Episodes

• New Blood

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  An enormous black mamba is hiding somewhere beneath a huge pile of scrap metal. A spitting cobra finds itself trapped inside a local shop surrounded by an armed mob and Simon tails an eight-foot forest cobra from deep under a house. As the snake season heats up Simon and Sioux bring in a new apprentice to join the team and put her snake skills to the test when she must catch a super fast bush snake on a busy construction site.

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  Wednesday 6 July at 18:00 CAT

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  Wednesday 6 July at 20:30 CAT

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• Ten Foot Mamba

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  Sioux wrestles with a monitor lizard in an attic while Simon goes solo to catch a highly venomous Boomslang up a tree. Si and Sioux also continue training their apprentice on the tactics needed to safely catch venomous snakes when a black mamba decides to turn on her. Will Mbali manage to grab hold, or will someone get bitten?

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  Wednesday 13 July at 18:00 CAT

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  Wednesday 13 July at 20:25 CAT

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• Cobras to Crocs

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  In this episode Simon and Sioux’s new apprentice, Mbali, gets a front row seat to a wild black mamba rescue in which the snake almost nails Simon on the ankle. The team is put to the test when they have to help capture and relocate a 10-foot crocodile from a local farm dam. Then summer has them running around in two teams to rescue two snakes in one house and another sneaky reptile stuck in someone’s roof.

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  Wednesday 20 July at 18:00 CAT

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  Wednesday 20 July at 20:20 CAT

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• Mamba Nightmare

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  A busy orphanage goes into lockdown while a deadly black mamba is on the loose and the team must put on their hiking boots to help a local farmer who is losing his goats to a huge python. Simon and Sioux’s new apprentice, Mbali has her commitment to the job put to the test after a lesson in snakebites and nightmares come true, when a black mamba is found living inside someone’s mattress

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  Wednesday 27 July at 18:00 CAT

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  Wednesday 27 July at 20:20 CAT

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• Mamba Madness

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  Simon puts his life on the line, bagging a riled-up black mamba alone in a baking roof. As the summer heats up, Siouxsie and Mbali prove their snake skills by catching three water snakes on one call, while Simon bails a wolf snake out of the police station. The team regroup for one black mamba vs two large dogs. Mbali steps up to claim gold, catching a particularly fiesty forest cobra by the tail.

• The Last Bite

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  As snake season comes to a close, Mbali’s training shifts up a gear. First, she catches a highly venomous boomslang, then when two mamba calls come in at once, it’s her chance to prove herself. Simon takes on a big black mamba in a tiny storeroom. While Mbali and Sioux have to contain a feisty cornered black mamba.

• Python Party

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  Catching a black mamba at midnight is only part of Simon and Siouxsie's latest challenge; they also bring 25 baby rock pythons into the world.

• Cobra Wedding Crashers

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  A hitchhiking forest cobra at a wedding keeps Simon and Siouxsie guessing and an emergency black mamba callout turns into a canine rescue mission.

• Mamba Mayhem

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  Simon and Sioux try to secure a black mamba escape artist, wrangle an irate python, and catch a cat killer.

• Black Mamba Summer

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  Simon has his hands full with a lightning fast mamba and an unidentified snake terrorizes a school, before Siouxsie handles the deadliest of the lot.

• The Snake Pit

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  Simon has his hands full with a massive black mamba that doesn't want to be caught, a cobra hiding in a room of old sacks, and a snake in a car!

• Big Mamma Mamba

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  Simon has a close shave with a pregnant black mamba looking to lay her eggs, and she's not the only female mamba that Simon and Sioux have to catch.

• Snakes And Sewage

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  To catch a deadly Black mamba, Simon must face his biggest fear - heights! And to save a spitting cobra, he deals with his OCD and digs in a poo pit!

• The Dark Night

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  Simon has a close call with a deadly black mamba in the middle of the night and finds his first ever Snouted cobra that's hitchhiked to Durban!

• There's A Snake In The Fridge!

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  It’s mamba season and these deadly snakes are simply everywhere! In this episode of Snake City, they’re playing hard-to-get in trees, boxes and even a refrigerator as Simon risks his life to save them. There’s also double-trouble when he realizes he’s in a small, dark room with not one, but two highly-venomous Forest cobras!

• Divide And Conquer

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  Simon and Sioux nearly get bitten catching and releasing mating Boomslangs. Teamwork is everything, but sometimes they split up to help all the snakes.

• Kindergarten Terror

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  Sioux comes face-to-face with a Green mamba, Simon is almost bitten by a Black mamba and they catch two bizarre snakes that don't belong in Durban!

• Housing Estate Horror

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  A huge black mamba hides under the kitchen sink, Simon rips apart a couch to find a spitter and climbs a tree to catch a highly-venomous vine snake.

