It's day 2 of the 21-day lock down and to help curb the spread of Covid-19, MultiChoice and M-Net have conjured up a must-watch pop-up channel with the best content from the HBO stable.
M-Net Binge – The Home of HBO, channel 114 on DStv Premium and Compact Plus, showcases full seasons of edgy, award-winning series as well as a selection of riveting documentaries and HBO Original films.
The age restricted material makes it unsuitable for daytime viewing, so the channel is only available 18:00 and 06:00, Mondays to Sundays
The weekday schedule has been carefully curated to create appointment viewing. You will find the same series in the same time slot, on the hour, Mondays to Fridays. From shows like The Newsroom, which earned leading man Jeff Daniels several TV nods, to executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s epic war drama Band of Brothers; and the biggest series of modern times, Game of Thrones. Not to forget recent masterpiece The Night Of and the cult series Six Feet Under. When insomnia hits, there’s also Banshee, The Leftovers and Girls.
On Saturdays up until 21:00, the line-up is packed with thought-provoking documentaries. It will be followed by another episode of Game of Thrones, screened in the same slot during the week.
Sunday’s schedule belongs to series that have been exclusive to the streaming service Showmax to date: His Dark Materials and Succession. That’s followed by a superstack (six episodes) of classic Sex & The City, starting at 22:00. As a special treat for night owls, the next item on air is the HBO film at 01:00.
The unmissable documentary picked for Saturday 28 March is Ice on Fire. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, it investigates solutions to reverse the effects of climate change. The film on Sunday is Deadwood: The Movie, created to conclude the hit series of the same name.
