That has been available for a while now.
Indeed. Qualesyâs a bit late to the party on that one.
Probably because itâs a public broadcaster
I was under the impression that SBS have been livestreaming their channels for at least a few years.
Probably too busy scheduling automated tweets about 1990s movies starting on multi-channels to worry about SBS
I dont get it. Mind explaining?
Give me some links too as well (for the source)
I just randomly found a doco on SBS Demand about Bill Clinton - âThe Clinton Affairâ. Would definitely recommend it. I forget to look at SBS Demand.
That is why it popped up on my to watch list then.
The Tailings
The Tailings will premiere on SBS On Demand in 2021.
SBS and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce The Tailings, a short-form online drama series to premiere on SBS On Demand in 2021.
Directed by Stevie Cruz-Martin ( PULSE , Marrow ), the 6 x 10 minute series follows a daughterâs investigation into her fatherâs death. It takes place in her tight-knit, remote community in the wilderness of the West Coast of Tasmania.
SBS Director of Television and Online Content, Marshall Heald , said: âSBS is committed to telling impactful stories that cultivate audiences and resonate with diverse communities. The Tailings gives an insight into life in regional Tasmania, a community that is rarely represented on-screen. The Tailings is a continuance of our response to the growing audience appetite for short-form content and joins AACTA-award winning series Robbie Hood in our premium offering of bite-sized digital dramas.â
Screen Australia Senior Online Investment Manager, Lee Naimo , said: âWe are delighted to support exciting new talent with writer Caitlin Richardson and director Stevie Cruz-Martin both working on their first episodic project with The Tailings . Together with such a seasoned team in Liz Doran, Richard Kelly and Stephen Thomas, they are set to deliver a well-crafted mystery set against the stunning Tasmanian scenery, that Iâm confident will captivate viewers on SBS On Demand.â
Tasmanian State Minister for The Arts, Elise Archer said: âThe Tasmanian Government is excited to partner with SBS and Screen Australia for the production of The Tailings. By partnering with broadcasters and highly credentialed production teams, our Government, through Screen Tasmania, can support local emerging writers, like Caitlin Richardson, to tell their unique stories to national and international audiences. As Tasmania starts to recover and rebuild The Tailings will provide much needed employment opportunities for local cast and crew, as well as economic benefits to our community and businesses.â
Producer, Liz Doran , said: âIâm really delighted to be working with my producing partners Richard Kelly (2Jons) and Stephen Thomas (Roar Film) in association with SBS, Screen Tasmania and Screen Australia on this wonderful project for SBS On Demand. Caitlin Richardson is an exciting emerging writer who has scripted a dramatic and emotional story set against the rugged, wild West Coast of Tasmania and we know that the cinematic style of director Stevie Cruz-Martin will be a perfect match for this series.â
The Tailings is a Liz Doran Productions production for SBS, in association with 2 Jons and Roar Film. Principal production investment from Screen Australia in association with SBS. Financed with support from Screen Tasmania.
Difficult People
Monday 03 August; English; 3 seasons
Life is really tough for Julie Kessler (Julie Klausner) and Billy Epstein (Billy Eichner), two thirty something aspiring comics living and working in New York City. While their friends and acquaintances move on to find success and love, they continue to struggle with careers and relationships, getting more bitter by the day.
Mirage
Thursday 6 August; English, French, 6 episodes
Claire lost her husband Gabriel, her fatherâs son, during the tsunami in 2004. Recently settled in Abu Dhabi, she sees Gabrielâs reflection in a window at a restaurant. She doesnât know it yet but itâs going to be a very long journey.
The Night Stalker
Friday 7 August; English, 20 episodes
The legendary TV series about Kolchak (Emmy nominee Darren McGavin), an intrepid reporter specialising in occult cases. In this dazzling series, Kolchak encounters a host of monsters and villains ranging everywhere from werewolves to satan-worshippers to Helen of Troy! A great time with a great character, this must see for fans of science fiction and horror remains a seminal cult hit and a landmark in television history that blazed a trail for such series as The X Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Spiral
Thursday 13 August; French, 8 seasons
Spiral is a series about the French justice system, as seen through the eyes of the men and women working in law enforcement and the judiciary, in the heart of Parisâs Palais de Justice. The main character is a young, compassionate, enthusiastic, committed assistant prosecutor; a stern, incorruptible investigating magistrate; a beautiful, ambitious lawyer; and a young police officer recognised for her unfailing professionalism show us what goes on behind the scenes in the halls of justice and power. As they work on cases (based on real life events), they cross each otherâs paths. When the body of an unknown, faceless woman is discovered, all of our charactersâ lives are about to upended. For some, the case hits very close to home.
