Documentaries tick a lot of viewing boxes. Not only are they just as entertaining and engaging as any fictional offering, but they also provide us with a chance to learn something new or dive deeper into a topic of particular fascination. The titles in SBS On Demand’s Docuseries Collection go one step further, slowing down the pace and immersing viewers in the stories of the people, places and phenomena they explore.
The Hospital: In the Deep End
Three-part docuseries The Hospital: In the Deep End follows television personalities Melissa Leong, Costa Georgiadis and Samuel Johnson as they join the front line at one of Australia’s busiest hospitals. Their purpose? To find out if our country’s health system is really as healthy as we would like to believe. Along the way, the trio are faced with challenging, confronting and heartwarming happenings behind hospital walls and find themselves forever changed by the people they meet and the stories they are fortunate enough to be a part of. It’s a never-before-seen look at life inside one of our most important institutions that will move and inspire in equal measure.
The Hospital: In the Deep End is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
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The Hospital: In the Deep End
series • documentary
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series • documentary
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Hunt for Truth: Tasmanian Tiger
Multi award-winning film maker and presenter Tim Noonan knows his way around a camera, and in two-part documentary series Hunt for Truth: Tasmanian Tiger he puts his skill to good use as he investigates whether the elusive Tasmanian tiger is really gone for good. Alongside researchers from the University of Tasmania, Tim uses camera traps around the island to search for clues, and begins a journey that sees him travel as far as the remote forests of Papua New Guinea, testing his determination and, at times, his own safety. Join Tim’s quest to get to the bottom of what really happened to the world’s most mysterious animal, set against the backdrop of some of Australia’s most beautiful and intimidating landscapes.
Hunt for Truth: Tasmanian Tiger is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
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Hunt for Truth: Tasmanian Tiger
series • animals
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series • animals
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Deadline Day: Football’s Transfer Window
The politics and power struggles of premier football largely take place behind closed doors, but in four-part series Deadline Day: Football’s Transfer Window, the world of scouting agents, players and the deals that make the sport are thrown open to reveal the complexity within. Featuring some of football’s most notable players including Norwegian striker Erling Haarland, England’s Japhet Tanganga, Spaniard Fabián Ruiz, and the formidable Austrian striker Saša Kalajdžic, the documentary reveals that, with names this big, the stakes are high and choices have the potential to be life changing. Die hard fans and novices alike will soon discover there’s a lot more to the world of premier football than just kicking a ball.
Deadline Day: Football’s Transfer Window is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
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Deadline Day: Football's Transfer Window
series • documentary
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series • documentary
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Meet the Neighbours
Australian television personality Mif Warhurst follows an immersive social experiment that has the potential to save Australia’s regional towns in three-part documentary Meet the Neighbours. In the series, eight households - some singles, some families with children - leave behind their lives in major Australian cities and make the move to the small, rural town of Maryborough, Victoria in hopes of a better lifestyle and more opportunities. With them, they bring the possibility of reviving the flailing country community, but change is never easy, and with hesitancy from both sides, will the experiment prove successful or are some of our once vibrant rural communities destined to continue their decline?
Meet the Neighbours is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
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Meet the Neighbours
series • documentary
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series • documentary
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Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King
German miniseries Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King brings to life the story of former Spanish King and controversial figure Juan Carlos I in the lead up to his 2014 abdication from the Spanish throne. Though he led the country out of dictatorship, and initially amassed considerable popularity, allegations of animal cruelty and infidelity quickly changed public perception of Juan Carlos. Over four gripping episodes, the extent of his alleged corruption and abuse of power are detailed, and the life of this once-revered King is turned upside down by his own misdeeds. It’s the familiar tale of a tragic fall from grace but presented in an epically binge-worthy format.
Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
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Juan Carlos: Downfall of The King
series • documentary • German
PG
series • documentary • German
PG
Icons Unearthed: Lord of The Rings
The adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings novel series for the big screen was a mammoth task, and in this six-part documentary, the trials, false starts, and injuries that went into making the blockbuster films are revealed. As it recounts the process over six incredible parts, the documentary follows the creative team, led by director Peter Jackson, through this physically and creatively demanding undertaking and provides unique insight into exactly what it takes to build the world of one of history’s most significant works of fiction from words on a page.
Icons Unearthed: Lord of The Rings is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
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Icons Unearthed: The Lord of The Rings
series • anthology
PG
series • anthology
PG
Endurance: Race to the Pole
The race to the Pole undertaken by Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen at the beginning of the 20th century was as ambitious as it was dangerous. Theirs was an experience few could ever truly understand; that is, until now. British presenter and writer Ben Fogle and explorer Ben Fields retrace the steps of these three pioneering Edwardian adventurers in their series Endurance: Race to the Pole, right down to the same historical clothing and inhospitable conditions. Over three nail-biting parts, the pair are faced with extreme temperatures and the barren reality of the polar landscape, as they come to understand the magnitude of the trio’s feat. Sit back and enjoy this ode to the power of human endurance and a reminder of the incredible resilience of those original explorers who trod an unknown and uncertain path into the history books.
Endurance: Race to the Pole is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
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Endurance: Race to the Pole with Ben Fogle
series • adventure
PG
series • adventure
PG
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