There’s an acclaimed Icelandic drama series “Trapped” that is on SBS On Demand. It’s had rave reviews around the world and is the sort of show you’d expect SBS to broadcast, so if it’s so good, why don’t they put it on TV? So annoying.
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##sbs Small Business Secrets
From Sunday 31 July at 5.00pm
New SBS program Small Business Secrets- Australian businesses overcoming the odds and finding success
Hosted by Ricardo Goncalves each week from Sunday 31 July on SBS
Small Business Secrets is a new weekly SBS program shining a light on the small business owners and innovators playing a vital role in Australia’s economic growth.
Hosted by SBS Finance Editor and World News presenter Ricardo Goncalves and produced by former ABC News and Business Today presenter Whitney Fitzsimmons, the program uses case studies to offer tips and insights into the roller-coaster of conceiving and running a small business in Australia.
Small to medium enterprises make up 97% of Australian businesses, and small business owners – many who come from diverse multicultural backgrounds – were a major target of the recent election campaigns. Small Business Secrets speaks directly to the real people and businesses the politicians have tried to reach.
Each week, it will feature a mix of established businesses offering the secrets to their success, those who have weathered financial storms, and those just starting out. In the process it will reveal how small businesses are fuelling Australia’s economy and show how you can turn your business idea into reality.
Small Business Secrets will also be complemented by a new website with tips, clips and articles on developments in the small business world, as well as an interactive ‘Small Business Toolbox’ to help you make the most of your developing business. The program will also use social media to distribute business news and tips in innovative ways.
The lady in the photo is producer Whitney Fitzsimmons who previously worked for the ABC.
IIRC Nine used to have a small business program a few years ago, while Seven shows Kochie’s Business Builders in October and November each year after the AFL finishes.
Post above updated with more information.
Peter Kuruvita returns to SBS with Coastal Kitchen
Following on from successful series’ My Sri Lanka, Island Feast and Mexican Fiesta, Peter Kuruvita makes a return to SBS screens
“I am so excited to be able to share the fresh flavours of local produce from my new home on the Sunshine Coast with SBS audiences. Tropical and coastal like my usual playground of Sri Lanka and the Pacific, the range of produce is diverse and the producers are passionate about the environment and sustainability. From the pristine coast line to the fertile hinterland, come with me on a journey of discovery through some of Queensland’s most picturesque locations and diverse food regions.” – Peter Kuruvita
Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen is a celebration of Peter’s new sea change lifestyle and local produce in the Sunshine Coast and hinterlands.
Having bid farewell to city life and moved to the tropical seaside town of Noosa, chef and restaurateur, Peter Kuruvita heads out to meet the community of passionate producers to discover more about the fresh local produce that has made this region one of the most exciting new foodie destinations in Australia.
Heading back to his kitchen, Peter transforms rich, local ingredients like spanner crabs, Mooloolaba prawns, macadamia nuts, tropical fruits, heirloom vegetables, native herbs and spices and more into a delightful array of dishes for any occasion.
Discover Noosa, Gympie, Hinterlands of Maleny and Kenilworth, Mooloolaba, the Glasshouse Mountains and Kin Kin like never before with the warm and energetic Peter Kuruvita.
SBS are having to edit out the Olympic news parts of their world news programs, and it’s leaving large gaps between the programs that are being filled with classical music clips like one of a very tedious André Rieu.
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The Sunday Telegraph reports SBS has picked up a six-part documentary called My Restaurant in India, which will premiere at 9pm, Thursday October 20, during the network’s SBS Celebrates Diwali festival. The program focuses on MasterChef Australia season 6 contestant Sarah Todd, who after a chance meeting with one of India’s restaurant kings, Ashish Kapur, saw him offer her the chance to open her own 250-seat restaurant within his Antares spa and resort development in Goa.
Am I looking at the right schedule, or are SBS actually still repeating Letters and Numbers almost four and a half years after it was cancelled?
I remember it was replaced by the (much better IMO) UK equivalent - Countdown. When did that stop?