Stan Leeâs Lucky Man
Thursday 20 August; English, 3 seasons
Based on an original idea from comic book legend Stan Lee, âLucky Manâ tells the story of Harry Clayton (James Nesbitt), a cop from Central Londonâs notorious Murder Squad. Harry is down on his luck - his wife (Eve Best) and child have left him due to his gambling habit, his boss thinks heâs in league with the devil, and he has a huge debt to an infamous underworld crime boss who is threatening his life. A chance meeting with a mysterious woman who gives him an ancient bracelet changes everything. It appears to give Harry control over luck itself, but at what cost? What is luck anyway, and is one manâs luck always anotherâs misfortune? Harry Clayton is about to find out. S3: James Nesbitt returns as Detective Inspector Harry Clayton in the third season of the fan favourite crime drama from comic book legend Stan Lee. In search of answers about his lucky bracelet, Harry journeys to Hong Kong, where he encounters some members of the underworld who are after more than just his lucky charm. Amara Karan reprises her role as DS Suri Chohan, Sienna Guillory returns as Eve, and Stephen Hagan is back as Rich Clayton.
Trigonometry
Friday 21 August, English, 8 episodes, Also coming to SBS Viceland
This is a love story, about three people. A bold new drama that blends fresh talent and sharp, witty writing from acclaimed playwright Duncan Macmillan, and Effie Woods. Executive produced by BAFTA winners Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell. Gemma and Kieran love each other deeply. But life in London is wearing them, and their bank account, down. To keep afloat they welcome Ray into their small flat. It turns out sheâs the missing piece of the puzzle - together the three of them just work. This isnât just a close friendship itâs the real thing. Can they live and love as a trio? Or will life get in the way?
Happy Endings (seasons 1-3 available on SBS On Demand) did a reunion special available on YouTube.
From SBS:
Hereâs everything you missed from the âHappy Endingsâ reunion special
Penny, Max, Jane, Brad, Alex and Dave are all finally back for a reunion episode of âHappy Endingsâ and itâs all for a good cause.
There have been lots of rumours surrounding whether the gone-to-soon comedy Happy Endings would ever come back for a reunion. We did get the âLost episode - 401â table read at Entertainment Weeklyâs EW PopFest in 2016, and now we have been blessed once again as the team united for a special charity event and live Q&A. The event occurred to raise money and awareness for Color of Change and JosĂ© AndrĂ©sâ World Central Kitchen, supporting Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 relief efforts.
What is it about?
The episode is a Zoom call (something with which many of us are now very familiar) between the friends and we see how theyâve been coping during the pandemic - or, as it will now be known, the âpandemmyâ (thank you Penny). It is as you would expect: Penny is excited about her doctor boyfriend working the front lines; Max is high while house-sitting; Jane is completely prepared for a pandemic as sheâs been running simulations since she was a child; Brad is stuck in Florida because Jane wonât let him come home until heâs done 10 weeks of quarantine; Alex is an online DJ with an animated Zoom background and is a covid denier; and poor Dave lost a heap of money to Fyre Fest and has been on a social media-free retreat in Joshua Tree with Jared Leto and has no idea whatâs going on ( classic Dave).
Inside Jokes
Happy Endings was always a very self aware comedy but these little online reunions always have some great inside jokes that you maybe couldnât get away with on TV.
The Busy Phillips (fill up) cup that is from Brad and Janeâs house, but he somehow has in Florida. Jane pushes Brad how it could be there and he explains that, âmaybe the Tampa Bay Ritz is also a fan of Cougar Town and that whole ABC comedy line up that got moved around to death.â One of the big issues with Happy Endings when it originally aired was that the network ABC kept moving itâs airtime around.
Alex says that the Avengers should have won Best Picture at the Oscars over Parasite because âit made the most money ever, I donât even care that it took 2 people to direct it.â The directors of Avengers , The Russo Brothers, were also executive producers and directors for Happy Endings .
