Thrilling local drama

M-NET has been investing in original dramas like Lionness, which was pretty solid storytelling with Shannon Esra (rumour has it that a second season is on the cards), Still Breathing, Recipes for Love and Murder and Trackers.

The stellar casts and scripting ensured the shows were well received.

Given the channel’s track record, viewers are excited for Desert Rose, an eight-part series that tackles that failproof good versus evil credo.

The premise centres on Eben Greyling, the young son of an absent father who refuses a request from the family’s benefactor, Van As, to go fishing, it breaks the shackles of a longtime agreement. The consequences of the broken agreement set off a series of events as the family is forced to confront mayhem. The family centred drama takes place on a farm in the Northern Cape.

Neil Sandilands, Amalia Uys, Kai Luke Brümmer, Christia Visser, Tinarie van Wyk, Ben Voss and Craig Urbani form the ensemble cast.

Fans can look forward wonderful and unusual characters in this series, which is laden with black comedy, suspense, crime, romance and music.

Desert Rose premieres on M-net (Dstv channel 101) on Thursday, June 2, at 8.30pm.