Christmas-themed Breakbumper:
I think I preferred last year’s SBS Christmas Breakbumper, but still a decent effort and it’s nice to see SBS do something festive with their On-Air Presentation unlike some other networks…
###Week commencing 15 January 2017
Sunday 15 January
7:35 pm King Tut’s Tomb: The Hidden Chamber Rpt
8:30 pm President Trump
Who is Donald Trump? From his early childhood in Queens, where his father taught him to be “a killer,” to his triumphs and failures as a flamboyant real estate baron, casino owner and reality television star, Trump developed the character and personality that he would put before voters as an unorthodox presidential candidate. With new reporting and interviews combined with sections of the acclaimed film, ‘The Choice 2016’, Frontline reveals the man who will now bring those qualities to the White House.
9:35 pm 15 Years Of Terror
On September 11, 2001 an unimaginable horror unfolded that devastated the United States and the rest of the world. Fifteen years later we are still gripped by terror, but it has transformed.
10:40 pm Inside CERN
11:40 pm Battle Of The Sexes Rpt
Monday 16 January
7:30 pm Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor
8:30 pm Simon Reeve’s Caribbean Rpt
9:40 pm Undressed New Season Premiere
Undressed is a hands-on social experiment which sees two complete strangers meeting for the very first time, and undressing each other.
10:40 pm World News Australia Late
Tuesday 17 January
7:30 pm Riding Britain’s Railways
8:30 pm My Amazing Twin
9:30 pm One Born Every Minute
10:30 pm World News Australia Late
Wednesday 18 January
7:30 pm The Vikings Uncovered Final
8:35 pm Shaun Micallef Stairway To Heaven New Series Premiere
9:35 pm Vikings
10:30 pm Trapped
11:30 pm World News Australia Late
Thursday 19 January
7:30 pm Great British Railway Journeys
8:05 pm Destination Flavour Singapore
8:35 pm Royal Gardens On A Plate
9:35 pm Midnight Sun
11:35 pm World News Australia Late
Friday 20 January
7:30 pm Great British Railway Journeys
8:40 pm Movie: Mr Turner
11:25 pm World News Australia Late
Saturday 21 January
Sydney, Melbourne
7:35 pm Hitler’s Secrets - The Fuhrer
8:30 pm Dead Europe
10:00 pm Undressed Rpt
11:00 pm Live Premier League: Liverpool V Swansea
Brisbane
7:35 pm Hitler’s Secrets - The Fuhrer
8:30 pm Dead Europe
10:00 pm Live Premier League: Liverpool V Swansea
Adelaide
7:35 pm Hitler’s Secrets - The Fuhrer
8:30 pm Dead Europe
10:00 pm Undressed Rpt
10:30 pm Live Premier League: Liverpool V Swansea
1:20 am Undressed Rpt
Perth
7:30 pm Undressed Rpt
8:00 pm Live Premier League: Liverpool V Swansea
10:50 pm Undressed Rpt
###Week commencing 22 January 2017
Sunday 22 January
7:30 pm The Great Pyramid - The Great Pyramid Rpt
8:30 pm Egyptian Vice New Series Premiere
The Ancient Egyptian elite were more than just rich with history. In this two-part series narrated by Alexander Siddig, with exploits that could’ve been ripped from the pages of modern magazines, experts will recount tales of excess wealth and discuss the scandalous vices of the era.
9:20 pm Terror In Europe
10:25 pm End Of The Solar System
11:25 pm Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow
Monday 23 January
7:30 pm Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor
8:30 pm Simon Reeve’s Caribbean Rpt
9:40 pm Undressed x 2
10:40 pm World News Australia Late
Tuesday 24 January
7:30 pm Riding Britain’s Railways
8:30 pm My Brain Made Me Do It
9:30 pm One Born Every Minute
10:30 pm World News Australia Late
Wednesday 25 January
7:30 pm Chinese New Year: Biggest Celebration Lunar New Year: New Series Premiere
8:30 pm Shaun Micallef Stairway To Heaven
9:35 pm Vikings
10:30 pm Trapped
11:30 pm World News Australia Late
Thursday 26 January
7:30 pm Great British Railway Journeys
8:05 pm Destination Flavour Singapore
8:35 pm Royal Gardens On A Plate
9:35 pm Midnight Sun
11:35 pm World News Australia Late
Friday 27 January
7:30 pm Great British Railway Journeys x 2
8:40 pm Movie: X + Y
10:45 pm World News Australia Late
Saturday 21 January
7:35 pm Hitler’s Secrets - The Conqueror
8:30 pm Movie: Atonement
10:40 pm Undressed Rpt x 2
11:45 pm Rockwiz - Emma Russak & Johnny Mackay (& Ziggy Marley) Rpt
###Shaun Micallef Stairway To Heaven
From Wednesday 18 January at 8:30pm
Comedian and writer Shaun Micallef is on a quest to find the very meaning of life itself. Envious of those with ‘unshakeable faith’, Shaun journeys across the globe immersing himself into some of the world’s most unique religions and beliefs. 3 part series.
