Every day is Earth Day on DStv this April 

With Earth Day coming up next Tuesday, 22 April 2025, DStv has been releasing a steady stream of natural history content to remind viewers to give our planet the awe, respect and protection it deserves. 

Here are some of our favourites: 

THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE: TOP 15 FINALISTS | Showmax 

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Founded by HRH Prince William, The Earthshot Prize celebrates the best ideas and initiatives that could help save our planet. 

This series of four-to-five-minute documentaries profiles each of last year’s 15 finalists. Two of these speak directly to this year’s Earth Day theme: Our Power, Our Planet, by showcasing renewable energy projects that are playing key roles in the attempt to triple the global generation of clean energy by 2030.  

For example, 2024 Fix Our Climate winner Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems offers a simple, safe, and reliable solution to transform industrial waste heat into electricity for use in hard-to-abate industries. This solution has the potential to save gigatonnes of CO2. 

And d.light makes life brighter for millions of people by bringing clean and affordable solar power to rural African communities who previously relied on kerosene. It aims to reach one billion people by 2030. 

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THE AMERICAS S1 | M-Net (DStv Channel 101) 

Catch up on DStv Stream and watch new episodes at 18:00 on Sundays 

Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks narrates The Americas, an epic 10-part television event from the Emmy-winning producers of Planet Earth and Blue Planet, exploring the worlds and wildlife of North and South America. 

Scored by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, the documentary series employs revolutionary filmmaking technology to showcase the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas – Earth’s largest landmass and the only one to stretch between both poles. 

Filmed over five years, The Americas has an 8.1/10 rating on IMDb and an 83% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As The Hollywood Reporter says, “The photography is astonishing. You’re bound to learn something… And provided you root for the cute, baby animals over the gnarly predators, your heart is likely to be lifted three to five times per episode.” 

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SUE PERKINS INTO ALASKA | BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184)  

Catch up on DStv Stream and watch new episodes on 19:00 on Fridays from 11 April 

Showcasing America’s final frontier at its most extreme and quirky, Sue Perkins Into Alaska follows the beloved UK comedian and TV presenter on a daring adventure at the edge of civilisation. Meeting locals from homesteaders to gold prospectors, Sue’s adventure is full of heart, humour, and challenges. Does she have what it takes to survive the Alaskan way of life?  

A previous nominee for Best Female Television Comic at the British Comedy Awards, Sue was nominated for a National Film and Television Award for Most Popular Presenter for The Great British Bake Off and BAFTA-nominated for Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal.  

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EXPEDITION KILLER WHALE | BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) 

22:00 on Monday, 21 April 

In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales capture their prey in the most extraordinary fashion. Swimming together to create powerful waves, they can wash their seal prey off pieces of floating ice.  

Hundreds of millions of people around the world were gripped by one of the most sophisticated hunting techniques in the animal kingdom, when the whales became an overnight social media sensation after featuring in Frozen Planet II. But we still know so little about them. 

Now a team of scientists, including Antarctic killer whale specialist Dr Leigh Hickmott (Frozen Planet II), are returning to these icy waters to advance our understanding of these compelling animals and how they conduct this unique behaviour. 

Co-directed by Vanessa Coates (BAFTA-nominated Predators) and Mark Wheeler (Nature, Terra Mater), Expedition Killer Whale is narrated by 2025 BAFTA nominee Sharon Clarke (Mr Loverman). 

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SECRETS OF THE PENGUINS | National Geographic Wild (DStv channel 182) 

18:00, Tuesday, 22 April  

On the 20th anniversary of National Geographic’s Oscar-winning March of the Penguins, Secrets of the Penguins changes everything we ever believed to be true.  

From the Emperor Penguins’ revelatory bonds of friendship to the gritty resolve of Gentoos and Rockhoppers, and the astonishing ingenuity of the migrant penguins that reached deserts and far beyond, their incredible traditions and societies echo ours in ways we never dreamed possible – until now.  

Executive produced by Oscar winner James Cameron and narrated by Blake Lively, Secrets of the Penguins was filmed over two extraordinary years by National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory, a BAFTA- and Emmy-winning wildlife cinematographer.   

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EXTREME WEATHER SPECIALS | Discovery Channel (DStv Channel 121) 

From 18:20, Tuesday, 22 April 

Discovery Channel’s special Earth Day marathon of extreme weather specials features curated episodes from top shows like: 

• Deadliest Catch, winner of 16 Emmys 
• Homestead Rescue, about city slickers trying to survive off grid 
• In the Eye of the Storm (above), which captures the epicentre of shocking natural disasters in real-time like never before 
• Marooned with Ed Stafford, presented by a former British Army captain who, in 2010, became the first recorded human to walk the entire length of the Amazon River, earning himself a spot in The Guinness Book of Records.  

It’s time to face the wrath of Mother Nature… 

ASIA | BBC Earth 

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Sir David Attenborough presents Asia, a seven-part series exploring the amazing wildlife and natural wonders of our planet’s largest continent. 

Filmed over the course of nearly four years, this is the first time that Asia – home to the highest mountain range, the deepest ocean, the tallest jungles, and the biggest cave – has been the focus of a landmark BBC wildlife series. 

In Nepal, we’ll follow rhinos playing ‘kiss chase’ in a bizarre courtship ritual. In the foothills of the Himalayas, amidst forests of bamboo, we’ll meet Asia’s shyest and possibly cutest mammal: the red panda. Five thousand metres up on the Tibetan Plateau, we’ll witness a lone wolf relentlessly hunting a herd of antelope for hours on end. In Sri Lanka, we’ll join elephants that have learnt to become highway thieves – holding up buses to get food from the passengers. And in the rich waters of the Western Pacific, we’ll swim with sea snakes that have learnt to team up with fish to hunt. 

As NPR says, Asia is “a wonderful series with wonders in every frame.” 

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