SBS On Demand: quick links
SBS On Demand: new this week
American Prince JFK Junior (10 November)
Documentary. A three-part CNN series that explores the life of John F. Kennedy Jr., from his childhood after his father’s assassination to his decision to found the political magazine George. The series also covers his relationship with Carolyn Bessette and includes archival footage and interviews with family and friends.
Reckless (12 November)
Series. A bold new First Nations drama. When feuding siblings June (Walton) and Charlie (Page-Lochard) cover up a deadly hit and run in their hometown of Fremantle, their lives spiral wildly out of control. As the lies pile up, so do the consequences and soon, everyone in town has something to lose.
Fast and fearless, Reckless, written by Kodie Bedford (Mystery Road, Return to Paradise) and Stuart Page (Total Control, Cleverman) is a uniquely Australian take on crime and chaos where small-town secrets, family feuds and guilt make for explosive TV.
Single Bells (13 November)
When Mina gets dumped a week before Christmas, her warm-hearted but meddlesome family springs into action. Every day, until Christmas Day, one of them will arrange a blind date for her. The goal? To find a man for Mina, so that for the first time in years, she doesn’t have to sit at the festive table as the only single. Let the dating game begin!
What It Feels Like For A Girl (14 November)
It’s a new millennium – Madonna, Moloko and Basement Jaxx top the charts, and there’s a whole world
to explore. But teenager Byron (Ellis Howard) is stuck in a small working-class town that hasn’t been the
same since the coal mine shut in the 80s.
Sick of mam, sick of dad, sick of being beaten up for ‘talkin’
like a poof’. Sick of everyone shuffling about like the living dead, going on about kitchens they’re too
skint to do up and marriages they’re too scared to leave. Byron needs to get away and doesn’t care how.
SBS On Demand: recent highlights
Warren’s Vortex (3 November)
Series. From the makers of Wellington Paranormal comes Warren’s Vortex, a mad new comedy about time travel and fatherhood. Warren is a normal Kiwi dad but there’s something very abnormal about his garden shed. It contains an interdimensional time portal. When his daughter Lucy is pulled into the portal on her 18th birthday, Warren has to jump in after her.
Starring Maaka Pohatu (who played the Sarge character on Wellington Paranormal) and rising star Louise Jiang (Camp Be Better, Sweet Tooth), the show is a romp through alternate realities with a sweet father/daughter relationship at its heart.
Cancer Killers (4 November)
With almost one in two Australian adults set to be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85, two Australian scientists make a groundbreaking discovery that could change the future of cancer treatment forever. But bringing it to the world sends Dr. Jennifer MacDiarmid and Dr. Himanshu Brahmbhatt on a decades-long rollercoaster of hope,heartbreak and resilience, as they battle against impossible odds to see their vision realised.
Guided by an unshakable belief that they could change the way the world treats cancer and save millions of lives, Drs. MacDiarmid and Brahmbhatt set out two decades ago to develop a bold new therapy. Shot over ten years, The Cancer Killers offers a gripping behind-the-scenes look at the relationship between science and business and reveals how difficult it is to take a scientific discovery to market, even when it has the potential to save millions of lives.
Malpractice Seasons 1–2 (6 November)
Dr. Lucinda Edwards (Niamh Algar) is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose patient, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr. Leo Harris (James Purefoy), Edith’s grieving father Sir Anthony Owusu (Brian Bovell), demands an inquiry into Lucinda’s actions on the fateful night. Leading the medical investigation are Dr. Norma Callahan (Helen Behan) and Lucinda’s former colleague, Dr. George Adjei (Jordan Kouamé).
While George feels this was an unavoidable tragedy, Norma is suspicious of Lucinda’s behaviour and decisions in the lead up to Edith’s death. As the pressure of the investigation intensifies, Lucinda’s relationship with husband Tom (Lorne MacFadyen) starts to fracture, and her confident professional exterior begins to crack. Is Lucinda hiding something? Through the cat and mouse thriller of the medical investigation, Malpractice tells the story of a damaged doctor caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.