Episode 1: In this episode, Shaun starts his spiritual adventure with church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In their heartland of Salt Lake City, Shaun eats, prays an dlives with the Mormons through privileged access into a usually closed world. He works with young missionary Mormons sent off to the jungles of Fiji, and bunks in with breakaway fundamentalist polygamists in the deserts of Uta. Shaun wants to understand this devout faith so entwined with the development of the USA, and centred around the remarkable contents of the Book of Mormon.
###Week commencing 29 January 2017
Sunday 29 January
3:00 pm AEDT LIVE NBL: Sydney Kings V NZ Breakers
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7:30 pm Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb Rpt
8:30 pm Egyptian Vice
9:20 pm Chasing Pluto Rpt
10:20 pm Weirdest Weather In The Universe
11:25 pm Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow
Monday 30 January
7:30 pm Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor Final
8:30 pm Simon Reeve’s Sacred Rivers Rpt
9:40 pm Undressed x 2
10:30 pm World News Late
Tuesday 31 January
7:35 pm Paul Merton’s Secret Stations New Series Premiere
8:30 pm Best of Insight
9:30 pm One Born Every Minute
10:30 pm World News Late
Wednesday 1 February
7:30 pm Chinese New Year: Biggest Celebration
8:30 pm Shaun Micallef Stairway To Heaven
9:35 pm Vikings
10:25 pm Gangland Undercover
11:15 pm World News Late
Thursday 2 February
6:15 am AEDT Live Premier League: West Ham V Manchester City
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7:30 pm Great British Railway Journeys
8:05 pm Destination Flavour Singapore
8:35 pm Royal Gardens On A Plate
9:35 pm Midnight Sun
11:40 pm World News Late
Friday 3 February
7:30 pm Great British Railway Journeys x 2
8:40 pm Movie: Boyhood
11:45 pm World News Late
Saturday 4 February
7:35 pm Hitler’s Secrets
8:30 pm Interview With A Murderer
10:40 pm Undressed Rpt
11:00 pm AEDT Premier League - Chelsea V Arsenal
##sbs celebrates Lunar New Year 2017
Throughout February, SBS Radio brings Lunar New Year celebrations to events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and between 28 January and 15 February, is running a competition ‘Find the Fire Rooster’ challenging Australians to hunt for the animated trotting rooster for a chance to share in the good fortune. Full information here sbs.com.au/lunarnewyear.
Elsewhere on the network, SBS celebrates with several shows, including Adam Liaw’s Destination Flavour Singapore and premieres, Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth, Ching’s Amazing Asia and Follow Donal to Vietnam. SBS VICELAND marks the occasion with a Kung-fu Movie Season and SBS On Demand hosts a specially curated Lunar New Year Collection.
SBS Director of Audio and Language Content, Mandi Wicks, said: “SBS is committed to celebrating Australia’s multicultural events, encouraging all Australians to embrace our diversity. Lunar New Year is one of the biggest events of the year and we are thrilled to be marking the occasion with a season of special activity and programming across the SBS Network.”
Program Information
Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth
Wednesdays from 25 January, 7.30 pm on SBS
Kate Humble, Jing Lusi and Ant Anstead attend the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival - an extraordinary sub-zero celebration in China’s far north east. Their journey sees them experience the New Year transport rush and crush in Beijing, follow an Anglo-Chinese family back to China, join the crush at Beijing’s West Station and battle through Beijing traffic.
Kung-fu Movie Season
Fridays on SBS VICELAND
Detective Dee and The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame
Friday 27 January, 11.10pm on SBS VICELAND
During the Tang Dynasty, China’s future empress frees an imprisoned detective to solve the deaths of two courtiers who burst into flame upon exposure to sunlight.
K-20: The Legend of the Mask
Friday 3 February, 11.15pm on SBS VICELAND
Framed for crimes he didn’t commit, circus acrobat Hekichi Endo breaks out of prison to avoid a death sentence and takes on the guise of his enemy - K-20, the “Fiend with 20 Faces” - to clear his name and seek revenge.
