Acting

Lee Roodt

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Acting

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8 titles

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Die Byl poster
8.0

The unit specializes in the investigation of serial murders and is led by Van der Bijl, a former murder and robbery detective who gained fame for his handling of several high-profile cases. Each episode focuses on a serial killer. The main character, Colonel Piet van der Bijl, also known as Die Byl, is loosely modeled on the famous ex-detective Piet Byleveld.

Die Byl

2016

White Lies poster
6.3

Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, investigative journalist Edie Hansen gets caught up in the ugly underbelly that lies beneath the picturesque beauty of the city, dragging her back to a turbulent past.

White Lies

2024

Blood & Water poster
7.8

After crossing paths at a party, a Cape Town teen sets out to prove whether a private-school swimming star is her sister who was abducted at birth.

Blood & Water

2020

Koek poster
7.2

When Cape Town housewife discovers evidence her husband is having an affair with a stripper, her investigation takes her to a world poles apart from the suburban utopia she knows.

Koek

2024

Die Oord poster
10.0

A holiday town on the coast. Families who have been camping at the same caravan park for generations. Children playing on the beach. Braai under the trees. Everything is idyllic - until a body washes up on the beach.

Die Oord

2026

Die Nuusmakers poster
10.0

Adri Joubert has been the cool, calm, reassuring face and voice of the evening news for two decades. But then her husband is murdered, and her life becomes news as a national crisis shakes the country. She is forced to put aside her personal trauma to guide viewers through the state of emergency from behind a red-hot news desk.

Die Nuusmakers

2025

Devil's Peak poster
4.7

Based on Deon Meyer's 2004 best-selling novel of the same name - centres on Detective Benny Grissel, tasked with tracking down a righteous vigilante killer whose crimes capture the city's imagination.

Devil's Peak

2023