What to watch on SBS On Demand – quick links
SBS On Demand: new this week
Mastermind Season 8 – 6 April
Series. Hosted by Marc Fennell, TV’s hardest quiz show is back! This season, Mastermind begins with a special Family Week, where relatives go head-to-head in the famous black chair, testing not just their knowledge but the pride, rivalry, and shared passions that run in the family.
Never Mind The Buzzcocks Season 4 – 6 April
Series. Greg Davies is joined by regulars Noel Fielding, Daisy May Cooper and Jamali Maddix for music-themed mayhem as the two panels take a satirical swipe at the world of popular music and score points for their team.
48 Hours: Escape From Chernobyl – 8 April
Documentary. 48 Hours: Escape from Chernobyl examines the worst nuclear disaster in human history and one of the most impactful global events of the twentieth century.
By focusing on the initial 48-hour period that followed the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant on 26th April 1986, a period during which the Soviet state attempted to hide the scale of the tragedy from the world, we tell the largely unknown story of the first responders, nuclear scientists and every day citizens of the nearby town of Pripyat, as they tried to contain the unfolding nuclear meltdown.
Mozart/Mozart – 9 April
Series. Bursting with opulence, modern beats and unforgettable images, this tale of ambition and deception gives voice to Mozart’s overlooked sister (Havana Joy Josephine Braun). From the producers of the international hit Sisi comes another iconic female figure for a global audience.
Fifteen years have passed since Maria Anna Mozart’s career as a ‘Wunderkind’ alongside her brother Amadeus (Eren M Güvercin) came to an end. None other than Maria Theresa – mother of Marie Antoinette – banished the young woman from the stage. Now Maria Anna works from behind the scenes, while her brother claims the spotlight for himself.
A New ANZAC – 10 April
Series. A New Anzac is a four-part documentary series which follows the latest redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial (AWM). Discover the AWM’s unique purpose as a memorial, museum, and archive, and the impact this institution has on Australian society.
Shadow Man – 11 April
Series. In 1939, the world stood on the brink of war. An enigmatic Canadian businessman, William Stephenson, embarked on a mission that would change history. His adversaries were formidable: Adolf Hitler, and Charles Lindbergh, America’s hero.
As the Second World War raged on, Stephenson executed a top-secret operation of paramount significance. Operating undercover in New York City as British Passport Control, Stephenson’s mission focused on countering Nazi propaganda in the U.S. and drawing America into the war.
SBS On Demand: recently added
Riot Women – 2 April
Series. SBS has the exclusive Australian premiere of smash-hit UK drama series Riot Women, created by Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley). Riot Women is about a group of women who form a punk rock band – just for fun, just to enter a local talent contest, just to raise money for charity – but who discover in the course of rehearsing an ABBA song (badly) that they have a voice of their own.
Coroner Seasons 1-4 – 22 March
Series. This character-driven, one-hour procedural drama from Canada is based on the Jenny Cooper crime novels by M. R. Hall, following Dr Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan), a recently widowed new coroner who investigates any suspicious, unnatural, or sudden deaths in Toronto.
Jenny taps into her intuition as much as her intellect and heart as she solves cases along with the help of Homicide Detective Donovan McAvoy (Roger Cross), a man who isn’t afraid of challenging status quo; pathologist Dr Dwayne Allen (Lovell Adams-Gray), his assistant River Baitz (Kiley May); and Alison Trent (Tamara Podemski), Jenny’s assistant who keeps it real.
And while Jenny solves mysterious deaths, she also deals with clinical anxiety, a teenage son, Ross (Ehren Kassam), who is still grieving the death of his father, and the prospect of starting a new relationship with the enigmatic Liam (Éric Bruneau), who is her neighbour and handyman.