The Last Dragon
Friday 10 February, 11.15pm on SBS VICELAND
In New York City, a young man searches for the “master” to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight a martial arts expert corrupted with power, and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
Merantau
Friday 17 February, 11.10pm on SBS VICELAND
A young man from the countryside uses his skills in silat martial arts to survive the slave trade.
Ching’s Amazing Asia
Wednesday nights from 25 January, 7.30pm on Food Network
Join Ching He-Huang as she goes on a non-stop flavor fest across Asia and discovers what goes into your favorite dishes!
Follow Donal to Vietnam
Wednesday nights from 25 January, 8.30pm on Food Network
Cookbook author and food blogger Donal Skehan explores the markets of Vietnam, and everybody is welcome to follow.
The Lunar New Year Weekend Marathon
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January, 11am-4pm on Food Network
Across the weekend, enjoy episodes of various Asian themed cooking, including Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong, Ching’s Chinese New Year special, and more.
##sbs ON DEMAND
Available now, SBS On Demand brings Australians a special Lunar New Year Collection.
Inside The Chinese Closet
At a fake marriage fair, gay men and women meet to make marriage deals to satisfy social and familial expectations.
The Last Emporer
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People’s Republic.
Reign of Assassins
In Ancient China, Drizzle (Michelle Yeoh) is the most deadly and ruthless assassin. After a life of theft and murder, she seeks to atone for her ways. She starts a new life in the capital, but her old gang are hot on her trail.
IP Man
Donnie Yen stars as the eminent Wing Chun martial arts grandmaster, Yip Man, who was renowned for teaching Bruce Lee the secrets of the art he became famous for.
1911
In the early 1900’s, China is in a state of crisis. The ruling Qing Dynasty is completely out of touch with its citizens, but any attempt at rebellion is quashed by the Dynasty’s powerful, modern army, the “New Army”. When Huang Xing returns from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword.
Metro Manila
Seeking a better life, Oscar Ramirez and his family decide to move from the poverty stricken rice fields of the Northern Philippine mountain ranges and journey towards the capital mega city of Metro Manila. Upon arriving in the big city, it isn’t long before they fall foul to various city inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily part of city survival. After landing a job as a driver for a truck company, he befriends Ong who forces Oscar to help in a robbery of the company.
###Joel Creasey and Em Rusciano join Faustina Agolley and Patrick Abboud to host the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on SBS.
Sunday 5 March at 8.30pm
The glittering explosion that is the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade will sparkle and shimmer its way onto SBS on Sunday March 5 at 8.30pm. Hosting SBS’s special event broadcast will be returning hosts The Feed’s Patrick Abboud and TV personality, Faustina Agolley, with comedian Joel Creasey and breakfast radio host Em Rusciano also joining this year’s panel.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is one of the world’s largest, most high profile and much loved LGBTQI celebrations, providing an opportunity to commemorate a universal message of diversity, equal rights, pride and inclusion. Born from a single night of political protest in 1978, the street parade is the spectacular sequinned centrepiece that brings a three-week long calendar of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festivities and events to a close.
SBS Director of Television and Online Content, Marshall Heald said: “The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a very important celebration and social event on the LGBTQI calendar. It is also a significant event for Australia – as the parade celebrates and promotes social cohesion within Australia – and hundreds and thousands of spectators line the streets of Sydney in support of equality, pride and self-expression.
“SBS is incredibly proud to be broadcasting the parade yet again - as it provides a front row seat to the whole of Australia, offering them the opportunity to join into and be a part of this inclusive and spectacular celebration.”
The TV broadcast will include the best of the 2017 floats and costumes in the parade with commentary from Joel Creasey, Em Rusciano, Patrick Abboud and Faustina Agolley. The 90 minute broadcast will feature interviews with celebrity guests plus stories from some of the parade participants - exploring the messages behind the floats, covering issues of sexuality, equality and discrimination that affect the LGBTQI community.
SBS will also get in on the festivities with its very own float and SBS Radio 3 will join forces with Australia’s only gay & lesbian radio station, JOY 94.9 for a Mardi Gras weekend simulcast on digital radio and digital television around Australia - including a live broadcast of the parade, which is also available worldwide at sbs.com.au/mardigras.
Viewer tweets will be displayed on screen throughout the television broadcasts, using the official event hashtag #sydneymardigras.
