Picks of the Day: 27th August, 2012

Sam Horton is a former beauty queen who faces bankruptcy when she loses her job and her husband is unable to work due to a knee injury. Desperate for a way to support her family, Sam takes a job at a massage parlor but quickly discovers that the parlor is a front for a high-class escort service with a variety of wealthy and powerful clients.

Although she’s initially horrified, she soon embraces her new life even as she’s forced to lie to her family and friends about what she does for a living. (Simulcast on M-Net HD). The Client List –  Monday 27 August 2012 9:30pm WAT. Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt as Sam Horton, Teddy Sears as Rex Horton, Sonja Bennett as Dee.

Shark Attack Experiment – Monday 27 August 2012 5pm WAT | Nat Geo Wild
Jaws may have been Steven Spielberg’s great showcase of how sharks can bring terror to humans bathing on beaches, but Nat Geo WILD has a different take on the psyche of these feared sea predators.

China vs Ghana – Monday 27 August 2012 7:55am
Ghana and China lock horns at Saitama, for the final match in Group D in the 2012 Fifa U/20 World Cup competition. Catch the Black Princesses on SS7/SSHD2 at 08:55 and via live streaming on supersport.com.

Choccywoccydoodah – Episode 1, S2 – Monday 27 August 2012 7pm WAT | BBC Lifestyle
Choccywoccydoodah returns for a second series following the internationally acclaimed Brighton-based cake shop of the same name and its team of talented and quirky chocolatiers, as they create chocolate masterpieces that are quite simply out of this world.

The Smashing Pumpkins on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – Monday 27 August 2012 10pm WAT | CNBC Africa
The Smashing Pumpkins formed in Chicago in 1988 and have become one of the most acclaimed bands in the history of alternate music.

Talk to Al Jazeera: Bill and Melinda Gates – Monday 27 August 2012 3:30pm WAT | Al Jazeera
Talk to Al Jazeera speaks to Bill and Melinda Gates about their foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

African Voices – Monday 27 August 2012 10:30am WAT | CNN International 
African Voices travels across the continent to share the stories of African people who excel in sports, technology, literature and culture. The programme documents the success stories as well as the problems faced by these people.