It will premiere on SBS on Demand on Wednesday, April 21.
Are You Addicted to Technology?
Wednesday 21 April
Never before in history have so few people been in control of the behaviour of billions of people. Ground-breaking SBS integrative documentary Are You Addicted To Technology? is a must watch call to arms, that will make us rethink our – and the next generation’s - relationship to technology.
Hosted by former gaming addict turned clinical psychologist, Dr. Kim Le, this documentary experiment will reveal the detrimental impact that technology addiction is having on our mental health, our children’s wellbeing and our very humanity. Prompting audiences to answers questions about their own tech usage throughout the interactive documentary, Dr. Kim Le will navigate us through this journey of enlightenment, with research experiments, expert opinions and interactive storytelling.
Using a rigorous Australia-wide survey, the viewer will have their level of tech addiction revealed to them during the experience. Along the way, Dr. Kim Le will reveal the tricks used by Big Tech to draw us to their products to make you understand why we’re addicted, how we got here, and what we should do next. Are You Addicted to Technology? is a timely, radical and innovative interactive documentary, that will challenge us to reassess everything we thought we knew about ourselves and our relationship with technology. Are you ready to take the challenge?
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Future Man - Season 3
Thursday 15 April
From the creative minds behind Sausage Party and This Is The End comes a high octane time travel, action, adventure, comedy like nothing you’ve ever seen on your TV, or computer, or tablet, or phone before. Josh Futterman (Josh Hutcherson), a world ranked gamer, still lives at home with his parents, Gabe (Ed Begley Jr.) and Diane (Glenne Headly), and has a dead end job as a janitor at a sexual disease research centre. His social ineptitude, low self esteem and prominent inability to approach women can only be matched by his unparalleled prowess at The Biotic Wars, a dystopian video game where his character - Future Man - has the top ranking in the world. When he becomes the first and only person to beat the elusive final level, he’s visited by the game’s ‘fictional’ characters, Tiger (Eliza Coupe) and Wolf (Derek Wilson), who prove to be all too real warriors sent back in time from a desecrated future with the task of recruiting him to save humanity from a deadly super race invasion.
In the same article, Stevie discussed The Tailings which she co-produced.
Shortland Street was a double episode yesterday, there is no episode up yet on the Apple TV tonight for some reason? The last one I see is Episode 102- Marty pays Tony a visit…
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Yep they’ve done it again, this time they haven’t uploaded last night’s episode of Shortland Street or as it is called on the app “Episode 114” . I thought it was automatically done .
SBS has acquired the third season of BBC drama The A Word, along with the catch-up TV rights to the first two seasons. It is based on Israeli series Yellow Preppers and follows a young boy and how his family cope with the revelation that he is autistic.
Atlantic Crossing
- Thu, 06 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:8
- Country of origin: Norway
- Language:English, Norwegian
She changed the course of war. 1940. Norway is occupied by Nazi Germany. Crown Princess Märtha and her children find shelter as political refugees in the White House. Her presence in Washington soon influences President Roosevelt’s views on the tragic events unfolding in Europe and eventually changes the dynamics of U.S. politics significantly. What starts as a friendship turns into affection and turmoil when Märtha speaks out publicly against the Nazi tyranny. In an attempt to fight for her country, she puts her marriage at risk and convinces the President to support Norway a first step in the struggle that will lead to the U.S. joining the War. However, Märtha’s actions cause her to make many enemies, some of them even closer than she thinks - within the walls of the White House.
Shrill Season 3
- Fri, 07 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:8
- Country of origin: USA
- Language:English
Shrill follows Annie (Bryant), an overweight young woman who wants to change her life but not her body. Annie tried to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss. After facing her demons her mum, her boss and her online troll Annie started season two feeling pretty good with boyfriend Ryan (Luka Jones) by her side. That is, until she realised that hastily quitting her job and jumping into a relationship with someone who is a little less career focused may not have been the best idea. The comedy series is based on the book ‘Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman’ by Lindy West, who co created the show along with Aidy Bryant, who stars. This is the final series of the show.
The Devil You Know
- Mon, 10 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:6
- Country of origin: USA
- Language:English
True crime documentary following a bizarre murder in Pennsylvania and a tragic suicide in Detroit reveals Sherry Shriner’s diabolical lizard cult.
