The Dan Nicholl Show

After making a name for himself as one of South Africa’s most successful stand-up comedians over many years, Al Prodgers has discovered a new passion: exploring little known corners of South Africa.

A kid from Despatch with a love for football discovered a rare talent in another sport - and today Danie Gerber is widely regarded as the greatest Springbok rugby player ever.

Having marched for Mandela in London and watched his inauguration as a teenager, American Jacob Lief arrived in South Africa for a job that didn’t exist - and ended up on a train to Zwide that changed his life.

The Flyhalf Who Became A Rockstar As a junior provincial number 10, Francois van Coke harboured the Springbok dreams of many young South Africans - but fate had a different path to success lined up for hugely popular musician

Turning down a weekend with Steven Spielberg, inspiring the ’95 Springboks, and creating theatre on the edge in apartheid South Africa: the extraordinary life of stage veteran Paul Slabolepszy.

What prompts the frontman of one of South Africa’s biggest rock bands to walk away and start over? Ross Learmonth 2.0 looks back on life with Prime Circle, and the new adventure that’s just beginning.

Indian stardom, winning the Test World Championship, and chasing that World Cup dream - Lungi Ngidi joins the show this week.

A hat-trick in the infamous flour bomb Test, swapping African sunshine for the north of England, and the politics of sport: legendary Springbok Ray Mordt relives his rugby journey.

As she marks 25 years lighting up television screens, Morning Live anchor Leanne Manas recounts interviewing Oprah, saying farewell to Madiba, and somehow staying positive in the face of so much depressing news content.

Rising through the ranks at Carte Blanche, giving it all up to start her own project, and the joy of confronting crooks and villains - the fearless Devi Sankaree Govender shares her story this week.

Summiting Everest, running across the Sahara, and coming back from an encounter in New York that almost cost her her life, Lee Den Hond remains indefatigable, passionate, and incredibly inspiring.

What’s next if you win Miss South Africa? For Shudu Musida, it was a masters degree at Barack Obama’s university, starting a podcast that counts Melinda Gates amongst its guests, and looking ahead to an electric future.

From starting stand-up comedy in a church, to starring in Netflix smash hit The Polygamist (and becoming a radio DJ along the way), Celeste Ntuli’s career is flying - and she’s still one of the funniest people in South Africa.

20 years ago a kid in IT gave stand-up comedy a go; today Richelieu Beaunoir is one of South Africa’s most accomplished comedians - and authorities on sneakers.

How a township kid fell in love with football, and went on to become one of South Africa’s greatest ever - Marks Maponyane shares his sporting fairytale.

From open heart surgery at the age of 28, to a mistaken medical diagnosis that turned out to be cancer (along with a lifelong battle with anxiety), Brandon Fairweather’s journey has been a challenging one - now chronicled in a bestselling book.

Haydn Porteous was a junior star, an amateur winner, and a professional champion early in his career - but that's where the fairytale ended.

From cult travel show Going Nowhere Slowly, to sold out comedy audiences all over the world, Dave Levinsohn has a sparkling CV - that now includes running his first Comrades Marathon at 56.

A fan message from nine-year-old Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu to then Bishops 1st team flyhallf Tim Swiel recently went viral; as his own professional career winds down, Tim reflects on an unconventional rugby journey.

After an inauspicious start to his comedy career, JamJam was last year’s Breakthrough winner at the Savanna Comedy Awards - but the Eastern Cape comedian is only just getting started.

The world first new him as a towering lock forward but it’s Flip’s van der Merwe’s more recent sporting journey into IronMan that has captured attention from fans around the world.

As iconic television show Top Billing returns, iconic presenter Michael Mol recalls hanging out with Elton John, flying fighter jets in Russia, and how Star Wars almost cost him his marriage.

Playing professional rugby at 17, the strict Nigerian mother who forced him to study, and touring with he British and Irish Lions - England star Anthony Watson joins the show at the Alfred Dunhill Padel Classic.

As The Dan Nicholl Show hits 100 episodes, Maps Maponyane recounts how a sports-mad, slightly geeky kid became one of South Africa’s most popular - and successful - stars.

On the back of FYN storming the list of the world’s best 100 restaurants, South African superstar chef Peter Tempelhoff adds a new fine dining outpost to his culinary group in Arum, as his standout career continues to dazzle.