2024 is a landmark year for SBS’s award-winning current affairs line-up, covering the most impactful local and global stories
Returning to Tuesdays from 5 March, don’t miss Insight at 8:30pm and Dateline at 9:30pm, which celebrates its milestone 40th year on air, on SBS and SBS On Demand.
In its established timeslot at 9:30pm, Australia’s longest-running international current affairs show Dateline will celebrate its historic 40th year on air in 2024. The landmark season will explore global issues that expand our understanding of the world around us, with this year’s line-up featuring stories from Venezuela, Romania, Syria, Netherlands, Germany, the U.S., and beyond.
The 2024 season premiere will see Australian performer, playwright, and Coda (children of deaf adults) Jodee Mundy travel to Pennsylvania to join the first Asian-American Coda camp for Deaf parents and their kids. Exploring multiple layers of identity, the episode is a moving look into how an immersive experience in sign language and Asian family-values can help these pre-teens connect with their Deaf parents.
Returns Tuesdays from 5 March at 9:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand
Episode 1 Synopsis
Camp Coda: Children of Deaf Adults – Tuesday 5 March at 9:30pm AEDT on SBS and SBS On Demand
Dateline reporter Jodee Mundy travels to Pennsylvania to join the first Asian-American Coda camp for Deaf parents and their kids. Can an immersive experience in sign language and Asian family-values help these pre-teens connect with their Deaf parents?
Also airing this season
Romania’s Webcam Girls – will be available on SBS and SBS On Demand
Dateline investigates the state of Romania’s booming adult camgirl industry. Webcam studio owners say the business is perfectly legal and are fighting to prove their legitimacy. But following the arrest of US-born influencer Andrew Tate, who ran a webcam company in Romania, the industry is facing new scrutiny for sex trafficking. Dateline reporter Calliste Weitenberg explores the experiences of women working for the industry and uncovers a wild west of “ghost studios” with few rules and even less oversight.
Born Big – will be available on SBS and SBS On Demand
Nearly one in five children in America are obese and after decades of encouraging diet and exercise as treatment, parents are now being urged to look at more radical options: including bariatric surgery for 13-year-olds, and controversial weight loss drugs such as Ozempic.
Kumi Taguchi meets the American families turning to radical medical interventions to help their children with obesity.
Insight and Dateline will be available to stream on SBS On Demand with subtitles in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.