African streamer Showmax kicks off February with a bang – with a brand-new app, an ambitious slate of 21 African Original titles and an even bigger offering of international titles.
Landing on 12 February, South African serial killer thriller Red Ink, adapted from Angela Makholwa-Moabelo bestselling debut novel of the same name, tells the story of a journalist turned publicist whose life takes a dramatic turn when she is approached by an imprisoned serial killer to tell his story.
Catch Me A Killer, also premiering on 12 February, follows Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones) as Micki Pistorius, South Africa’s first-ever serial-killer profiler. Adapted from Pistorius’ memoir, the true crime series is set in the mid-90s and traces Pistorius’ quest, as a newly-qualified forensic psychologist, to track down South Africa’s most feared killers.
South African drama series Wyfie follows four mismatched first-year roommates as they navigate the complicated world of university life and how they walk the thin line between mischief and wrongdoing to survive. Wyfie premieres on 12 February.
The Real Housewives of Durban, the longest-running Real Housewives franchise in Africa, returns on 9 February, with new episodes on Wednesdays. The fourth season adds two new housewives who are both no stranger to the spotlight- fashion television host Zama Ngcobo, Ameigh Thompson and Angel Ndlela – who will fit right in with returning cast members include Sorisha Naidoo, Nonku Williams, Slee Ndlovu and Maria Val.
From Nigeria, the drama series Flawsome returns for a second season on 12 February. On 12 February, also catch the Igbo epic series Cheta M which explores the extraordinary love story of two young lovers who must fight to protect their love in a world where tensions between two kingdoms have reached dangerous levels.
Based on one of the highest-grossing gaming franchises of all time and exec produced by Steven Spielberg, Halo S2 premiers on 12 February. The series is set amid an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant.
Seth MacFarlane is back in an all-new prequel event series in which the foul-mouthed bear is forced to navigate high school alongside his best friend John in Ted on 12 February.
On 12 February, also catch David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves, a slave who became the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi, arresting over 3,000 outlaws during the course of his career in Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is one of the executive producers.
NBC comedy classics The Office (box set) and Parks and Recreation (box set) drop on 12 February with The Rookie S5 landing on 22 February.
Tom Cruise is once again ready to do the most daring stunts in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning dropping 12 February while Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse lands on 18 February. Catch Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings on 5 February. On 1 February, Brendan Fraser’s transformative Oscar-winning performance lights up The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
See a full list of what to watch on Showmax in Kenya in February 2024:
1 February
The Whale (Film)
Bubble Guppies S6
Butterbean’s Cafe S2
Cheer, Murder (Film)
Drama (Film)
Tower Heist (Film)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Film)
Big Nate S1
The Tiny Chef Show S1
2 February
Lionesses: How Football Came Home (Documentary)
5 February
No Hard Feelings (Film)
Definitely, Maybe (Film)
Hot Wheels: Monster Truck Live S1
It’s Complicated (Film)
Raa Raa the Noisy Lion (Film)
Sengkathele S5
Space Pups (Film)
8 February
Beautiful Disaster (Film)
Kwanjomane S1
One True Loves (Film)
Perfectly Single (Film)
9 February
The Real Housewives of Durban S4 (Reality)
12 February
Red Ink S1
Catch Me A Killer S1
Halo S2
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Film)
Gran Turismo (Film)
The Office S1-9
Parks and Recreation S1-7
Ted S1
Lawmen: Bass Reeves S1
Wyfie S1
Flawsome S2
Cheta M S1
Widows Unveiled S1
Sadau Sisters S1
Freemen S1
Intlawulo (Film)
The Counsellor (Film)
Found S1
Funny Woman S1
SAS Rogue Heroes S1
Killing It S1
Bupkis S1
Mooiweer en Warm S1
Love Back S6, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Roary The Racing Car S2
14 February
Matilda en Matthys (Film)
Forever Yena (Film)
Dead Serious (Film)
Queens Court S1(Reality)
Race To Survive: Alaska S1 (Reality)
Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons (Docuseries)
15 February
A Million Ways To Die In The West (Film)
Legion of Super-Heroes (Film)
The Mummy (Film)
16 February
Headhunters S1
18 February
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Film)
19 February
The Mommy Club S2 (Reality)
Kandahar (Film)
The Battle for Justina Pelletier (Film)
The Bourne Identity (Film)
The Bourne Legacy (Film)
The Bourne Supremacy (Film)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Film)
Jason Bourne (Film)
Terrific Trucks S1
The Mummy (Film)
20 February
Arctic from Above (Film)
21 February
Accused S1
22 February
Ekhaya Backpackers S1
The Rookie S5
Praise This (Film)
Sisters (Film)
Full Circle S1
Ted (Film)
Ted 2 (Film)
The Best Man (Film)
The Big George Foreman (Film)
26 February
Run the World S2
Fool’s Paradise (Film)
Baby Mama (Film)
Doom (Film)
Harriet (Film)
MnaKwethu Happily Ever After? S3
27 February
Alert: Missing Persons Unit S1
28 February
Home Economics S2
29 February
Babylon (Film)
Call Jane (Film)
Malpractice S1
21 Grams (Film)
Inglorious Basterds (Film)
Love & Loss S1 (Film)
The Nutty Professor (Film)
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (Film)
