DStv highlights - March 4, 2015

Laurence Fishburne is one of the leads in the hit comedy, Black-ish.

Laurence Fishburne is one of the leads in the hit comedy, Black-ish.

Published Mar 4, 2015

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BLACK-ISH, Vuzu Amp, 7pm

Andre “Dre” Johnson has a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow, four kids, and a colonial home in the ‘burbs. But has success brought too much assimilation for this black family?

SHARK WRANGLERS, History, 8.05pm

Ocean explorer and fisherman Chris Fischer is on a quest to decode the secrets of the deadliest creatures in the ocean. Fischer and his team are the only people who tag sharks this way. Once they hook a shark, they manoeuvre it onto a platform next to the ship, then jump into the water with the shark and raising the cradle so the shark can be tagged and studied. The process puts Fischer and his crew in danger, as they must steer clear of the shark in its own domain, while working to protect the shark itself.

AIRSHOW, Travel Channel, 9pm

A documentary series that takes viewers behind the scenes of the most dangerous professions on the planet – the air show pilot. Every year more air show pilots are killed than in any other job in the entertainment industry. To survive, you must be part salesman, part stuntman, and plenty crazy. The series follows everyone from the pilots to the team owners and wing-walker Carol Pilon during the 2013 season as they face breakdowns, bad weather and each another’s egos.

CRISIS CONTROL, Discovery World, 10pm

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a major ski resort or a show-stopping Cirque du Soleil performance? We reveal what it takes to operate and manage some of the biggest, most complex industrial hubs humanity has ever built. Revealing the inner workings of the Eurotunnel and the racetrack at Indianapolis, this series profiles the people, processes and machines needed to ensure everything runs with military precision. The stakes are high; if just one of these systems fails, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people could die.

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