To celebrate the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, SBS will also present a vibrant line-up of fresh and iconic LGBTQI content. SBS, SBS VICELAND, NITV, subscription channel World Movies, SBS Radio, SBS Online and SBS VR have come together to join the fabulous and festive party.
In the lead up and after the parade, SBS will air multi-award winning film Brokeback Mountain (Friday 3 March at 8.30pm), which stars the late and great Australian actor Heath Ledger. On Sunday 5 March at 10pm, SBS will bring audiences the much-loved Australian classic, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, which also features a stellar line up of Australian actors, including Guy Pearce and the late Bill Hunter.
SBS VICELAND will play host to a Monday night movies season in February. The Feed’s Patrick Abboud will present a series of home-grown and international queer screen highlights along with interviews with creators and actors from these movies. Films included in the season are: 52 Tuesdays (Monday, 13 February at 9.30pm), The Chambermaid Lynn (Monday, 13 February at 11pm), Head On (Monday, 20 February at 9.30pm), 54: The Directors Cut (Monday, 20 February at 11pm), Teenage Kicks (Monday 27 February at 9.30pm) and Gerontophilia (Monday, 27 February at 11.30pm).
NITV celebrates Mardi Gras with a host of programming that recognises the LGBTQI community. Starting on Wednesday, February 22 at 9.30pm, is the Australian premiere of MAJOR! This documentary explores the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender elder and activist who has been fighting for the rights of transgender women of colour for over 40 years. Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (Wednesday, 1 March at 8.00pm) which follows the lives of seven transgender youths hailing from New York, New Orleans and Baltimore and ranging in age, but they share common obstacles and joys. Kumu Hina follows Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word at 11pm and is a about a transgender Native Hawaiian teacher who inspires a young girl to fulfil her destiny of leading the school’s male hula troupe even as she struggles to find love and a committed relationship of her own. Then wrapping up NITV’s programming is Fire Song (Thursday 2 March at 9.30pm) a thoughtful and moving debut feature by Adam Garnet Jones that focuses on a young Anishinaabe man at a crossroads.
From 15 February, SBS On Demand’s exclusive collection The Queer Binge will showcase some of the best LGBTQI themed programs from around the world, available to all Australians to watch anytime, anywhere and for free. The collection includes hit UK drama Hit & Miss starring Chloë Sevigny, Swedish crime thriller Eyewitness, and SBS VICELAND’s Gaycation with Ellen Page. Award-winning global films will also be featured, including Carmin Tropical (2014), That’s Not Us (2015), Four Moons (2014), Daddy (2015), Beginners (2011), and Head On (1998), while Irish film Viva (2015) will be available from 17 February, Lovesong (2016) from 21 February and Teenage Kicks (2016) from 23 February.
Starting on March 1, SBS On Demand will bring audiences the highly anticipated U.S. drama, When We Rise. Written and created by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk), When We Rise chronicles the real-life personal and political struggles, set-backs and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. The series features Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffins, Mary-Louise, Michael Kenneth Williams Rosie O’Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg.
After airing on SBS On Demand, When We Rise will make its Australian T.V. debut on SBS starting Saturday 11 March from 8.30pm with encores on SBS VICELAND from Thursdays at 9pm from March 16.
Starting Monday 20 February at 8.30pm, World Movies returns with a celebration of the best Queer Cinema. First in this six-film special is Barash, an Israeli film exploring the relationship between two high school girls. Following this film is La Belle Saison, a luminous and evocative French romance set in the turbulent 1970s. In Paris 05:59, we follow the night of two gay men who meet in a club, following their activities as they get to know each other during the next two hours. Boulevard, Robin Williams’ last on-screen appearance, tells of a married man’s long-suppressed sexual identity slowly emerging when he picks up a male escort and pays him for companionship rather than sex. Tamara is a Venezuelan film telling the story of Teo Almanza’s journey of gender reassignment and explores Teo?s desire to become a woman whilst struggling against societal taboos and inner conflict. Capping off the Queer Cinema special is Tomcat, a story exploring changing relationships between an established gay couple, when one of them inexplicably kills their beloved cat.
SBS Sexuality will feature behind-the-scenes exclusives of Mardi Gras, festival highlights, interviews, and personal stories surrounding Pride. For everything else LGBT+, you can check out the Sexuality site year-round, at www.sbs.com.au/sexuality.
