saturday may 5:
BBCWorld, 11:10 and 17:10 Violent Planet:This documentary series takes a look at the destruction caused by natural disasters. The first episode,Deluge, focuses on floods, rain, hail storms and snow. Also watch Inferno(May 12 at 11:10 and 17:10) and Storm(May 19 at 11:10 and 17:10) Channel O, 20:00 Macy Gray Special:Find out more about the life and career of this Grammy Award-winning singer whose debut album, On How Life Is, has gone double platinum
sunday may 6:
Discovery, from 20:00 The Origin of Man:Prehistory and primitive man is the subject in The Fate of Neanderthal Man:TheMammoth Hunter (20:00), The Fate of Neanderthal Man:The Death of the NeanderthalMan (21:00)and Searching for Lost Worlds:Skull Wars (22:00) wednesday may 9:
BBCWorld, 23:30 SevenDays That Shook the Planet:This documentary chronicles the seven key revelations in the history of science that have contributed to making global warming an urgent planetary concern
thursday may 10:
BBCPrime, 11:30 Journeys to the Bottom of the Sea:This is an informative new daily series focusing on the world’s most extraordinary shipwrecks, like that of the M-1, a submarine the largest of its time at 100m long that went missing in 1925
Channel O, 20:00 Up CloseSpecial:VusiMahlasela:A special feature on South African superstar Mahlasela, the Voice of Mamelodi. The one-hour programme will include highlights of his live performance at this year’s North Sea Jazz Festival, held recently in Cape Town