Lockdown (South African TV series)

Lockdown is a South African crime drama television series created and directed by Mandla Ngcongwane that premiered on 9 January 2017 on Mzansi Magic (televised) and Showmax (streaming) then later moved to 1Magic.^[1]

Lockdown
Genre	Drama
Created by	Mandla Ngcongwane
Written by	Reabetswe Moeti Mandla N. Byron Abrahams Tsepo Desando Dominique Masson Lwazi Mvusi Tiffany Barbuzano Meren Reddy
Directed by	Mandla Ngcongwane
Starring	Lorcia Cooper Zola Nombona Dawn Thandeka King Pamela Nomvete Tichina Arnold Mmabatho Montsho Linda Sebezo Linda Khumbanyiwa Stevel Marc
Country of origin	South Africa
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	62
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30:00 (incl. commercials)
Original release
Network	Mzansi Magic
Release	9 January 2017 (2017-01-09) – 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01)
Network	1Magic
Release	7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) – 29 June 2019 (2019-06-29)
Network	Showmax (streaming)

The series aired its first season and second season on Mzansi Magic, moved to 1Magic for its third and fourth seasons and later moved back to Mzansi to air the fifth and final season.

Production

Filming

Principal filming for the series took place in Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.^[2][3]

Music

The original score was produced by Mandla N, Jamela Vuma and Kurt Slabbert, under BlackBrain Music.^[4] Vocals were done by Nelisiwe Sibiya, Bongo Riot, Ikati Esengxoweni, Zola Nombona, Max-Hoba, Slindile Nodangala, Carol Babalwa Djieutcheu, Dawn Thandeka King and Phindile Thango.^[5][6][7][8] The album was officially released to music streaming platforms in 2018, after a private screening of the season 3 finale, alongside a music video for the lead single, Mama Ka Bafana.^[9][10][11]

Reception

Awards and nominations

List of Accolades
Award / Film Festival	Year	Recipient	Nomination	Result	Ref.
South African Film and Television Awards	2018	Babalwa Mtshiselwa	Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling - TV Drama	Won
		Amanda Van Wyngaardt	Best Achievement in Art / Design Production - TV Drama	Nominated	[12]
		Lockdown	Best Achievement in Cinematography (TV Drama)	Nominated	[12]
		Reabetswe Moeti	Best Achievement in Scriptwriting - TV Drama	Won	[13]
	2019	DramaGisellah Gay McLeod	Best Achievement in Costume Design - TV	Won
		Babalwa Mtshiselwa	Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling - TV Drama	Won
		Reabetswe Moeti Thishiwe Ziqubu Karabo Lediga	Best Achievement in Directing - TV Drama	Nominated
		Reabetswe Moeti	Best Achievement in Scriptwriting - TV Drama	Nominated
		Pamela Nomvete	Best Supporting Actress - TV Drama	Nominated	[14]
		Zola Nombona	Best Actress - TV Drama	Nominated	[14]
		Lockdown	Best TV Drama	Won	[15]
		Lorcia Cooper	Best Supporting Actress - TV Drama	Won	[15]
		Dawn Thandeka King	Best Actress - TV Drama	Won	[15]
	2020	Gaopie Kabe	Best Achievement in Cinematography - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Gisellah Gay McLeod	Best Achievement in Costume Design - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Lockdown	Best Achievement in Art / Design Production - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Kurt Slabbert Mohammed Rashid Juma Al-Hameli Mandla Ngcongwane	Best Achievement in Original Score - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Byron Abrahams Mandla Ngcongwane Dominique Masson Tiffany Barbuzano Lwazi Mvusi Tsepo Desando Meren Reddy	Best Achievement in Scriptwriting - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Mandla N.	Best Achievement in Directing - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Pamela Nomvete	Best Supporting Actress - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Lorcia Cooper	Best Supporting Actress - TV Drama	Nominated	[17]
		Zola Nombona	Best Actress - TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
		Dawn Thandeka King	Best Actress - TV Drama	Nominated	[17]
		Lockdown	Best TV Drama	Nominated	[17]
	2021	Babalwa Mtshiselwa	Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling - TV Drama	Nominated	[18]
		Kurt Slabbert Jamela Vuma Mandla Ngcongwane	Best Achievement in Original Score - TV Drama	Won	[4]
		Kurt Slabbert	Best Achievement in Sound Design - TV Drama	Nominated	[18]
		Mandla N.	Best Achievement in Directing - TV Drama	Nominated	[18]
		Zola Nombona	Best Supporting Actress - TV Drama	Nominated	[18]
		Lockdown	Best TV Drama	Nominated	[18]

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	13		9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)	3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)	Mzansi Magic
2	13		9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)	1 January 2018 (2018-01-01)
3	13		7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)	29 September 2018 (2018-09-29)	1Magic
4	13		6 April 2019 (2019-04-06)	29 June 2019 (2019-06-29)
5	10		6 April 2020 (2020-04-06)	8 June 2020 (2020-06-08)	Mzansi Magic

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	South Africa viewers (millions)
1	1	"Episode 1"	–	–	9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)	N/A
2	2	"Episode 2"	–	–	16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)	N/A
3	3	"Episode 3"	–	–	23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)	N/A
4	4	"Episode 4"	–	–	30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)	N/A
5	5	"Episode 5"	–	–	6 February 2017 (2017-02-06)	N/A
6	6	"Episode 6"	–	–	13 February 2017 (2017-02-13)	N/A
7	7	"Episode 7"	–	–	20 February 2017 (2017-02-20)	N/A
8	8	"Episode 8"	–	–	27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)	N/A
9	9	"Episode 9"	–	–	6 March 2017 (2017-03-06)	N/A
10	10	"Episode 10"	–	–	13 March 2017 (2017-03-13)	N/A
11	11	"Episode 11"	–	–	20 March 2017 (2017-03-20)	N/A
12	12	"Episode 12"	–	–	27 March 2017 (2017-03-27)	N/A
13	13	"Episode 13"	–	–	3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)	N/A

Season 5 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	South Africa viewers (millions)
53	1	"New Prison Threat"	–	–	6 April 2020 (2020-04-06)	N/A
54	2	"Peace Offering"	–	–	13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	N/A
55	3	"Battle of the Smarts"	–	–	20 April 2020 (2020-04-20)	N/A
56	4	"Who Let the Dogs Out"	–	–	27 April 2020 (2020-04-27)	N/A
57	5	"New Love"	–	–	4 May 2020 (2020-05-04)	N/A
58	6	"All Hell Breaks Loose"	–	–	11 May 2020 (2020-05-11)	N/A
59	7	"Are We Done Yet?"	–	–	18 May 2020 (2020-05-18)	N/A
60	8	"It's Israel's House"	–	–	25 May 2020 (2020-05-25)	N/A
61	9	"What Have We Done?"	–	–	1 June 2020 (2020-06-01)	N/A
62	10	"Happily Ever After?"	–	–	8 June 2020 (2020-06-08)	N/A