and become a private detective. He charged high fees to his well-to-do clients so that he could work for poorer clients at little or no charge. Starring William Conrad.
American nine-part miniseries about Joseph Armagh, a poor Irish immigrant who came to the United States in the mid-19th century and proceeded, through struggle, heartache, and hard work, to become one of the richest and most powerful men in the country, starring Richard Jordan and Perry King.
Canadian/South African science fiction television program about a detective from a parallel universe who finds himself trapped in the present day universe. The show was filmed mainly in Cape Town and stars actor Jeffrey Pierce.
American series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men. The show features actresses Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Kate Jackson.
American animated series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting.
French short stop-motion series featuring two characters with large round hats. Created by Italo Bettiol and Stephano Lonati, with music by François de Roubaix, it premiered in 1974 on the ORTF and ran for 60 5-minute episodes.
American crime drama series. Set in the early 1960s, the series pitted two men against each other – Lt. Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) and mobster Ray Luca, (Anthony Denison) – in an obsessive drive to destroy each other. As Luca moved from street crime in Chicago, was "made" in the Chicago Outfit and was sent to Las Vegas to monitor their casinos, Torello followed Luca as part of a special Organized Crime Strike Force.
American crime drama series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show popularized the inverted detective story format: almost every episode began by showing the crime and its perpetrator.
American prime-time television soap opera revolving around the story of the Ewings, a wealthy Texan family well-established in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Dallas was one of the most successful and longest-running shows in American prime-time television history, and was also hugely successful across the world. The show starred actor Larry Hagman.
American animated television series produced by the Walt Disney Company. It featured an eponymous superhero anthropomorphic duck with the alter ego of Drake Mallard (voiced by Jim Cummings). It is the first of two spin-offs of Ducktales.
American animated series. In the year 2015, the Earth is under constant attack and a host of heroes including Flash Gordon, the Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician are tasked to protect it.
American/French cartoon for children originally released in 1988 by World Events Productions. Episodes often focused on issues of conservation, ecology, and friendship.
Dubbed from the German series of the same name. Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein solve murders in Munich. The show stars actors Horst Tappert and Fritz Wepper.
South Africa's first locally produced sitcom. Set in Pietermaritzburg in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), it centred on a fictional middle class white South African English-speaking family called the Dingleys. The theme song was composed by Duncan Faure and performed by Rabbitt.
A cartoon television series about warring humanoids sent back in time to the age of the dinosaurs.[21]
Dis My Geheim
Afrikaans
1980s
Locally produced quiz show, starring Cobus Robinson, Carel Trichardt, Alwyn Lee and Sybil Coetzee. The show is remembered for the disembodied and mysterious voice announcing a contestant's 'secret' profession, "Ek is 'n Stoomketelmaker".
American animated television series about the escapades of the eponymous Gummi Bears, anthropomorphic bears who are the last remnants of a once-great civilization of Gummis that fled the land centuries ago when humans, jealous of the advancements and magical skills of the Gummi Bears, forced the species into exile. Now regarded by most of humankind as fairytales, the show's main cast of Gummi Bears (six in number at the outset of the series, increased to seven during the third season) live in the vast subterranean warren of Gummi Glen in the medieval kingdom of Dunwyn.
American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation., based on Carl Barks's Uncle Scrooge comic book series featuring the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his nephews.
American television series that chronicles the life of Gary Hobson (played by Kyle Chandler) of Chicago, Illinois who mysteriously receives the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper a day in advance, effectively giving him knowledge of the future.
Canadian sitcom focused on the adventures of the main cast as they stumble upon one problem after another, using the science wits of fraternal twins Tom and Annie Edison to solve each situation. Each episode ends with a short animated sequence illustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the preceding live action story.
American television comedy-drama series modeled after the book of the same name by syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life father with eight children. The series was one of the few hour-long television series to use a laugh track.
American drama series. The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Station 51 (particularly the paramedic team) and the fictional Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area. The show stars actor Randolph Mantooth.
Dubbed from the German-Swedish TV series Michel aus Lönneberga, based on the children's book series Emil i Lönneberga by Astrid Lindgren. Theme song: "Emile was 'n stoute rakker, het gewoon in Swede, net vir kwajongstreke, was hy altyd lus..."
American drama series about a city doctor who moves his family to the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, after the death of his wife. Created by Greg Berlanti.
