SBS On Demand: best new shows & films streaming this week

Discover the best new shows & films to stream this October 2026 on SBS On Demand with this guide.
The Jury: Skeleton in the Garden. Image SBS on Demand.

SBS Original The Jury: Skeleton in the Garden arrives on SBS On Demand this month, restaging a real Australian criminal trial before a new jury of 12 everyday Australians. Season 4 of Blue Lights lands as a box set, and Tucci in Italy begins its weekly drop.

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The Jury: Skeleton in the Garden

13 October

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True crime / Documentary series

SBS Original The Jury returns with a second real Australian trial, restaged with professional actors recreating the proceedings from the original court transcripts. This season covers the case of a woman whose remains were discovered buried in the defendant’s former backyard a decade after she vanished. The first four episodes drop 5 October and the finale on 13 October. Read ScreenHub‘s review.

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

Now streaming

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Film

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Action / Western

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007). Image Sbs On Demand.
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007). Image: SBS on Demand.

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town torn apart by two rival gangs. Both sides court him to join them; he chooses his own path.

Starring: Hideaki Itō Kôichi Satō, Quentin Tarantino

Blue Lights Season 4

8 October

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Police drama

The murder trial of Gerry Cliff exposes a long-buried secret that causes chaos inside the police and across the criminal underworld. All six episodes stream from 8 October.

Starring: Siân Brooke, Martin McCann, Katherine Devlin

Tucci in Italy Season 1

Now streaming

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Food / Documentary series

Tucci In Italy Season 1. Image Sbs On Demand
Tucci in Italy Season 1. Image SBS on Demand

Stanley Tucci travels through Italy on the premise that a country is best understood through its food. Across five episodes he looks at how regional dishes, from pasta shapes to the sauces, connect the food, the land and the people of each part of the country. Episodes drop weekly from 8 October, also airing on SBS on Thursdays at 7.30pm.

Starring: Stanley Tucci

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Now streaming

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Film

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Western

3:10 To Yuma (2007). Image Sbs On Demand.
3:10 to Yuma (2007). Image: SBS On Demand.

A struggling small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who is awaiting the train that will take him to court in Yuma. A battle of wills follows as the outlaw works to unsettle the rancher.

Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Logan Lerman

SBS On Demand: recent Highlights

70 Up

Now streaming

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Film

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Documentary

70 Up. Image: SBS On Demand.

Every seven years since 1964, the cameras have returned to the same 14 people, following them from childhood through adolescence, careers, marriage, divorce, parenting and bereavement. Now pensioners and retirees, the participants look back on their lives and what became of their hopes. 7 Up through to 63 Up are also available on SBS On Demand.

SBS On Demand: everything else arriving this week

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) | Film | A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town torn apart by rival gangs.

People of the North Season 3 | Docuseries

Apollo Has Fallen Season 2 | Drama

Blue Lights Season 4 | Series | Constables Grace, Tommy and Annie face a new street threat as the Gerry Cliff murder trial exposes a long-buried secret.

Canal Boat Diaries Season 6 | Docuseries

Inside Sydney Fish Market | Docuseries

Catching Dust | Film

Cube | Film

Hellraiser | Film

Jackie Brown | Film

Razorback | Film

The Cat O’ Nine Tails | Film

The Dead Don’t Hurt | Film

The Grudge | Film

The Grudge 2 | Film

The Toxic Avenger (1984) | Film

The Toxic Avenger (2023) | Film

Hautalehto: Building 31 Season 2 | Drama

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