Top new series coming to SBS On Demand in January 2025

Disrupt the order in the second season of 'Everyone Else Burns', scheme your days away in 'Brassic' and solve an icy crime in 'The Darkness'. Here are the top new shows coming to SBS On Demand in January.

L-R: Like Water for Chocolate, Codename: Annika, The Consultant, Brassic.

L-R: Like Water for Chocolate, Codename: Annika, The Consultant, Brassic.

Showtrial - seasons 1-2

Showtrial follows a new high-profile case every season, following a tense series of events through the eyes of the police, the public and the courts. In its first season, a privileged young student is accused of murder after a classmate disappears in a shocking case that grips the nation. In the second season, a climate activist is left for dead in a hit and run and uses his dying words as a weapon, naming a police officer as his apparent killer. With unbelievable truths and shocking turns, both seasons will have you at the edge of your seat.

Showtrial seasons 1 & 2 premiere Wednesday 1 January on SBS On Demand.

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Showtrial

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crime
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crime
MA15+

Brassic - seasons 1-6

Best mates Vinnie, Dylan, Ashley, Cardi, Tommo and JJ have dealt, scammed, and laughed their way through three decades of friendship. And these days their schemes have only become more creative. Whether it be stealing tiny horses, breaking into a local pimp’s safe or raiding a rival grower’s weed farm, these lads think they can get away with just about anything. But their luck runs out when they inadvertently step into the path of criminal heavy-weight Terence McCann and learn a tough lesson about what happens when you accidentally steal something precious from a merciless sociopath.

Brassic seasons 1-6 premiere Wednesday 1 January on SBS On Demand.

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Brassic

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Comedy drama
MA15+
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Comedy drama
MA15+

Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2024

The cast of Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2024 hosted by Jimmy Carr.
The cast of Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2024 hosted by Jimmy Carr.
What did Rishi Sunak say he went without as a child? What did Andy Murray post online after his retirement? What music trend dominated the summer, and why were people looking for a man in finance? All these questions and more will be answered in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2024. Question master Jimmy Carr is joined by Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Rob Beckett, Judi Love, Chris McCausland and Maisie Adam as they battle it out to see who knows the most about the year that’s been. Helping Jimmy ask the big questions are Charles Dance, the children of Mitchell Brook primary school and a whole host of celebrity question setters looking back at 2024.

Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2024 premieres Wednesday 1 January at 7:30PM on SBS. It will be available to stream on SBS On Demand after broadcast at 9PM.

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Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2024

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2024
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2024
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The Turkish Detective - season 1

Set in the city of Istanbul, The Turkish Detective follows the adventures of Inspector Cetin Ikmen and Detective Mehmet Suleyman. Suleyman, of Turkish heritage but raised in London, is in his 20s, takes himself and his work deadly seriously. He arrives in Istanbul to join Ikmen's homicide unit, and finds himself embroiled in his first murder investigation after a university student is found murdered in a cemetery.

The Turkish Detective season 1 premieres Thursday 2 January on SBS On Demand.

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The Turkish Detective

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Crime drama • 
Turkish
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Crime drama • 
Turkish
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Everyone Else Burns - season 2

Morgana Robinson as Melissa, Kate O'Flynn as Fiona, Harry Connor as Aaron in Everyone Else Burns season 2.
L-R: Morgana Robinson as Melissa, Kate O'Flynn as Fiona, Harry Connor as Aaron. Source: Channel 4 / UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL STUDIO/Ben Blackall / Jax Media & Unive
Blessings be upon the Lewises: a strictly religious family who believe the world will end within the decade. Season two will challenge the Lewises' commitment to The Order more than ever before. Relationships are at the forefront as Rachel’s drive for independence is threatened by arranged marriage and cracks widen between David and Fiona after he meets an imposing new member, Maude. Meanwhile, Aaron will launch a revolutionary bid to drag The Order into the present day (with, and in spite of, his Dad’s help).

Everyone Else Burns season 2 premieres Monday 6 January on SBS On Demand.

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Everyone Else Burns

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comedy
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comedy
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The Darkness - season 1

Based on the Ragnar Jónasson novel of the same name, The Darkness is an atmospheric and tense whodunnit set in the snowy hills of Reykjavík. Lena Olin plays Hulda Hermannsdóttir, a Detective Inspector of the Reykjavík police on the cusp of an early retirement. However, one last shocking murder case pulls her back into the fray. Forced to work with a new partner, Hulda is determined to find the killer at any cost, even it means putting her own life in danger.

The Darkness season 1 premieres Thursday 9 January on SBS On Demand.