52-part anime adaptation of a series of books published in the 1910s and 1920s by Thornton W. Burgess about the adventures of forest animals. It was created by the animation studio Zuiyo Eizo (the predecessor to Nippon Animation).
American spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. The series' original premise focused on the character Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) as she becomes housemother (and later, dietitian) to seven girls at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
The Faizal Sayed Show
TV talk show hosted by Faizal Sayed. The show tells the stories of people ranging from politicians and stars to anyone who has a story that may inspire or make a positive difference.
Hugely popular American musical drama, remembered mostly for the fictional character Leroy Johnson (Gene Anthony Ray) and the title song by Irene Cara. Aired on SABC's TV4.
American television sitcom that aired in South Africa for seven seasons. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young Republican Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) and his liberal, former hippie parents, Elyse and Steven Keaton (Meredith Baxter-Birney and Michael Gross).
American animated space Western series, created by Robert Mandell and Gaylord Entertainment Company. The series combined sci-fi stories with a typical wild-west-"feel", elements of a space opera, and traditional fantasy elements of sword and sorcery. It was one of the first anime-style shows to be primarily created in the US, although the actual animation was done in Japan by the famed Tokyo Movie Shinsha. At the time it was aired, it was a revolutionary children's show.
American animated series created by Greg Weisman featuring a species of nocturnal creatures known as gargoyles that turn to stone during the day, focusing on a clan led by Goliath.
Dubbed from the Italian cartoon Grisù by the Pagot brothers, about a little dragon that wants to be a firefighter. "Ek wil 'n brandweerman wees! 'n Brandweerman!"
Dubbed from American TV series Northern Exposure. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow), a physician fresh out of medical school from New York, finds himself in the fictional remote Alaskan town of Cicely under contract to pay off his student loan.
American sitcom based on the fictional Seaver family, who reside in Long Island, New York. Dr. Jason Seaver, a psychiatrist, works from home because his wife, Maggie Malone, has gone back to work as a reporter. Jason has to take care of the kids: troublemaker Mike, honors student Carol, and rambunctious Ben. The show stars Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns and Kirk Cameron.
Dubbed from American animated series Misterjaw, a show about a blue-colored great white shark dressed in a purple vest with a white collar, a black bow tie, and tall black top hat who liked to leap out of the water and shout "Het jou Katvis".
(English: Haas Das's news box) Haas Das refers to the main character, a stuffed rabbit with a tie as his only clothing. The show is an Afrikaans children's programme aired on TV1 and produced by Louise Smit. Haas Das is the news anchor for Diereland (a country populated with anthropomorphic animals) and features the voice of real-life news anchor Riaan Cruywagen.
This American television sitcom presents an idealized vision of life in 1950s and early 1960s America. The show features actors Ron Howard and Henry Winkler.
Hardcastle and McCormick was an action/drama television series featuring Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and an ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The show stars actors Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly.
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (retitled The Hardy Boys Mysteries for season three) was a television series which aired for three seasons, starring Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.
Hart to Hart was an American television series starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. Actors of note include Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers.
American sitcom following a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program (IHP) at the fictional Monroe High School (later Millard Fillmore High School) in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore. The show stars actors Howard Hesseman and Billy Connolly.
Dubbed from the Japanese anime Arupusu no Shōjo Haiji, which in turn was based on the books by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. It follows the life and of a pre-teen girl who lives with her grandfather in the Alps.
The High Chaparral was a Western-themed television series which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The show was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose.
An American comedy television series that aired on SABC for 13 episodes. The series follows Detective Holmes and his new android partner Yoyo on their adventures and misadventures, as Holmes teaches Yoyo what it is like to be human while trying to keep his quirky partner's true nature a secret from criminals and fellow cops.
Hunter was a police drama television series. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, is a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective (badge# 089 in the early seasons, badge# 378 in later seasons) with the Los Angeles Police Department. Stepfanie Kramer co-starred in the first six of the series' seven seasons as Hunter's female partner Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. Actors of note Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer.
A locally produced supermarionation show similar to Thunderbirds. The main plot involved an undercover planetary defence agency operating from Cape Town under the guise of being an interstellar shipping company.
Inspector Carr Investigates
SABC
Based on the very popular Springbok Radio series written by Michael Silver, starring Michael McCabe as Chief Inspector Carr of Scotland Yard. Commissioned by the SABC.