SBS VR will release an exclusive 360° video inviting viewers to join iconic Australian drag performer Maxi Shield for a unique experience of the 2016 Mardi Gras. The VR experience will be available on the SBS VR app – free to download for Apple iOS and Google Android – from Monday, 27 February, 2017.
The 2017 Mardi Gras Parade: Full Live Stream will be available Saturday 4 March at 7pm on SBS On Demand. Please note the full stream does not include any of the above mentioned hosts or packages and is just a straight feed of the parade.
##The Chefs’ Line
From Monday 3 April weeknights at 6pm
SBS dish up a delicious new food series for 6pm weeknights
Cultural exploration and discovery through food reaches new heights on SBS with the launch of The Chefs’ Line on Monday 3 April. A new format for weeknights at 6pm, over 13 weeks the series will explore the heritage, history and diversity that drives Australia’s restaurant culture, with home cooks challenging the very best chefs in cuisines across the country.
The series will be presented by SBS’s resident food expert Maeve O’Meara. The dishes will be judged by three of Australia’s hottest culinary stars; Executive Chef Dan Hong, renowned Indigenous chef Mark Olive and leading food writer Melissa Leong.
Each week, The Chefs’ Line will celebrate a different cuisine and a new chefs’ line will represent their restaurant. The home cooks must earn their stripes and cook their way up the ranks of the chefs’ line. We’ll see passion and personality go into every plate they produce and witness not just competition, but camaraderie as the home cooks learn and laugh with the professional chefs.
Marshall Heald, SBS Director of Television and Online Content, said: “We’re taking the popular competition cooking format and breathing new life into it with a classic SBS multicultural spin - going beyond the professional vs home cook dynamic and focusing on unique cuisines, their history, specialties and the people behind them.
“By focusing on a different cuisine each week, The Chefs’ Line will shine a light on the multicultural appeal of Australia’s diverse food culture.”
In the ultimate food fight, four home cooks go up against the apprentice chef every Monday night. The home cooks with the best three plates on the pass progress through to the next night. On Tuesday nights, home cooks have moved a step up the chefs’ line and cook against the station chef. Wednesdays is always the penultimate battle; home cooks take on the sous chef. Thursday night is the final night of the competition; the best home cook faces-off against the restaurant’s head chef in the ultimate David vs Goliath battle.
Can the passion of a home cook beat the skills of a professional? Who has what it takes to beat The Chefs’ Line?
In a special episode each Friday, Maeve O’Meara gives a guided tour of the featured restaurant, the chefs share stories from the week and tantalise with delicious recipes.
The Chefs’ Line premieres Monday 3 April, 6pm weeknights on SBS. Episodes will be available after broadcast via SBS On Demand.
###Testing Teachers
Six teachers, three public schools, one aim: to make a difference in young lives.
From Wednesday 19 April at 8.30pm
Premiering on Wednesday, 19 April at 8.30pm is SBS’s three-part observational documentary, Testing Teachers. With unprecedented access to three public high schools across Victoria, Western Australia and Northern Territory, Testing Teachers follows six first-time teachers over the course of 12 months as they start their new career as teachers.
Recent studies have shown that the postcode some children are born in can determine the level of education they’ll achieve. On average, a child growing up in a disadvantaged area is almost three years behind their peers from wealthier suburbs*.
Teach For Australia is an ambitious program that places some of Australia’s brightest minds in schools serving low socioeconomic communities, where many students, according to Australian school standard averages, are falling behind. After a block of intensive training, these high-achievers, who have had successful careers in other industries, are placed into classrooms where they are needed most, while they continue to study for their Masters of Teaching on the job.
With extraordinary access to this unique program and classrooms across metropolitan and remote Australia, Testing Teachers charts the highs and lows of these new teachers over 12 months. It also tackles some of the current issues new and ongoing teachers face, with stats claiming one in four new teachers suffer emotional exhaustion**.
Testing Teachers is a very real and personal journey of a group of passionate individuals as they confront Australia’s education gap head on, in what could be the most challenging year of their lives.
Did anyone watch The Chef’s Line?
I did and thought it was a good little alternative to the news, 30 minute cooking show. Not too bad!
Now I’m pretty skeptical when it comes to SBS, but saw this today and had a good chuckle: https://youtu.be/iNgZaFvTJ_Q