Parasite and Pandemic Jokes
There are pandemmy jokes and quips aplenty but a highlight is when Jane and Brad somehow get turned on by the pandemic, because of course they do, after discovering Brad is in a Parasite- type room in their basement.
âYouâre going to stay all up in my basement.â
âYouâre going to go from asymptomatic to d-symptomatic.â
âCome and get it, you Bong Joon-ho.â (Yes, they really said that.)
As the chaos on the call builds and Alex is about to drop a bombshell at the end of the episode it all wraps up like so many Zoom calls do, with every little video square frozen, and we get a cameo from dear Derrick.
Apparently next month they get all 3 seasons of the cancelled show The Carmichael Show, not sure how that is a fit for SBS? Is it another ex Fox show?
exNBC. It deals a lot with race, won a bunch of NAACP awards.
I noticed last night among a list of shows that are leaving SBS on Demand in August is episodes from season 7 of the Australian version of Who Do You Think You Are?. Why does SBS have to do that, since it commissioned the show and co-owns the copyright with Warner Bros International Television Production? Does SBS on Demand server have a limited capacity?
Iâd say so. They always do that.
But the episodes are also available elsewhere with a payment so they are probably making more money doing that.
Just started watching Why Women Kill this week and itâs so good. Glad that its already been renewed.
Sanctuary
Available now, 8 episodes, Sweden in English
Hel receives an invitation to visit her estranged twin Siri at an exclusive residential sanatorium set against the idyllic setting of the Italian Alps. Tension soon rises when Hel refuses Siriâs plea for help in taking care of some business by swapping places with her for a few days. Much to her horror, Hel wakes up the next day to find Siri gone. She soon realises that Siri isnât coming back, and that the clinic is far from a place of recovery. Hel is now trapped in a waking nightmare in which no one is who they seem to be and everyone believes that she is Siri. Surrounded by the most predatory and manipulative people imaginable, escape is now only the second order of business. Helâs first problem is simple - survival.
Shut Eye
Thursday 3 September, 2 seasons, English
Charlie Haverford is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of Los Angeles. A blow to the head from a clientâs angry boyfriend intersects with a hypnosis session while auditioning a new âclairvoyant,â and suddenly, a man whose entire life has been based on fraud begins to see and feel some very real and fundamental truths.
Season 2: Second series of the darkly-comic look at the activities of storefront psychics and the underground criminal syndicate that controls them. The series centerson a disgruntled former player in that world who begins to experience visions. Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, KaDeeStrickland, Angus Sampson, David Zayas, Isabella Rossellini.
Witch Hunt
Thursday 10 September, 8 episodes, Norway in Norwegian
A compelling new political thriller from the writers of Acquitted. Inspired by true events, this intelligent and multilayered drama dives deep into the psychological, relational and political consequences of a whistle blowing incident. Ida Waage is a dynamic woman, working as the CFO at a prestigious law firm. One day, she spots a suspicious invoice and soon traces it back to a money laundering operation linked to the firmâs biggest client, Peer Eggen. She alerts her executive board, but to her shock, they turn on her, and look to discredit her with the threat of false accusations. With her job and credibility in danger, Ida continues to seek justice and alerts the police. Investigator Eirik BrĂ„ten discovers that the invoice is a cover up for a greater scandal that involves various transactions between Eggen and the husband of Norwayâs Minister of Justice. When journalist Aida Salim makes this bombshell news public, Idaâs firm retaliates further, with vicious stories designed to ruin her career. After the Minister dies suddenly in a crash, Eirik and Aida join forces to hunt for evidence, assuming Eggen to be behind the accident, while Ida pursues her employees in court. However, Ida ultimately realises that her determination to fight back and do the right thing is putting herself, and everyone she loves, in grave danger.
Savages
Thursday 10 September, 6 episodes, France in French
Present day France. The first presidential candidate of Algerian descent is on the brink of power. But on the night of the election, he is shot, bringing turmoil to two families and the entire nation. SAVAGES is a thriller and family saga, reflecting on Franceâs contemporary identity. A political drama, the series stars Roschdy Zem as Idder Chaouch , a politician who is on the verge of becoming the first Maghrebi person to win election as President of France, but whose campaign may be undone by family and racial politics after an assassination attempt is made on his life.