British detective drama with John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis.
Die Inspekteur
Dubbed in Afrikaans
Dubbed animated series about an inspector who has to solve a crime at the end of each episode by using clues to find one of three suspects guilty and announcing "Die skuldige is dus...".
The Secrets of Isis (also called simply Isis) starred JoAnna Cameron as Andrea Thomas, a high school science teacher who found an ancient mystical amulet on an archeological dig in Egypt.
An American sci-fi television series revolving around Darien Fawkes (Vincent Ventresca), a thief facing life imprisonment who was recruited by a low-rent spy organization and given the power of invisibility via implantation of a special "Quicksilver gland" in his head.
Jake and the Fatman was a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons.
The American television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams was dubbed into Afrikaans as "Jopie Adam". In the series, Grizzly Adams is a woodsman during the frontier era who flees into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder. While struggling to survive, Adams discovers an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he takes in and calls Ben. The shows stars actor Dan Haggerty.
American series starring Susan Saint James as the free-spirited Kate McArdle and Jane Curtin as her more traditional childhood friend, Allie Lowell. The two decide to share a brownstone in New York City's Greenwich Village after their respective divorces, raising their families together. The show also starred Ari Meyers as Kate's daughter Emma and Frederick Koehler and Allison Smith as Allie's children Chip and Jennie.
American detective series starring Telly Savalas as the eponymous, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak with his signature red lollipop. Kojak's Greek heritage, shared by actor Savalas, was prominently featured in the series.
Locally produced comedy drama. Set in a small Afrikaans town, filmed on location in the mining town of Cullinan, about a very close-knit community always gossiping about each other, "Ja, so is die mensdom, Mietie!", with "Oom Genis" usually bearing the brunt of the gossip. Starring Alex Heyns as Oom Botes, Jacques Loots as Genis, Marie Pentz as Mietie and Emgee Pretoruis as Veldsman.
Die Kraaines
Afrikaans
1976–1980
Locally produced youth journal hosted by Carike Keuzenkamp.
L.A. Law was an American television legal drama. The show reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s. Actors of note include Harry Hamlin, Corbin Bernsen and Jimmy Smits.
An American television series that focuses on a team of people working at the fictional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and restaurant management to casino security.
An American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf. It has been broadcast on NBC since its debut on 13 September 1990. Set in New York City, the series follows the professional lives of several police officers and prosecutors who represent the public interest in the criminal justice system. Actors of note: List of Law & Order characters.
The television series differs from the film versions in one fundamental respect; Nikita is innocent. She is not a killer, nor a drug user, just a homeless young woman in the wrong place at the wrong time. Section One, an elite, top-secret counterterrorist organization with no affiliation to any specific government falsely believes Nikita is a killer and has what it takes to become a deadly operative. Because Nikita will be killed (or "canceled") if she fails to comply, she is forced to carry out the organization's ruthless methods of fighting terrorism while attempting to keep her moral integrity and her soul intact. This personal struggle becomes the primary conflict of the series. The show stars actress Peta Wilson.
La dame de Monsoreau
Afrikaans
1976
French production translated into Afrikaans based on the novel La dame de Monsoreau by Alexandre Dumas.
Liewe Heksie (Liewe means "Dear" or "Sweet" and Heksie means "little witch" - pronounced "lee-vuh heck-see") is a fictional character created in 1961 by Afrikaans children's books author Verna Vels. The Liewe Heksie series consisted of a number of books. The series was dramatised on the Afrikaans Radio Service of the SABC and was made into a popular Afrikaans language television programme complete with marionettes in 1981.
An American one-hour dramatic television program about Charles Ingalls, a farmer who cares very much about his family. The show stars actor Michael Landon.
Australian adventure series. A hurricane nearly sinks the "United World", a ship holding 40 teenagers from all around the world. 35 flee the ship on time - 5 are left behind and end up on 2 islands unknown to the outside world, inhabited by people who got there under similar circumstances 200 years ago.
Whacky and funny situations at a garage owned by Louis and his sister Mel. More Antics added by outrageous mechanics and a petrol attendant also not forgetting the customers.
