Gå ubegrenset med Magzter GOLD

Gå ubegrenset med Magzter GOLD

Få ubegrenset tilgang til over 9000 magasiner, aviser og premiumhistorier for bare

$149.99
 
$74.99/År
The Perfect Holiday Gift Gift Now

Flame On!

TVPlus - English

|

October 11,2017

Our favourite screen dragons – dissected.

- Lav Nandlall

Flame On!

Every good story has a dragon (or three) in it these days. As JRR Tolkien, author of The Hobbit said, “It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons.” The fire-spewing flying beasts come in all shapes, sizes and temperaments. If you have Showmax, you’ll know the many types of dragons: cute, kidfriendly versions on Mike The Knight (2011-2013), evil serpent Smaug in The Hobbit: Desolation Of Smaug (2013), or the (only slightly) more tractable beasts of Game Of Thrones (2011-current). Here’s our list of favourite TV dragons:

THE SNARKY WYRM

Far over the misty mountains cold, Smaug protects a pile of shiny stolen gold in The Hobbit. He stole it from the Erebor dwarves, and they want their loot back – as well as their mountain castle. So they have to defeat the huge, snarky, fearsome wyrm (aka a snakelike dragon). The dwarves rally allies and devise a plan to kill the wyrm, but Smaug’s been preparing for the return of the dwarf king…

MOTHER’S BABIES

FLERE HISTORIER FRA TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Rattle the cage!

Hlengi takes on the underworld as she fights the crooked court system that put stalker Amo back on the street.

time to read

2 mins

23 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Leaving with the Laan

Here's a peek at one of the local soaps who've been with tvplus on this fun-filled ride right from the start: 7de Laan.

time to read

2 mins

23 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Look both ways

Muvhango head writer Lynn Kekana shines a spotlight on the soap's bold past and its inspiring future.

time to read

5 mins

23 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Nurturer or murderer?

A mother's love, an act of desperation, or an act of evil? Nosipho makes a shocking choice that rocks the cradle.

time to read

2 mins

23 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

The new guys

A Moroka heir and a rogue reporter are here to stir the pot in Generations: The Legacy!

time to read

4 mins

23 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Boss Betty!

uBettina Wethu Executive Producer Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri chats to us about how Betty can get ahead in business, and the business of TV.

time to read

4 mins

23 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

SEA change

A corpse in a crop circle and a 17th century witch await DI Humphrey Goodman as he goes Beyond Paradise.

time to read

2 mins

9 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Hi Queenie

Princess Elizabeth is orphaned in 1547 and begins her trajectory to the throne in Becoming Elizabeth.

time to read

3 mins

9 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Real local flavour

Lorna Maseko uncovers South Africa’s best kept culinary secrets, from chokka to donkey milk chocolate.

time to read

2 mins

9 March 2023

TVPlus - English

TVPlus - English

Hands off daddy!

When wicked Melita blackmails Mr Kgomo into continuing their affair, Pax decides it’s time for a smackdown.

time to read

2 mins

9 March 2023

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size

Holiday offer front
Holiday offer back