The crimes are different, the consequences are varied, but for the series in the , the fight for truth is common ground. From diamond heists, to sibling rifts, schoolyard bad behaviour to international drug rings, walk the line between perpetrator and victim, cop and criminal with these must-watch series now streaming at SBS On Demand.
Dark Winds
It’s 1971 and, on a reservation in Arizona, seasoned Navajo cop Joe Leaphorn (Lakota actor Zahn McClarnon), Sergeant Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten), and new recruit Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) are investigating a double homicide. Leaphorn is determined to find the perpetrator but doing so will see him come face to face with the traumas of his past. Over two gripping seasons, Dark Winds sees the mythical meet the murderous, as Leaphorn’s investigations see him struggle to balance his loyalty to his community with the mounting pressure to find answers. Based on the acclaimed novels of Tony Hillerman, and with a predominantly Native American cast, the series is Western noir from a refreshing new perspective.
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Dark Winds
series • Crime drama
MA15+
series • Crime drama
MA15+
HIT
Crime meets the classroom in popular Spanish drama HIT, the series title taken from the alias of teacher and school saviour Hugo Ibarra Toledo (Daniel Grao). Defined by violence, vandalism and harassment, fictional high school Anne Frank College in Madrid is on the brink of closure, and its director Elena (Carmen Arrufat) believes Hugo is its only hope. He knows that solving the school’s unique set of problems will require unconventional methods, some of which will see him gain more enemies than friends, but Hugo is prepared to take that risk. Over ten hour-long episodes, he sets about transforming the lives of nine troubled vocational education students, in the hope of preventing criminal behaviour before it even begins.
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HIT
series • drama • European Spanish
MA15+
series • drama • European Spanish
MA15+
Thicker Than Water
Three estranged siblings are forced together by their mother’s unexpected death in Swedish drama Thicker Than Water. Her dying wish? That her children are not only reunited, but remain together and run her boarding house on the beautiful island of Sunnanö for the summer. It’s a request that would be easy enough to ignore if it didn’t come with a stipulation: refuse to comply, and they will inherit nothing. Their time together brings the dark family secrets into the light, threatening to change Oskar (Joel Spira), Lasse (Björn Bengtsson) and Jonna (Aliette Opheim) forever. Now in its third season, loyalties are called into question and an age-old adage continues to be put to the test: is blood really thicker than water?
Seasons 1-3 of Thicker Than Water are now available at SBS On Demand.
1985
Take a journey back in the time to the 1980s, and the real-world terror of the Brabant Killers, in eight-episode Belgian thriller 1985. As they set off to Brussels and leave their small town upbringing behind, Vicky (Mona Mina Leon), her brother Franky (Aimé Claeys) and his best friend Marc (Tijmen Govaerts) have no idea of the chaos that will accompany their fresh start in the big city. Vicky is an aspiring lawyer, and both Franky and Marc are about to enter the gendarmerie, but it won’t be long before a series of events unfold that will shatter their bond and leave them questioning everything they’ve ever known. With corruption and dishonesty at every turn, the trio find themselves frequently pulled to opposite sides of the conflict, and the chance for resolution appears to be out of reach.
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1985
series • biography • French
MA15+
series • biography • French
MA15+
Piste Noire
The icy beauty of a luxury ski resort nestled in the French alps is the stage for a cold-blooded conspiracy in crime drama Piste Noire. Young policewoman Émilie Karras (Constance Labbé) and local gendarme Loïc Servoz (Thibault de Montalembert) are an unlikely duo, but together they must work out who is responsible for a unexplained fire that left a charred body, and unanswered questions, in its wake. As they go beyond the glamorous exterior of elite sport, and uncover a corrupt and twisted world within, each find themselves closer to the case than they would like; and to complicate things even further, their personal pasts have a way of catching up with them when they least expect it.
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Piste Noire
series • crime • French
M
series • crime • French
M
Blue Lights
Being a cop in the divided city of Belfast brings unique challenges, and for three of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s newest recruits, the probation period designed to test them has more than its fair share. As each new episode of six-part police procedural Blue Lights unfolds, former social worker Grace Ellis (Sian Brooke), young rookie Annie Conlon (Katherine Devlin) and newcomer Tommy Foster (Nathan Braniff) become more determined to prove they’ve got what it takes. As they unravel a complex web of corruption and deceit, and encounter the underbelly of one of Ireland’s toughest cities, each hope to remain resolute in their commitment to make a difference in this troubled community, but is it worth risking their own lives to do so?
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Blue Lights
series • Crime drama
MA15+
series • Crime drama
MA15+
Rough Cut
Contemporary crime thriller Rough Cut is a gritty gem of a series that gives the Welsh language a standout small screen moment. Young car thief Carbo (Gwïon Morris Jones) is no stranger to the dark back streets of Cardiff, but getting mixed up with mysterious gang ‘The Unknowns’ sees him in way over his head. Ex-military man and garage owner Mici Finn (Mark Lewis Jones) could be the answer to Carbo’s problems, but quickly pulls the young con into a criminal world with higher stakes than he is used to. Remaining faithful to the novel Dal Y Mellt (‘Catch the Lightning’) by Welsh actor turned author Iwan ‘Iwcs’ Roberts, this is bingeable crime drama with a welcome smattering of humour.
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Rough Cut
series • drama • Welsh
M
series • drama • Welsh
M
Elvira
For the titular character of eight-part Danish language drama Elvira, balancing her job as a brothel receptionist with caring for her drug-addicted brother Sixten (Anton Hjejle) and keeping an eye on corrupt cop, brothel owner, and childhood friend Køster (Peter Plaugborg) makes for a mundane and unfulfilling existence. That is, until a sex worker in debt to Køster disappears, and Elvira (Sara Klein Larsen) feels a personal responsibility to discover what happened and retrieve the cash before it’s too late. It’s an investigation that shakes up her world, as Elvira realises she has more to offer than her unambitious past would suggest. What starts with a fairly standard crime becomes a series that is anything but standard thanks to its unlikely, and increasingly endearing, heroine.
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Elvira
series • crime • Danish
MA15+
series • crime • Danish
MA15+
Hidden Assets
After a nail-biting first season that sees DS Emer Berry (Angeline Ball) go from a routine raid on a small-time drug dealer to the centre of an investigation into an international terrorist organisation, Irish crime drama Hidden Assets returns. Newcomer DS Claire Wallace (Nora-Jane Noone) is now at the helm of the Criminal Asset Bureau, and she is already finding working with returning Belgian CI Christian de Jong () a challenge. The pair will have to find a way to put their differences aside, however, as Wallace and her team are pulled into the Antwerp investigation once again. But back home in Ireland, they also have their own problems to contend with, as a cyberattack threatens the CAB and corrupt businesswoman Bibi (Simone Kirby) is back and facing problems of her own. But can they trust her?
Seasons 1 & 2 of Hidden Assets are now streaming at SBS On Demand.
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Hidden Assets