Netflix’s first Afrikaans title. The racy, skop-skiet-en-donder six-part series features South African-born Hollywood actor Arnold Vosloo (Silverton Siege) in the titular role. He is styling himself as a wholesome family man running a successful furniture business—but steeped in the underworld that sees him crossing paths with mobsters and murderers.
Dubbed from the American series Gemini Man. Sam Casey gets caught on the ocean floor when the probe is blown up by a planted mine and exposed to a massive dose of radiation which would have killed him. However, this freak accident causes him to turn invisible. The show stars actor Ben Murphy.
Man van Staal
Dubbed in Afrikaans
5 seasons, 99 episodes, 6 films
Dubbed from the original American series The Six Million Dollar Man. Steve Austin, astronaut, is nearly killed in a crash. His body is repaired with cybernetic limbs, giving him superhuman abilities. The show stars Lee Majors.
Mini-series about Irish immigrants in the United States during the great Famine of the mid-19th century - first American role for actor Pierce Brosnan.
American action series about a secret agent who uses inventive and non-violent solutions to resolve crimes and diffuse conflict, starring Richard Dean Anderson.
American television series created by Chris Carter, starring Lance Henriksen as Frank Black, a freelance forensic profiler and former FBI agent with a unique ability to see the world through the eyes of serial killers and murderers.
Story about two fighter pilots, Tanguy and Laverdure, dubbed from the 1967 French series Les Chevaliers du ciel; also dubbed into English as The Aeronauts for the UK market.
Local gameshow based on the Gladiators franchise. It pitted contestants against "gladiators" in various physical challenges. Sponsored by the South African telecommunications company MTN.
A cartoon series inspired by the Arsène Lupin novels. The series was originally produced by Cinar and France Animation S.A. for television audiences in both English and French-speaking nations.
American television series that revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain, starring Eric Close and Dennis Haysbert.
American television series that aired from 1995 to 1996 starring Bruce Greenwood and created by Lawrence Hertzog. Despite critical acclaim, including TV Guide's label of "The season's coolest hit," the show was cancelled after only one season.
Nuustak
Afrikaans
Early morning puppet comedy show placed before the local news.
O
South African TV Series that Start with O
Title
Language
Date Released
# Seasons/Episodes
Corporation or Channel
Notes
Oompie in die Ruimte
Dubbed in Afrikaans
1980s
Dubbed from the French children's series Il était une fois... l'espace. This is a sequel in a series of French edutainment programs. See: Eendag was daar...
Opdrag
Afrikaans
1977
Local drama series about the South African Defence Force starring James White.
Crossover spin-off of Orkney Snork Nie, Molly en Wors and Vetkoekpaleis centering around the life of mechanic Ouboet van Tonder and his hairdresser son Hendrik (Orkney Snork Nie), battery salesman and former chef Wors Visagie and beauty specialist and former waitress Boeboe Botha (Vetkoekpaleis). The four of them co-own a house that's been converted into a business property.
Ouma Kom Help
Afrikaans
1976
Oskar in Asblikfontein
Afrikaans
1978, 1982–1983
SAUK TV1, IDTV
Locally produced puppet series about the inhabitants of Asblikfontein ("Trashcanville"), where discarded objects come to life. The main characters are Oscar, a cheeky but lovable rabbit, and Knersus, a prehistoric pterodactyl with a taste for rabbit meat. Knersus lives in a cave with his three sets of spare teeth, and it's here that he makes his wicked plans to catch Oscar and to annoy the inhabitants of Asblikfontein. Oscar's friends are knight and inventor Prins Poggenpoel, who went off course during a dragon hunt and was never found; Snorkie the little dragon; and Marietjie the pretty rag doll. The second series introduced Wonderwoef, a dog with a love for dancing and many magic tricks up his magician's hat. Oscar was based on a children's book by Norman Dahl, and the TV series was a co-production between SAUK TV1 and IDTV.
Dubbed from the American series Cover Up, where character Dani pretends she is still a photographer and Mac her model, while they are secretly an undercover team. the character Mac was later replaced by Jack after an onset accident.
Local drama series about a boxer (played by Marius Weyers). The theme song, "Kinders van die Wind", became a SA Top 20 hit when Laurika Rauch performed the song. The series starred Dana Niehaus as the boxer's trainer.
Dubbed from the Japanese television series Piccolino no Bōken or the "Adventures of Pinocchio", based on a 52 episode anime series by Nippon Animation first aired in 1976. The story is based on the novel Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi.
