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Must-watch trailer for The Showmax Roast of Minnie Dlamini

See the trailer for The Showmax Roast of Minnie Dlamini, premiering on Showmax this Friday, 26 April 2024.

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Gordita Chronicles S1

This coming-of-age comedy series chronicles the life of a Latina reporter as she looks back on her childhood as a chubby Dominican immigrant growing up with her eccentric family in 1980s Miami.

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5 Quantum Leaps with Dr Song

As well as leapfrogging around history, Quantum Leap Season 2 takes us everywhere from witch trials in the 1690s to Egypt in the 1960s. Let’s go! 

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The Cleaning Lady S3

A marginalised Cambodian doctor in the US struggles to keep her ill son alive. She becomes a cleaning lady for an organised crime syndicate to save him.

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Who will roast Minnie Dlamini?

The star-studded line-up of panellists at the Showmax Roast of Minnie Dlamini includes Trevor Gumbi, Siv Ngesi, Tumi Morake and Celeste Ntuli.

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Larry David on the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Award-winning actor Larry David talks about his role in the iconic HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm. The final season streams from 15 March on Showmax.

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Showmax and Laugh Africa announce the Roast of Minnie Dlamini

Gear up for the Showmax Roast of Minnie Dlamini, set to be filmed live on 5 April 2024 and coming only to Showmax on 26 April 2024.

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Quantum Leap S2

As lead physicist Ben Song takes an unauthorised leap into 1985, the Quantum Leap team have to figure out how to get him back.

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Crash-land into the wide-eyed wonder of Resident Alien

Alan Tudyk leads this sci-fi comedy drama based on the Dark Horse comic book series. Now streaming on Showmax.

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ZeroZeroZero S1

The drug underworld is a zero-sum game in this gritty crime drama exploring the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.

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Resident Alien S1-3

Is humanity worth saving? This is the dilemma faced by a crash-landed alien who assumes the identity of a small-town doctor who solves crimes.

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The Lovers

A dark comedy series about an unexpected love story between a foul-mouthed supermarket worker and a political television broadcaster.

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Infiniti S1

When the body of an American astronaut is found on a roof in Kazakhstan, a French astronaut and a Kazakh cop set out to solve the mystery.

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The Equalizer 3 (2023)

Denzel Washington takes his uniquely brutal brand of justice to Italy in this third and final chapter of The Equalizer movies.

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Power up with the might and mystery of the Halo series

Halo S2 brings Pablo Schreiber’s commanding portrayal of Master Chef to life in this adaptation of the iconic video game franchise. 

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Headhunters S1

Follow Roger Brown, a corporate headhunter who has lied and manipulated his way to success in this Norwegian thriller.

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Funny Woman: Making it in the 60s

Find out how comedy-drama series Funny Woman brings 1960s-era London back to life as a woman trying to make it in the comedy boys’ club.

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Killing It: Snake it till you make it

To make the American Dream come true you have to kill a snake or two in The Office star Craig Robinson’s new comedy series, Killing It.

HBO’s docuseries Savior Complex: Deadly delusions

HBO documentary series Savior Complex explores how an American evangelical missionary earned a reputation as a baby killer in Uganda. 

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Savior Complex

A hard-hitting documentary about controversial American missionary Renee Bach, who set up a charity for malnourished children in Uganda.

10 facts about the real-life Bass Reeves

David Oyelowo and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan’s latest project, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, is the wildest of Wild West tales about how an enslaved man became a legendary US Marshal. 

Lawmen: Bass Reeves S1

The story of Bass Reeves, a slave who became the first Black US Marshal in the American West in the late 1800s. 

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Found S1

Found follows recovery specialist Gabi Mosely as she and her team work tirelessly to find missing people forgotten by the system.

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Funny Woman S1

Based on the Nick Hornby novel Funny Girl, this is the story of a Blackpool beauty queen who tries to make is a comedian in the 1960s.

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