Foodie Love
- Thu, 13 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:8
- Country of origin: Spain
- Language:Spanish
- Cast: Laia Costa, Guillermo Pfening, Thony Thornburg
A mobile app that finds couples among food lovers, connects the protagonists of Foodie Love - two thirty somethings who embark on getting to know each other with the doubts of those who retain the scars of previous relationships. Over several dates they’ll have to discover if their common devotion to Japanese yuzu and shared distaste for foodie pretension are enough to build the foundations of a lasting love.
Hard
- Thu, 20 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:6
- Country of origin: Brazil
- Language:Portuguese
This story follows the adventures of a new widow, Sofia, a housewife who sees her perfect life fall apart after her husband’s sudden death and the discovery that she has inherited a pornographic film production company called SofiX . The widow is forced to take over her husband’s business, but decides to make radical changes, including making films that she considers to be in good taste.
Creamerie
- Tue, 25 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:8
- Country of origin: New Zealand
- Language:English
A post-apocalyptic dark comedy set in the not too distant future, Creamerie takes place after a viral plague has wiped out all men, leading to a new world order designed by women. On an organic dairy farm in rural New Zealand, trouble arises when a trio of Kiwi Asian women stumble upon perhaps the last remaining male human on the planet. Can their friendship survive this shocking discovery that utterly upends their world.
Bloodlands
- Wed, 26 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:4
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Language:English
From executive producer Jed Mercurio Bodyguard, Line of Duty ), Bloodlands is a gripping, four part thriller set in Northern Ireland. When an expensive car is pulled from the sea, veteran Northern Ireland police detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt The Missing, Cold Feet) instantly sees the connection to an infamous cold case that holds enormous personal significance for him a notorious and long buried series of mysterious disappearances. Bloodlands follows Tom Brannick’s obsessive campaign to identify and unmask the semi mythical figure behind these events a figure code named Goliath, after the giant shipyard cranes, Samson and Goliath that dominate the Belfast skyline. It’s a case that comes from Tom’s and his country’s dark past.
Sandhamn Murders Season 1-5
- Thu, 27 May 2021
- Number of Seasons:5
- Country of origin: Sweden
- Language:Swedish
It is a beautiful summer morning on the island of Sandhamn in the Swedish archipelago. On the edge of an idyllic beach, a dead man’s body floats up to the surface entangled in a fishing net. Crime Inspector Thomas Andreasson (Jakob Cedergren) is called to the scene. He has a personal closeness to the island, but brings with it a dark past. With this fresh in his memory, he returns to Sandhamn to solve the case. It soon turns out that the truth behind the murder is more complicated than expected and goes further back in history than anyone could have imagined. As more crimes are committed, the pressure increases on Thomas and his colleague, Carina Persson. The clues are few and they are forced to work hard during the hot summer days in the archipelago. Thomas gets unexpected help from a summer guest, banking lawyer and mother of two Nora Lindé, a cooperation that Nora’s husband Henrik is strongly against.
Doc
- Premiere date: Thu, 20 May 2021
- Number of Episodes:16
- Country of origin: Italy
- Language: Italian
When Andrea Fanti loses his last 12 years of memories due to a brain trauma, he finds himself no longer the brilliant and authoritative doctor he’s staked his reputation on, but a simple patient. With a life absent of memories, he falls into an unknown world where his loved ones have suddenly become strangers and the hospital is the only place where he truly feels at home.
SBS has acquired the rights to Swedish true crime drama The Hunt for a Killer.
Halt And Catch Fire
- Premiere date:Tue, 01 Jun 2021 | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes:4
- Country of origin: USA
- Language:English
Set in the 1980s, this series dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas’ Silicon Prairie.
Red Light
- Premiere date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021
- Number of Episodes:10
- Country of origin: Belgium
- Language:Flemish
Red Light portrays three women from completely different worlds whose lives unexpectedly intersect when a well known philosophy professor suddenly goes missing. Sylvia, a prostitute, runs a brothel with her toxic partner in Antwerp’s Red Light district. Esther is a well known opera soprano and comes from a well educated background. Evi is a cop trying to combine a major case with her role as a wife and mother. These three women intertwine to liberate themselves from the control of the men in their lives.