Dubbed from the American romantic comedy series The Love Boat. 'The Captain' encourages passengers to find love every week while semi-famous guest stars roam the decks.
Police File
English
Hosted by David Hall Green, Adrian Steed and Colin Fluxman. Written by Capt Fred Peach of the South African Police.
Pop Shop
English
1976
Popular music and videos. The show also features music chart countdowns.
American television series starring Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be". Patrick Bauchau and Andrea Parker co-star as Sydney, Jarod's childhood teacher and mentor, and Miss Parker, a childhood friend and an operative for the mysterious organization (called "The Centre") that took Jarod from his parents as a child and forced him to unwittingly use his talents for their own interests.
American sci-fi series created by Donald P. Bellisario and starring Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a scientist who becomes lost in time following a botched experiment. Co-starring Dean Stockwell as the Al.
Afrikaans-based music-themed talk-show hosted by South African rock singer Karen Zoid. Each episode features at least one musical guest that Zoid performs a duet with at the end of the episode.
Based on the best-selling 1970 novel by Irwin Shaw, this show spans the period from 1945 through the late 1960s and follows the divergent career courses of impoverished German immigrants the Jordache brothers.
American detective series starring Perry King as Cody Allen and Joe Penny as Nick Ryder, two former Army buddies who open their own detective agency. However, realizing that computers and technology play a major role in many investigations, the guys recruit the help of Murray "Boz" Bozinsky (played by Thom Bray), a brilliant but socially inept scientist.
American sitcom spinoff of Three's Company, based on the British sitcom George and Mildred. The series focuses on middle-aged couple Stanley and Helen Roper (played by Norman Fell and Audra Lindley) who were landlords to Jack, Janet, Chrissy, and Larry on Three's Company.
Long-running comedy series made by Penguin Films and broadcast on SABC.[54] it achieved the highest audience ratings ever for any SABC show.[55] 78-hour-long episodes were broadcast; it was also shown in Zimbabwe and Swaziland. The series starred Daphne Hlomuka, Gloria Mudau, Thembi Mtshali, and Joe Mafela.
1980s children's cartoon Sinbad de Zeeman (tekenfilm), dubbed from the Japanese Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (Arabian Naito: Shindobatto no Bōken) into Afrikaans
Shown on SABC as filler 5-minute cartoons, originally aired in the US between 1965 and 1966, produced by Hanna-Barbera studios for the American International Television division of American International Pictures.
American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening revolving around a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
Skemergrond
Afrikaans
2024-
June 2024 season 1 began to aired monday-thursday
Kyknet &kie (channel 145)
after the cancellation of Arendsvlei a new telenovela is replacing Arendsvlei with the name Skemergrond. An Afrikaans telenovela in the cape town flats. This telenovela made his debut in June 2024 on Kyknet & kie Channel 145
Skooldae
Afrikaans
Popular local drama about life in an Afrikaans high school starring Ben Kruger.
Extremely popular American science fiction series starring William Shatner. The series follows the exploits of Captain Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise as they right wrongs across the galaxy.
Local drama series about a woman who finds out she was kidnapped as a baby and her search for her original family, starring Gina Benjamin and Brumilda van Rensburg.
Afrikaans reality singing competition produced and co-hosted by South African singer Patricia Lewis. Unlike similar reality singing shows like American Idol and The Voice, the show ditched the viewer-based voting-lines in favour of an audience-based reaction (as the show was filmed in front of a live studio audience).
A British children's television series produced for ITV by Harlech Productions, a part of HTV. The weekly, half-hour show was a collection of folk tales and fairy stories from all over the world based on an anthology of stories for children.
Skattejag
1985
Local show in which action hero Scot Scott jumps from helicopters, climbs mountains, and dives into rivers to win prizes for a clever couple back in the Skattejag studio. The contestants had to solve three cryptic clues using maps and reference books. They then radioed the information to Scott, who'd race against the clock to find the treasure.
An Australian show about the story of an unlikely trio: Joe Brady, the bounty hunter and Ryler and Jessica Johnson, and their battle against the corruption and lawlessness of Australia's gold rush. With Jessica's homestead, Tandarra, as their base, this humorous adventure follows the three as they struggle and triumph over kidnappers, robbers and swindlers who roamed the land during this bygone era. Filmed on location at Emu Bottom Homestead, Sunbury, Victoria. The show stars actor Gerard Kennedy. See: Cash and Company.