Killjoys
Thursday 17 September, 2 seasons, English
From the producers of âOrphan Blackâ and the creator of âLost Girl,â âKilljoysâ follows a fun loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, multi planetary class war.
Hannah John Kamen stars as the gorgeous, complicated, and deadly Dutch. A top level Killjoy, sheâs a much loved and charming presence in her community, with a unique gift for earning peopleâs trust and respect, regardless of their class. Beneath her banter and protective flirtations, however, lies a dark and secret past.
Invisible Heroes
Wednesday 30 September, 6 episodes, Finland in Finnish
Tapani Brotherus is the son of a Finnish diplomat and though he never wanted to become one himself, by his early 30s he has got himself a job at the embassy in Chile. He works assisting trade deals, helping lost travellers, but life for him is really about playing golf and going to the best parties with his wife Lysa, all from a nice house with a swimming pool. But on 11th September 1973 General Augusto Pinochet brings his tanks to the streets of Santiago in a military coup that overthrows the president and throws the city in to turmoil. As chaos breaks out, people literally start climbing the walls of Tapaniâs home, begging him for help, all fearing for their lives. Though official Finnish policy is not to help refugees, to stay neutral and out of conflicts, Brotherus can not stand by while people are murdered in the streets, and starts a secret effort that ultimately ensures safe passage to asylum in Europe for over 2000 Chilean citizens.
Fargo
As viewers gear up for the latest season, SBS On Demand will be dropping seasons one-three of Fargo onto the platform this Thursday 17 September.
The Head
Friday 25 September Spain, English, Danish, Swedish, 6 episodes
The Head is a murder mystery like no other, a survival thriller set in the most remote place on earth. A puzzle box that will unfold in three separate timelines told through the conflicting testimonies of the last two survivors of an Antarctic mission. The audience will have to decide what really happened in the Polaris VI station during the winter and who they can trust to unveil the mysteries preserved by the ice. Shot in the Canary Islands and Iceland, it tells the story of a group of scientists stationed in Antarctica who are trying to fight climate change but stop communicating with the outside world.
The Killing
Thursday 1 October, Finnish, 20 episodes
The Killing is an innovative thriller in 20 episodes from Danish Radio TV Drama. In the course of 20 gripping days we follow leads and observe the consequences of a heinous crime that seems to ramify throughout Copenhagen. It all starts when the head of investigations in the homicide department has her last day at work before embarking on a new chapter in her life. A normal family in the Vesterbro suburb is minding its business and contemplating moving to a different house when the parents are suddenly thrown into their worst imaginable nightmare. At the same time a top politician is involved in a ruthless but promising election campaign. They all become part of the same story as the police follow the leads. A homicide case begins and so does the hunt for the perpetrator. In the course of 20 intense days in November their lives change forever.
Transplant
Thursday 1 October, Canada, English, 13 episodes
A struggling Syrian refugee saves multiple people after a truck plows into a busy street café, using his skills and warzone instincts from this former life as a doctor. The series follows Bash, a man with an elusive past as he joins a team of doctors, challenged to make a place for himself in a new hospital and country. Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.
Gomorrah
Friday 16 October, Italian, 3 seasons
The first three seasons of Italian crime series Gomorrah will drop on SBS On Demand on Friday 16 October. Based on Robert Savianoâs bestselling tell-all book, Gomorrah is the inside story of the fierce and brutal Neapolitan crime-syndicate, Camorra. The first season of Gomorrah was filmed over 30 weeks. 156 locations were used to shoot indoor scenes, and outdoor filming locations included Milan, Ferrara, Rome and Ventimiglia, as well as Barcelona. Season one of Gomorrah will also air on the SBS World Movies channel, premiering Sunday 18 October at 8:30pm.
Apnea
Thursday 22 October, 6 episodes, French
A Mediterranean island is rocked by a lack of fish and a series of suspicious deaths. These events coincide with the arrival of a beautiful, mysterious stranger, Théa (Laetitia Casta), who will throw the young Chloé (Noée Abita) into deep confusion. Women call the shots in this powerful and sensual mini series that revisits the myth of the mermaid.