New to SBS On Demand this week – quick links
SBS On Demand: new this week
Hudson & Rex Season 8 – 9 March
Series. Hudson & Rex is an action-packed one-hour police procedural drama focused on the partnership between a dedicated Police detective and his extraordinary former K9 dog, named Rex.
In Season 8, Detective Mark Hudson (Luke Roberts) joins the team. A veteran of canine units in the Canadian Forces and the Halifax PD, Mark becomes Rex’s new partner and a smart and strong team leader. Mark and Rex place complete trust in each other and in the extended team as they face intense new challenges.
With Rex by their side, Superintendent Joe Donovan (Kevin Hanchard), Dr. Sarah Truong (Mayko Nguyen), and tech specialist Jesse Mills (Justin Kelly) work together to solve even the most puzzling crimes unfolding in St John’s.
The Great Gatsby – 9 March
Film (2013). Revisit Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Aspiring writer Nick Carraway becomes captivated by his enigmatic neighbour, Jay Gatsby, whose extravagant parties mask an obsessive attempt to reclaim a lost love with Daisy Buchanan.
Against the shimmering backdrop of the Jazz Age, Gatsby’s dream collides with class divides and harsh realities, revealing the tension between illusion and desire. Luhrmann’s vibrant adaptation reimagines the American Dream with dazzling spectacle and poignant tragedy. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.
Our Medicine Season 2 – 15 March
Series. This NITV Original series delivers unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the frontline of Australia’s strained medical services. The new season of Our Medicine goes deeper into high-stakes emergency care, cultural healing practices, and emotionally resonant patient journeys on Country and in community.
Expanding its reach across ambulance services, major hospitals, youth justice and remote healing centres, the series captures the intensity of emergency medicine alongside the quieter, powerful work of cultural healing and continuity of care.
This season continues to bring viewers insider access to major health institutions and community-led services, including the Queensland Ambulance Service, Cairns Hospital, Joyce Palmer Health Service, the Bwgcolman Healing Service on Palm Island, the Akeyulerre Healing Centre in Alice Springs and NSW Youth Justice.
SBS On Demand: recently added
Tokyo Story – 4 March
Film (1953). An ageing couple travel from their quiet seaside town to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to discover how distance has settled between them. As obligations and modern life crowd out intimacy, it is their widowed daughter-in-law who offers unexpected tenderness. A profound meditation on generational change, duty, and the quiet ache of familial love, the film is widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world cinema.
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū, Setsuko Hara and Haruko Sugimura.
Aracadia – 4 March
Film (2024). In this Greek drama, Neurologist Katerina accompanies Yannis, a once-respected retired doctor, to a desolate seaside resort where he must identify the victim of a tragic car accident. As they traverse sandy dunes in autumn’s wind, an unsettling silence mirrors the emotional weight of their task. Drawn inexplicably to a mysterious, rustic beach bar called Arcadia, Katerina begins to piece together a haunting tapestry of love, loss, acceptance, and letting go.
Directed by Yorgos Zois and starring Vangelis Mourikis, Angeliki Papoulia and Daphné Patakia.
The Hospital: In The Deep End Season 2 – 5 March
Series. In the compelling new season of The Hospital: In the Deep End, three new iconic Australians step onto the frontline where the stakes are high, and compassion is critical. The series return expands its lens to explore a wider range of departments than ever before across not one, but two of the busiest and most well-known hospitals in the country.
Returning to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, and, for the first time, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, the series has unprecedented access to the inner workings of these two major public hospitals. It’s an unfiltered, intimate glimpse beyond the hospital corridors, where raw vulnerability and strength meet in life-changing moments, taking audiences inside the pressure points testing our health system. From the high-stress environment of the operating theatre to the emotional toll of treating the critically ill to occupational violence, the series bears witness to the extraordinary challenges frontline staff face every single day.
ScreenHub: The Hospital In the Deep End review – Season 2 puts celebrities back on the wards