• Hot & Bothered

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  A huge black mamba is trapped inside a dark, cramped roof and Simon has to poke his head into dark holes to find it - risking a bite to the head! Simon also must get over his fear of heights and catch a hot and bothered boomslang in a tree.

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  Thursday 7 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Sunday 10 July at 21:15 CAT

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• Storm of Snakes

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  Simon and Siouxsie brave a tropical storm to rescue a black mamba - one slip and they're dead! A green mamba takes the whole crew to new heights, and Simon and Siouxsie play 'pass the python' in creepy crawly heaven.

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  Friday 8 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Sunday 10 July at 22:05 CAT

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• Mamba Mama

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  A black mamba is trapped inside a couch in a tiny room with Simon and Siouxsie just inches away from being bitten at any time! Simon has his hands full when he realizes a green mamba he's about to rescue is heavily pregnant.

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  Monday 11 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Saturday 16 July at 21:10 CAT

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• Humongosaur

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  A family is plagued by Mozambique spitting cobras; their 6-year-old girl was bitten in the face by one and now there's another in their house! Sioux gets a nasty surprise as a whip snake bites her on the arm and won't let go.

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  Tuesday 12 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Saturday 16 July at 22:00 CAT

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• Tunnel of Doom

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  Simon and Sioux mud wrestle a 12ft black mamba trapped inside a storm water drain. A new homeowner has an unwanted visitor and Sioux gets dirty flushing out a forest cobra from a toilet.

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  Wednesday 13 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Saturday 16 July at 22:50 CAT

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• Hiss The Night

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  Snake City is hammered by summer storms as Simon and Siouxsie hunt for a black mamba in a pile of tiles by torchlight. When the skies clear, Sioux gets tangled up in a deadly game of tug-of-war with a feisty forest cobra.

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  Thursday 14 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Sunday 17 July at 21:05 CAT

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• The Wedding Crasher

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  Snake-catchers Simon and Siouxsie rush across Snake City to capture Africa's largest cobra in a pool, a python gatecrashes a wedding and an enormous black mamba terrorizes a neighborhood.

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  Saturday 2 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Sunday 3 July at 22:55 CAT

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• Trailer Park Terror

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  Simon and Siouxsie get called to remove an angry black mamba from a huge wood pile. After 5 hours of searching they eventually find it, and it is seriously angry. A vicious spitting cobra spits venom like mad when Simon tries to get it out of a tree cavity, and it takes them almost a month to trap an elusive forest cobra that's been terrorizing trailer park residents!

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  Saturday 2 July at 22:05 CAT

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  Tuesday 5 July at 20:30 CAT

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• Psycho Mamba

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  Streetwise snake-catcher Simon Keys and his sassy herpetologist girlfriend, Siouxsie Gillett, rush around Snake City to save snakes that have ventured into human territory. They hunt down a frighteningly fast black mamba in a cluttered kitchen, and a Mozambique spitting cobra under a bath that's showering Simon with venom. All before he has to face his irrational fear of heights while trying to retrieve a green mamba from a tree.

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  Saturday 2 July at 22:55 CAT

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• Office Nightmare

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  Ride shotgun with streetwise snake-catcher Simon Keys and sassy herpetologist girlfriend Siouxsie Gillett as they race across Snake City to save an office on lockdown after staff spot a green snake disappear under a door. Simon makes a gruesome discovery inside a shipping container after construction workers stumble upon a ten-foot black mamba, and Siouxsie handles a snake so lethal it can make you bleed from every orifice.

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  Sunday 3 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Thursday 7 July at 20:25 CAT

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• Monster Under the Bed

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  It could be scene straight out of a horror show: a 9ft black mamba in a child's bed! Streetwise snake-catcher Simon Keys and sassy herpetologist girlfriend Siouxsie Gillett race across Snake City to save the child's life. Siouxsie gets spat by a deadly Mozambique spitting cobra and Simon rescues a night adder with a penis injury. All in a day's work for this couple living on the edge.

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  Friday 1 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Sunday 3 July at 22:05 CAT

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• Twice Bitten

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  Simon and Siouxsie save an angry, and badly injured spitting cobra from someone's house and must take it to the vet for an amputation. They get called to the university where a black mamba has eaten two kittens, and both nearly get bitten while trying to catch the monster. They also rescue a mystery green snake and a black mamba from two separate cars!

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  Monday 4 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Saturday 9 July at 21:15 CAT

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• Say Your Prayers

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  A large black mamba hides inside a TV, a nun is on the run from a spitting cobra and a baby python is stuck inside an air-con unit.