Also known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, an animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and Shogakukan Studios.
Tell Me Something
Multilingual
2009-
SABC 2
Teen-oriented talk show focusing on daily issues faced by South Africa's teens. Co-produced by Okuhle Media[31] and independent producer Tamara Gondwe.
Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF)
TV-60 Filmproduktion
Télécip
Dubbed from the popular French detective series Les Brigades du Tigre. The series is set in early 20th century Paris and follows the activities of France's first motorized police force and their slow motion car chases. The show stars Jean-Claude Bouillon as Valentin.
The show follows an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. It ran for three seasons from September 1987 to April 1990 as 58 one-hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark and produced by Zev Braun. The Rolling Stones' Paint it Black was the show's theme song.
American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation, headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), of the brutal murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).
Local production about a Greek Cypriot immigrant who starts a business in South Africa and devises a lot of get-rich-quick schemes (insurance fraud, bioscope shows etc.) The show's theme song is "I'm gonna make it big time". The show stars Frank Opperman as the character Chris Karedes.
Dubbed from the original American series The Equalizer. The series stars British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former secret agent of an unnamed U.S. Government intelligence organization often referred to as "The Agency" or "The Company". McCall tries to atone for past sins by offering, free of charge, his services as a troubleshooter, protector, and investigator.
Also known as Sweating Bullets - Canadian TV series starring Rob Stewart and produced in cooperation with Mexico, Israel, South Africa and the Isle of Mauritius.
New Zealand children's adventure series. Teenage twin siblings, Rachel and Theo are on vacation in Auckland. There they meet Mr. Jones, an alien fighter from a distant planet who wants their help in fighting a family of slug-like extraterrestrials led by Mr. Wilberforce.
American series about an invading alien race known as "The Visitors" (reptilian humanoids disguised as human beings) trying to take over Earth and the human Resistance attempting to stop them.
British television series, dubbed into Afrikaans, produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris Piet, real name Simon van der Valk.
English: Vetkoek Palace - Afrikaans sitcom centered around the day-to-day lives of the staff of the popular Vetkoekpaleis, a vetkoek-themed fast food restaurant. Co-written by and starring Willie Esterhuizen, Zack du Plessis, Liane Hyle, and Alwyn Bruinders.
Vidoq
Dubbed in Afrikaans
1977
Dubbed from the French series of the same name. Broadcast on Saturday evenings.
Locally produced drama series starring Gordon Macholland as Hilton Macrae, Brian O'Shaugnessy as Buller Wilmot, Clive Scott as Ted Dixon, and Stuart Brown as Cheesa.
American action TV series about a special team of investigators who have a high tech Dodge Viper that can transform instantaneously from a red convertible boulevard cruiser into a sleek silver crime-busting machine.
A science fiction television series starring John Corbett as Adam McArthur, a man abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years earlier and who escapes back to Earth to help improve life for humanity.
Vliende Pierings
Dubbed in Afrikaans
1980s
TV series dubbed into Afrikaans about UFOs and aliens. Shown in the very early 1980s.
Russian melodrama based on the novel Michel Strogoff by Jules Verne. Dubbed into Afrikaans from the French series Michel Strogoff (1975). Remembered for the famous title music by Vladimir Cosma and scene in which the hero's eyes are seared shut with a red hot sword. The show stars Raimund Harmstorf.
American science fiction time travel-based television series that aired on NBC during the 1982–1983 season. The series stars Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce.
Voltron was a Japanese animated television series first titled Voltron: Defender of the Universe. A remake of the series, Voltron: The Third Dimension was made in the 1990s using CGI. The 1980s Voltron series was based on two unrelated Japanese anime series, Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV (both originally produced by Toei Animation & Bandai). The anime was later dubbed into English and edited by the North American television production and distribution company World Events Productions.
American comedy series in which an orphaned African-American boy is adopted by the Papadapolis family. Every week's episode featured a different moral lesson. Starring Emmanuel Lewis as Webster.
American science fiction television series created by Chris Carter. The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans (e.g., "The Truth Is Out There", "Trust No One", "I Want to Believe") became pop culture touchstones in the 1990s. Seen as a defining series of its era. The show stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
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