Guilt
- Premiere date:Thu, 10 Jun 2021
- Number of Episodes:4
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Language:English
Two brothers accidentally kill an old man and get away with it by covering their tracks. But when the man’s neighbours and family start asking questions about his death, the brothers’ lives fall apart. A stylish, contemporary crime thriller set in Edinburgh. Packed with unexpected plot twists and steeped in black humour. Everyone has secrets. You might do your best to hide them. But they’ll come out in the end. Brothers Max and Jake couldn’t be more different. Max is wealthy with an apparently perfect life. Jake scrapes a living running a record shop. Driving home late one night, they accidentally kill an old man on a darkened street. They manage to conceal their crime, but when others suspect the death wasn’t as innocent as it first appeared, the brothers’ lives start falling apart.
Couples Therapy S2
- Premiere date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021
- Number of Episodes:10
- Country of origin: USA
- Language:English
Hope and heartache comes to light in the acclaimed documentary series Couples Therapy. Distinguished clinical psychologist Dr. Orna Guralnik combines empathy with insight to guide a new group of couples facing a diverse set of issues. Together they take on the difficult challenge of confronting their deepest individual fears and talk candidly about what has brought them to these crossroads and where to go from here.
Your Honour
- Premiere date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021
- Number of Seasons:2
- Country of origin: Israel
- Language:Hebrew, Arabic, English
The life of brilliant judge Micha Alkoby is heading down a promising path, with a promotion coming soon. It all changes after his teenage son, Shay, is involved in a hit and run, in which he is the guilty party. Just as Micha is about to turn Shay in, he learns the victim is a member of a crime family, the kind that runs its own system of justice
Paris Police 1900
- Premiere date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021
- Number of Episodes:8
- Country of origin: France
- Language:French
Paris, 1899. The French president Félix Faure has just died. Crippled by the far right, anti Semitic groups and rising anarchy, France has never appeared so weak. When police chief Louis Lépine is urgently called out of retirement to restore order in Paris, the tragic discovery of a young woman’s torso in a suitcase floating down the Seine, spurs a young, ambitious detective Antoine Jouin into action at the heart of the police headquarters. Joseph Fiersi is a corrupt officer known for blackmail who also moonlights as a hit man for the undercover police. He’s taken a particular interest in this criminal investigation and enlists Meg Steinheil the courtesan accused of killing the frail hearted president during sex to work as a spy for him. In Paris, where crime and sin mix with opulence and puritanism, all of these characters will cross paths and join forces to save France. Murders, blackmail, riots, conspiracies, coups welcome to la Belle Époque.
SBS will take the NBC coverage of BBMAs.
BBMAs was shown on 9GO! in 2019 and 2020, and on Foxtel before that.
Timing is fortunate considering SBS can promote the awards during Eurovision coverage this week
Season 5 of The Good Fight will premiere on Paramount+ in the US on June 24. SBS could follow suit and fasttrack the season.
https://collider.com/the-good-fight-season-5-teaser-release-date/
Wonderland
- Premiere date: Thu, 24 Jun 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes:6
- Country of origin: France
- Language:French
Jeremy is a lonely 33 years old man who lives in Paris. He’s never felt like he belonged to his own time. One night, Jeremy discovers The Wonderland, a club with live music run by a charismatic manager named Tony. Jeremy tries out his luck and becomes a bartender there. Dozens of photos cover the wall, telling the history of the club. But one of them catch Jeremy’s attention - the one of a woman on a beach, taken in Biarritz in 1960. The Wonderland will serve as a gate for Jeremy, who will find himself in Biarritz, in the 1960s. Wonderland tells the story of two people who never should have met and fallen in love.
Bosch - Season 7
- Premiere date: Sat, 26 Jun 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes:10
Hollywood Homicide Detective Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch (Titus Welliver) has a reputation for never backing down when it comes to seeking justice. Based on the bestselling novels by Michael Connelly, Bosch takes an unflinching look at the complexities of police work, where things are never as black-and-white as they may seem.
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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S1-12
- Premiere date: Thu, 01 Jul | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes: 95
- Number of Seasons: 12
Anthony Bourdain visits countries, delving into their political issues as well as Indigenous food and culture.