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  Tuesday 5 July at 21:20 CAT

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  Saturday 9 July at 22:05 CAT

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• Slithering Heights

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  Simon and Siouxsie chase down mambas all over the city and they call in the fire brigade to help Simon with one of his most dangerous captures yet! Simon and Siouxsie chase down mambas all over the city and they call in the fire brigade to help Simon with one of his most dangerous captures yet!

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  Wednesday 6 July at 21:15 CAT

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  Saturday 9 July at 22:55 CAT

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• Cobra In The Kitchen

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  In this episode of Snake City, Simon and Siouxsie receive a terrified call after a large Black Mamba is spotted inside a potting shed. On arrival they are escorted into a dark room, filled with clay pots and paints. Hidden behind a large heavy cupboard is Africa's most feared snake - the Black Mamba. Simon and Siouxsie are at a severe disadvantage - they can't see the snake but the snake can see them! Simon and Siouxsie put their life on the line every day in their obsession to save snakes. It's a risk they are prepared to take.

• Hiss of Death

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  Face to face with some of the world's deadliest snakes is all in a day's work for snake catcher Simon Keys and herpetologist girlfriend, Siouxsie Gillett. It is silly season in snake city. A cobra sprays its venom on target, an elusive mamba lies hidden within strike range and a rat nest causes a stir.

• Country Club Killer

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  Snake catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett race across Snake City to fish out a massive Black mamba from a pool, hand wrestle the largest cobra in Africa and face off against an angry neighbor to retrieve an exotic Boa constrictor.

• The Cape Crusaders

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  It's a typical day of chasing deadly reptiles for snake catcher Simon Keys and herpetologist, Siouxsie Gillett, until they receive a distressed phone call. Snake catchers in the city of Cape Town are inundated as cobras seek refuge from blazing fires.

• Recipe For Disaster

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  Snake catchers Simon and Siouxsie destroy a kitchen for a harmless house snake, but find an 8-foot black mamba instead. Africa's largest cobra is loose in a shopping mall and a mechanic finds a deadly snake in his toolbox.

• Deadliest Catch

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  Snake catcher Simon Keys and herpetologist, Siouxsie Gillett's business poses life and death situations. Every capture has its dangers, from an almost fatal mamba attack to the risks of being buried under a collapsing house with a snake.

• Spitting Mad Cobra

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  After a quiet winter, snake bounty hunters, Simon and Nadine Keys are desperate for work. Its a shaky start to the snake season as Simon is attacked by a cobra and wrestles with a huge Black Mamba

• Python Ambush

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  Simon, Nadine and snake-catcher in training Mike struggle through a sea of trash to rescue a deadly Black mamba, go for a pool party with a Burmese python and saves a rare, pregnant Green mamba from laying her eggs where they are not wanted.

• Attack of the Black Mambas

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  Summer is in full swing and snake bounty hunters, Simon and Nadine Keys face the largest Black Mamba theyve ever seen. Simon gets a new tattoo but before its fully healed hes attacked by a spitting cobra. Then, Simon and Nadine both are invited by friends to witness the birth of 15 baby Green Mambas

• Snakes On A Train

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  The first call comes in an hour before sunrise and it's their most unusual call-out yet: Snake on a train! Armed with grabsticks and flashlights, Simon and Siouxsie run alongside the train in the dark, jumping over trenches and signaling gear.

• Bed of Snakes

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  In this episode, the calls are coming in thick and fast. A giant lizard enters a garden and gets into a fight with a dog. By the time Simon and Siouxise get there, the battle is lost for this monitor lizard, and it has suffered severe injuries. Simon and Siouxsie are in the business of saving the lives of animals, no exceptions.

• Into The Snake Pit

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  In this episode, Simon and Siouxsie will be challenged in ways that will test the faith and trust they need to be a successful snake catching team. They encounter one of the most venomous snakes on earth, a very large black mamba. Capturing and bagging this deadly snake is about timing and precision.

• Snakes In The City: Snake Charmer

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  Wild woman Siouxsie Gillet is a true snake charmer. Together with boyfriend Simon Keys, she rescues snakes from sticky situations. With an ever-growing tattoo collection, sporting her signature pink hair; it's hard not to notice that Siouxsie rocks! This program features the drama and humour of the series while highlighting some of Siouxsie's most epic captures. We'll witness one of her first calls to catch a speeding forest cobra, experience her love of pythons, and feel the tension when she bags her first Black Mamba!

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  Friday 29 July at 21:10 CAT

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  Sunday 31 July at 22:00 CAT

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• Venomous Encounters

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  It's snake season in Durban city, South Africa. Streetwise snake-catcher Simon Keys and sassy herpetologist girlfriend, Siouxsie Gillett, rush across this city every summer in response to screams of terror. From deadly black mambas in wardrobes to spitting cobras in factories, Simon and Siouxsie haven't finished a cup of coffee in days - every time they sit down to rest, another call comes in.