Forbidden History
Jamie Theakston discovers the real James Bond in season 5 of ‘Forbidden History’. Source: Like a Shot Entertainment Ltd.
Six-part series Forbidden History premieres at 9.40pm, Tuesday 8 November on SBS VICELAND. Episodes air weekly.
Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech
With most of our lives ensconced in tech, this five-part series focuses on the men behind Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg); Apple (the late Steve Jobs); Amazon (Jeff Bezos); Netflix (Reed Hastings) and Google (Larry Page and Sergey Brin). “Steve had a sense that the rules didn’t really apply to him.” While this was said about Jobs, it could apply to any of the others, entrepreneurs cut from the same cloth of ‘move fast, break things’. From humble beginnings, each became global powerhouse. With their staggeringly rapid movement forward, where are they, their companies, and we, all heading?
Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech premieres at 8.30pm, Wednesday 9 November on SBS VICELAND. Episodes air weekly.
My Life Online
While the internet changed all our lives, some people’s are now inextricably linked with social media. There, they’ve found their tribe, their haters, their trolls and in some cases, their immense financial wealth. But are the payoffs worth the sacrifices?
In this eight-part VICE series, we meet such ‘online famous’ people as
- Andrew, who takes us along while filming his series All Gas No Brakes, which interviews Americans living on the fringes
- 21-year-old David, who’s part Steve Irwin protégé and part fundamentalist Christian preacher
- 69-year-old Michelle, whose life changed when one of her videos went viral on OnlyFans and she made more money than she’s ever seen in her life, and wants to use it to buy her disabled son a house
- Sister Cindy, a TikTok sensation who preaches on college campuses, during which much of her audience is filming and laughing at her, among others.
This is quite the eye-opening ride.
Eight-part series MyLife Online premieres at 10.20pm, Friday 11 November on SBS VICELAND. Episodes air weekly.
James Webb: $10 Billion Space Telescope
‘James Webb: $10 Billion Space Telescope’. Source: Bigger Bang Productions/BBC
James Webb: $10 Billion Space Telescope premieres at 9.20pm, Sunday 13 November on SBS VICELAND. Catch-up is available at SBS On Demand, but only for 30 days.
Mad Max Fans: Beyond The Wasteland
The passion of Mad Max fans is something to behold: the elaborate costumes, the world travel, the embodying of characters. This doco explores this enormous fanbase, not only in Australia and the US, but also in Italy, France, Germany and Japan. We also follow original cast member Bertrand Cadart as he travels from his Sunshine Coast home to Mad Max 2’s Silverton desert location one last time (Cadart is battling stage 4 leukaemia). This is not only a celebration of life but the ability to change oneself through passion, as we meet such dedicated fans as the French chef who migrated to Australia because of the films, and the Japanese contingent of fans who visit annually for the conventions. It;s another look at a series that continues to find new incarnations: the prequel and fifth film in the franchise, Furiosa, starring Chris Hemsworth and Anja Taylor-Joy, is currently filming in Australia. The film has spent the most ever of any film shot in Australia, a whopping AU$343.2 million.
Mad Max Fans: Beyond The Wasteland premieres at 8.30pm, Saturday 19 November on SBS VICELAND. It will stream at SBS On Demand after it goes to air.
Got, Got, Need
Jamie Redknapp with his father Harry in 'Got, Got, Need'. Source: Jackpot Productions
Got, Got, Need premieres at 7.35pm, Sunday 20 November on SBS VICELAND. Episodes air weekly. Episodes will also be available at SBS On Demand after they air.
Stuck
Morgana Robinson and Dylan Moran are ‘Stuck’. Source: Hat Trick for BBC
Season 1 of Stuck premieres at 9.25pm, Monday 28 November on SBS VICELAND. All five episodes will screen back-to-back. Catch the full series at SBS On Demand:
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