Fear The Walking Dead S3
- Premiere date: Fri, 02 Jul | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes: 16
As ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ returns for season three, our families will be brought together in the vibrant and violent ecotone of the U.S. - Mexico border. International lines done away with following the world’s end, our characters must attempt to rebuild not only society, but family as well. Madison (Kim Dickens) has reconnected with Travis (Cliff Curtis), her apocalyptic partner, but Alicia (Alycia Debnam Carey) has been fractured by her murder of Andres. Madison’s son mere miles from his mother, Nick’s (Frank Dillane) first action as a leader saw Luciana (Danay Garcia) ambushed by an American militia group the couple escaped death, but Nick no longer feels immortal. Recovering both emotionally and physically, Strand (Colman Domingo) has his sights set on harnessing the new world’s currency, and Ofelia’s (Mercedes Mason) captivity will test her ability to survive and see if she can muster the savagery of her father.
King Of Warsaw
- Premiere date:Thu, 08 Jul 2021 | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes:8
- Country of origin: Poland
- Language:Polish
The story is set in 1937 Warsaw. The Jewish mafia rules the city before the outbreak of WWII under the leadership of Buddy Kaplica, a Polish gangster socialist. His right hand man is a Jewish boxer, Jakub Szapiro, who deep down dreams about taking over Buddy’s position and becoming the King of Warsaw. One day, he takes Moyshe Bernsztajn under his care, a young boy in whom he sees his successor. Meanwhile, the political conspiracy at the highest levels of government can alter the face of Warsaw and the entire country, impacting Buddy’s gangster empire and Szapiro’s future as well. Torn between loyalty to his boss and a chance to fulfil his own ambitions, Jakub will face tragic choices and will be absorbed by the relentless world of sex and violence.
Phantom
- Premiere date:Thu, 15 Jul | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes: 8
- Country of origin: Russia
- Language: Russia
Moscow police detective Stas Khabarov tries to arrest a well known drug dealer on his own, when he is shot in the back. He is mortally wounded but does not see the face of his attacker. When Stas comes to his senses, he is shocked to realise that he has actually died and become a ghost. Suddenly, he sees a vision of the near future - his estranged wife Vera is murdered on her birthday by the same person who attacked him. Determined to find his killer, he decides to stay on Earth to solve the mystery and prevent the death of his beloved wife. With the help of teenage student Katya who, for reasons unknown, is able to see and hear him Stas must discover the truth and help Vera track down his killer before tragedy strikes again.
UFOs
- Premiere date: Thu, 22 Jul | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes: 12
- Country of origin: France
- Language: French
- The dreams of Didier Mathure, a brilliant space engineer, literally go up in smoke when his rocket explodes on take off. Just when he thinks he’s hit rock bottom, he’s transferred to head a unit specializing in UFOs, run by a team whose members do seem to be living on another planet. He is tasked with coming up with scientific explanations for the UFO sightings that are currently dominating the headlines. This is a nightmare job for an out and out rationalist like him, and he is determined to find a way out as soon as he can. But an extraordinary event unsettles his convictions and opens the doors to a world where anything is possible.
Hemingway
- Premiere date:Sat, 24 Jul | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes: 3
- Country of origin: USA
- Language: English
Hemingway, a new documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, examines the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers the world has ever produced. Interweaving his eventful biography a life lived at the ultimately treacherous nexus of art, fame, and celebrity with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and non fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.
Darkness: Those Who Kill S2
- Premiere date:Thu, 29 Jul | 12:00 PM
- Number of Episodes: 8
- Number of Seasons: 2
- Country of origin: Denmark
- Language:Danish
Darkness: Those Who Kill is a captivating psychological crime drama that sees leading criminal profiler Louise Bergstein delve into the dark desires and psychology of the potential suspects surrounding a murder case. The series follows the acclaimed first season of Darkness: Those Who Kill, perfectly combining a tense thriller with a gripping human drama, this time delving into the psychological and behavioural patterns behind a serial killer. When Louise embarks on a new murder case, she quickly uncovers a distinct pattern in the unsolved murders of three young men, killed within a few months of each other. We soon discover that she has a blind spot clouding her judgement and analysis of the case - Louise may have a personal connection to the killer, who is more intelligent than she had dared to imagine. She desperately wants to solve the case before the next brutal killing, but could she herself be in the killer’s sights.