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Browse - Most popular shows on SBS On Demand
The Airport Chaplain
Airport Chaplain Tobias Wallace has a constantly ringing mobile, a drawer full of cash and a decidedly unorthodox approach to solving the daily crises of an airport.
Safe Home
Twenty-something Phoebe leaves her job at a prominent law firm to work at a family violence legal centre. Pressure mounts to save the centre as relationships are tested.
True Colours
A murder in central Australia takes Detective Toni Alma back to her hometown of Perdar Theendar. As the clues lead back to her own family, she must navigate two cultures and two laws to find justice. This is a murder mystery like no other, exploring culture, community, family and one woman's pursuit to find her place within it.
Erotic Stories
Erotic Stories portrays a refreshingly honest view of lust and desire. At its core, it is an uplifting series about our need for physical and emotional connection. It takes us into worlds where we see that intimacy is both personal and universal.
Triple Oh!
Triple Oh! is a dark comedy-drama based on true events starring Brooke Satchwell and Tahlee Fereday, following the lives saved and lost by ambulance paramedics Tayls (Satchwell) and Cate (Fereday).
Latecomers
After seeing their care workers hook up at a bar, Frank and Sarah, who have cerebral palsy, decide to explore their own relationships with sex, and each other.
Red Flag: Music's Failed Revolution
It's the new millennium and music is facing an existential threat: illegal piracy. In Red Flag: Music's Failed RevolutionWalkley Award-winning journalist Marc Fennell (The Kingdom, Framed, The Mission) uncovers the bizarre story of the Aussie start up, Guvera, that promised to revolutionise music forever, but instead vanished in a $180 million mystery. The two-part blackly comic docuseries premieres at 8.35pm Tuesday, 15 October on SBS and SBS On Demand.Through exclusive interviews, never-before seen footage and photographs, incredible archive and dramatic reenactments, Red Flag: Music's Failed Revolution charts the spectacular rise and fall of Guvera - the Gold Coast tech start-up that challenged Spotify and was nicknamed the "iTunes Killer"- which once had A-list superstars like Alice Cooper and Mos Def lining up behind it with one mission: to destroy internet piracy.In the 2 x 1 hour docuseries, Marc is joined by iconic Australian musician Ben Lee as they take a nostalgic trip to the 90s, the golden age, before piracy threatened to take down the multi-billion-dollar music industry and an unlikely saviour. Guvera, emerged from the Gold Coast.With an audacious plan to revolutionise the music industry by promising free, legal mp3 downloads (and later streaming), Guvera's colourful founders offered a beacon of hope in an era dominated by illegal file sharing platforms like Napster and Pirate Bay. In a few short years, Guvera would take the world by storm - becoming the main player in the music downloading and streaming market and beating Spotify to launch in key markets. With its superstar following, glitzy parties and lucrative brand sponsorships, including Harley Davidson and The Australian Open, it raised an eye watering $180 million, but what was really going on behind closed doors?As Marc digs deeper, red flags start to emerge, uncovering a web of shady business dealings, ethical question marks, a company on the brink, and many lives left in its wake. With candid interviews with former Guvera staff, devastated investors, music industry experts, and behind the scenes footage, the documentary delves into the darker side of the start-up and a "fake-it-till-you-make-it" story so familiar with other famous tech start-ups, fuelled by the unwavering belief that one big idea can change the world.
Britain's Secret Islands
The United Kingdom comprises over 6,100 islands, skerries and sea stacks. These fragments of land are Britain's Secret Islands. Scattered around the British coast, they are home to rich cultures, ancient history, unique wildlife and spectacular landscapes.
Our Law
At WA's first Indigenous-run police station in Warakurna, two Noongar officers learn Yarnangu Lore and culture and master the local Ngaanyatjarra language to police in a more meaningful way.
The Secret DNA of Us
Discover Australia's hidden history with Marc Fennell and his team through groundbreaking mass DNA testing across four Australian towns.
Ireland's Secrets from Above
Ireland is a very different place, seen from above. Looking down, the secrets of our natural landscape, architecture, history and human experience come to light in new and unexpected ways. The hidden stories, memories, and the mythologies of a nation, written into the very landscape itself. Filmed exclusively using the latest drone technology, this documentary series showcase Ireland, its splendours and its secrets like never before.
Australia's Greatest Conman?
Marc Fennell sets out to uncover the truth behind John Friedrich, the man who deceived a nation. He reveals a story that's stranger than fiction, delving into a web of lies and money.In the 1980s, John Friedrich ran an elite sea and land rescue squad in Victoria, winning an Order of Australia, top-secret government contracts and hundreds of millions of dollars in loans.But no one knew that John Friedrich was not who he made out to be. His undoing revealed one of the most audacious scams in Australian history, worth an estimated $900 million in today's money.
Curious Australia
Curious Australia comprises seven half-hour documentaries that innovatively explore issues relevant to contemporary Australia. Curious Australia supports screen practitioners from under-represented backgrounds to amplify their authentic, enlightening and powerful stories on Australian screens.
Larapinta
Arrernte and Luritja woman Talia Liddle travels through the Central Australian outback along Larapinta, the oldest river in the world, meeting the people who call the river home and hearing stories of the river.
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