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The Darkness

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Crime drama
MA15+
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Crime drama
MA15+

Codename: Annika - season 1

Sannah Nedergård as Annika Stormare in Codename Annika season 1 episode 2.
Sannah Nedergård as Annika Stormare in Codename Annika season 1 episode 2.
Finnish detective Emma Haka is still completing her undercover training when she gets sent on a mission into Stockholm's corrupt world of fine art trade. The calm and collected Emma takes on the wild and fiery alias of Annika Stormare with the goal of getting closer to gallerist Rasmus Ståhlgren, the suspect in a case being built against the previously untouchable money launderer Blanko. As the investigation takes Emma deeper into the underworld, lines start to blur between her and Annika – who was once alive, and left a tangled web of mysteries in her wake. To stay on Blanko's trail, Emma must make choices that may change the lives of her and her loved ones forever – and try not to lose herself in the process.

Codename: Annika season 1 premieres Thursday 9 January on SBS On Demand.

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Codename: Annika

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Finnish
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Crime drama • 
Finnish
MA15+

Dakar Rally 2025

The is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation and is famous for its tough terrain and off-road endurance, where drivers must traverse an expansive field of sand, rocks, gravel, and tarmac as quick as possible. The 2025 route will not be for the faint of heart and will feature the return of the 48-hour chrono, a traditional marathon stage, and a three-day adventure in the Empty Quarter. The Empty Quarter will see the Dakar come to a close in Shubaytah, where over 750 drivers will hope to cross the line with the quickest accumulated time over 12 stages and 14 days of racing.

Watch daily extended highlights from the each morning on SBS and SBS On Demand from Saturday 4 January to Saturday 18 January.

Like Water for Chocolate - season 1

Sometimes traditions can become a prison, and an obstacle for love. Tita de la Garza and Pedro Múzquiz are two souls deeply in love, yet unable to be together due to entrenched family customs. The protagonists navigate a world of magical realism and rich flavours as Tita struggles between the destiny imposed on her by her family and her fight for love. For Tita, her magical connection to cooking becomes an active resistance against oppression, allowing her to channel her deepest desires and passions into her recipes, transforming those who taste them completely.

Like Water for Chocolate season 1 premieres Thursday 16 January on SBS On Demand.

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Like Water for Chocolate

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Spanish
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romance • 
Spanish
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Guilt - season 3

The contemporary UK dark comedy thriller returns for its third and final outing. Brothers Jake and Max find themselves back in Scotland where the welcome isn't as warm as they'd hoped for. With familiar faces on their trail and enemies around every corner, will they be able to hide from their pursuers or will they be forced into action? Expect a heavy dose of betrayal, revenge and deception.

Guilt season 3 premieres Thursday 16 January on SBS On Demand. Season 1 and 2 will also be available to stream from 16 January.

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Guilt

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crime
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crime
MA15+

Homicide: Life On The Street - season1-7

An award-winning crime drama inspired by real murder cases in 1990s Baltimore. A unit of homicide detectives battle an overload of cases in the brutal struggle to keep law and order on the tough streets of Baltimore, all the while wrestling with the toll their difficult work takes on their lives and relationships. Drug deals gone wrong, gang-land executions, hostage situations, child murders: each episode presents a bold, no-holds-barred portrayal of life in the Baltimore Homicide squad, inspired by real cases and the experiences of real detectives. Built on an ensemble cast, including major guest stars and a career-defining performance by Andre Baugher as Detective Frank Pembleton. Homicide: Life on the Street is not only an emotionally raw portrayal of life on the front line, but a compelling character-driven drama with emotional depth.

Homicide: Life on the Street seasons 1-3 premieres Thursday 16 January on SBS On Demand. Followed by season 4, which premieres Thursday 23 January, season 5 which premieres Thursday 30 January, season 6 which premieres Thursday 6 February and season 7 which premieres Thursday 13 February alongside Homicide: The Movie. Episodes air weekly on SBS Viceland starting Thursday 16 January at 10:10pm.

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Homicide: Life on the Street

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Crime drama
MA15+
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Crime drama
MA15+

The Consultant - season 1

After a tragedy at CompWare, a games studio based in Los Angeles, a mysterious consultant, Regus Patoff, blows into town and takes charge. Seemingly unqualified and unpredictable, he quickly makes his presence felt. Gone are the luxuries. Gone is the security. Playtime is over. Soon the employees begin to realise they are not only fighting for their jobs: they are fighting for their lives.

The Consultant season 1 premieres Thursday 23 January on SBS On Demand, double episodes will be available weekly.

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The Consultant

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Comedy drama
MA15+
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Comedy drama
MA15+

Playing Nice - season 1

A tense, riveting, psychological thriller. Pete Riley and Maddie Wilson’s lives are thrown into disarray when the hospital delivers the news that the son they’ve raised, Theo, isn’t actually their son. He was switched at birth and their real son was sent home with another couple. Miles and Lucy Lambert, the other parents, appear on their doorstep, inviting them over to meet their 'real' son. All is amicable until days later, Pete and Maddie are served court papers. The Lamberts are going for custody of both children. Chaos ensues.

Playing Nice season 1 premieres Wednesday 29 January on SBS and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly on SBS starting Wednesday 29 January at 9:30PM.


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Published 30 December 2024 9:00am
Updated 23 January 2025 11:52am
Source: SBS


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