DATELINE CLASSICS / AWARD WINNERS
Losing Greg: A Dementia Journey
In 2015 Janet Kelly’s husband Greg was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 59. Transitioning from wife to carer was uncertain and deeply personal. Before he passed away, Dateline followed Greg to Denmark to experience a unique care alternative – a dementia village.
Hong Kong: Behind The Frontline
What does it take to stage the most coordinated mass protests in history? Dateline looks at how Hong Kongers are orchestrating civil unrest, and find out why the protest movement is taking a new turn.
HUMAN INTEREST
The Best Place to be a Woman
The Viking nation of Iceland has become a feminist utopia. SBS World News’ Janice Petersen looks at how the island country became the best place on Earth to be a woman.
Cheerleading Grannies
What’s the secret to living large in old age? In this episode of Dateline we meet a squad of octogenarian Japanese cheerleaders and a famous TV writer challenging assumptions about people in their nineties.
CRIME + INTRIGUE
Fiji’s High Tide
In Fiji, reporter Evan Williams gains exclusive access to law enforcement officials, drug dealers and social workers on the frontline of Fiji’s drug war, exploring its devastating impact.
Digital Predators
This is a story no parent can afford to miss. During global COVID-19 lockdowns police reported a huge increase in the number of people viewing and sharing child sexual abuse images online. This episode is the first for the 2021 season of Dateline.
Deadly Trip of a Lifetime (Parts 1 & 2)
It started out as the holiday of a lifetime and quickly turned into a ship in lockdown, searching for a port in a COVID-19 storm. Dateline charts the story of the MV Greg Mortimer cruise ship that left Argentina four days after coronavirus was declared a pandemic.
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DEVELOPING WORLD & CONFLICT
Human Cargo
With unprecedented access aboard Médecins Sans Frontières’ new migrant rescue ship, we meet the volunteers on a perilous search and rescue mission off the coast of Libya. Can they navigate the difficult waters of changing migrant policy in Europe?
Vanished: Canada’s Missing Women
Canada and Australia share a dark secret: in recent decades thousands of Indigenous women have been murdered or gone missing. What can Australia learn from Canada’s attempts to address the problem?
Thailand on the Brink
With unprecedented access to the leaders of Thailand’s protest movement, Dateline follows their risky campaign for change. Why are thousands challenging the King, and why are some risking jail time?
Dateline airs on SBS weekly at 9:30pm Tuesdays with episodes available at after broadcast. Episodes are also available with and subtitles. Catch up on the latest episode (episode 5: Covid-19: Fashion’s Great Unravelling) here:
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