John Robbie and Mandy Wiener. (Equipped/Historical past Channel)
- The Historical past channel will premiere the second season of “Nice African Mysteries” on 3 August.
- It would characteristic episodes on geology, zoology and archaeology, and might be hosted by John Robbie.
- In October, through the channel’s first “Crime Month”, Mandy Wiener will current “Nice African Crimes”.
From the Thulamela kingdom to the quagga, the Historical past channel will debut a second season of Nice African Mysteries from 3 August, with presenter John Robbie, whereas journalist Mandy Wiener is ready to entrance Nice African Crimes, which will begin in October for the channel’s first-ever “Crime Month”.
A second season of Nice African Mysteries will begin on Historical past (DStv 186) on Saturday, 3 August, at 19:25. Three episodes will look at geology and mineralogy, zoology and archaeology.
The second season of Nice African Mysteries and Nice African Crimes have been each produced by Clive Morris Productions (CMP), an organization presently experiencing monetary difficulties.
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The primary episode seems on the earth’s oldest and largest meteor crater, created greater than two billion years in the past when an asteroid hit the planet close to the present-day city of Vredefort, and the way this led to the invention of gold billions of years later.
The second episode seems on the quagga, which has been extinct for greater than 140 years, however which scientists are working to revive. Robbie explores how, by means of selective breeding, an try is being made to retrieve the genes liable for the quagga’s attribute striping sample.
The third episode explores the secrets and techniques behind the traditional walled kingdom of Thulamela, contained in the Kruger Nationwide Park. Courting again to the fifteenth century, its ruins unveil a wealthy historical past of commerce and tradition, providing a novel glimpse into Africa’s previous.
Robbie says:
As within the first season, these tales will educate, thrill and problem folks’s perceptions about elements of the previous in Africa.
“South Africa, and certainly Africa, have such unbelievable historical past and prehistory, and a lot of it has both been forgotten or not extensively taught. I am hoping that this undertaking will encourage folks to look into this with newly opened minds.”
‘Actually attention-grabbing crimes’
Nice African Crimes is a particular, once-off present that delves into three of South Africa’s most gripping historic crimes.
This charming sequence will uncover the intricate particulars of dramatic occasions that shocked the nation. It would display screen through the Historical past Channel’s first-ever “Crime Month” programming block in October.
“Nice African Crimes has all of the components of a compelling TV present – actually attention-grabbing crimes, complicated characters, intriguing narratives, the backdrop of the African context,” says Wiener.
“I am trying ahead to telling these tales and dealing with a terrific workforce of producers and creators. I hope to carry my twenty years of expertise within the information setting, telling crime tales, to this undertaking.”
In September, Historical past can have a second instalment of its My Historical past Moments – a short-form sequence wherein well-known South Africans share pivotal moments from their lives.
Additionally in September, Laurence Fishburne will unpack the puzzles of the world’s most enigmatic unsolved mysteries within the fifth season of Historical past’s Biggest Mysteries with Laurence Fishburne.
Actor Morgan Freeman govt produces and options within the documentary 761st Tank Battalion: The Unique Black Panthers, which might be on Historical past in October.
It would inform the true story of the primary black tank unit to serve in fight throughout WWII and discover in-depth the key battles they confronted each abroad whereas in fight, and again house in america.
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