List of programs broadcast by Special Broadcasting Service

This is a list of television programmes that are either currently being broadcast or have previously been broadcast on SBS Television's SBS (formerly SBS ONE), SBS Viceland (formerly SBS TWO/SBS2), SBS Food, NITV or SBS WorldWatch in Australia.

Current programming

Domestic

News and current affairs

  • Big Mob Brekky (2020–present on NITV)
  • Dateline (1984–present)
  • The Feed (2013–2019 on SBS VICELAND, 2020–2022 on SBS)
  • Insight (1995–present)
  • NITV News (2008–present on NITV)
  • Living Black (2003–present)
  • The Point (2016–present on NITV)
  • SBS Arabic News (2022–present on SBS WorldWatch)
  • SBS Mandarin News (2022–present on SBS WorldWatch)
  • SBS World News (1980–present)
  • SBS World Watch (1993–present on SBS and SBS VICELAND)[a]

Drama

Comedy

Reality

Factual/Documentaries

Lifestyle

  • Adam and Poh's Great Australian Bites (2023–present)
  • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (2021–present)
  • Destination Flavour (2012–present)
  • Barossa Gourmet with Justine Schofield (2023)
  • The Chocolate Queen (2019 on Lifestyle, 2022–present)
  • Asia Unplated with Diana Chan (2019–present)
  • Food Safari (2006–present)
  • India Unplated (2021–present)
  • Khanh Ong's Wild Food (2023–present)
  • Luke Nguyen's India (2023–present)
  • Paradise Kitchen Bali (2023–present)
  • Plat du Tour (2020–present)
  • Strait to the Plate (2021–present on NITV)

Game Shows

Sport Talk

Sports

Licensed from beIN Sports:

Licensed from Fox Sports:

Licensed from Optus Sport:

Children's

Music

International

News

International news is broadcast on SBS networks throughout the morning, all recorded from the previous day’s broadcast.

Language Network/Broadcaster SBS network
English APAC Network SBS
English ABS-CBN (ANC/Kapamilya Channel)
English NHK (NHK World-Japan)
English DD (DD India)
English BBC (BBC One/BBC News)
English PBS
ABC
Indian Country Today SBS Viceland
English APTN
CBC (CBC TV/CBC News Network)
English FBC (FBC TV)
English Whakaata Māori
English TRT (TRT World)
English Al Jazeera
English DW (DW English)
English France 24
Filipino ABS-CBN (Kapamilya Channel, ANC, DZMM TeleRadyo and via AMBS' All TV and PCMC's PRTV Prime Media), A2Z (via TFC) SBS WorldWatch[b]
Thai Thai PBS
Indonesian TVRI (TVRI Nasional)
Korean YTN (via YTN WORLD)
Japanese NHK (NHK G via NHK World Premium)
Hindi Aaj Tak
Tamil Polimer News
Malayalam DD (DD Malayalam)
Gujarati DD (DD Girnar)
Punjabi PTC News
Bengali Channel i
Sinhala SLRC (Rupavahini)
Urdu PTV (PTV Home/PTV News via PTV Global)
Nepali Nepal Television
Maltese PBS Malta (TVM)
Somali Universal TV
Turkish TRT (TRT Haber)
Arabic France 24
French France Télévisions (France 2)
German ZDF
Italian RAI (Rai 1 via Rai Italia)
Spanish RTVE (La 1 via TVE Internacional)
Portuguese RTP (RTP1 via RTP Internacional)
Dutch NPO/NOS (NPO 1 via BVN)
Polish Polsat Group (Polsat/Polsat News)
Romanian TVR (TVR 1 via TVRi)
Hungarian MTVA (Duna/M1 via Duna World)
Greek ERT (ERT1 via ERT World)
Armenian ARMTV (Armenia 1)
Macedonian MRT (MRT 1)
Croatian HRT (HRT 1)
Bosnian BHRT (BHT 1)
Serbian RTS (RTS1)
Ukrainian Suspilne (Pershyi)

Variety

  • Vs. Arashi

Documentary

  • Michael Mosley's Wonders of the Human Body[1]

Comedy

Reality

Game Shows

Drama

Soap Opera

Annual Events

Upcoming series

2024/2025

Domestic

  • 2.6 Seconds (doco)[1]
  • Australia: An Unofficial History (doco)[1]
  • Dreaming Big (children's)[1]
  • Emily, I Am Kam (doco)
  • Great Australian Road Trips (factual/doco)[1]
  • A Girl's Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking (lifestyle: 2021, 2025)[2][3]
  • Island Echoes with Nornie Bero (lifestyle)[3]
  • Journey Home: David Gulpilil (doco)
  • Marion Grasby's Endless Summer (lifestyle)[3]
  • Memory Bites with Matt Moran (lifestyle)[3]
  • Moonbird (drama)[1]
  • Moni (drama)[1]
  • Our Medicine (doco)[1]
  • Robodebt (factual/doco)[1]
  • The Secret DNA of Us (doco)[1]
  • Skin in the Game (doco)[1]
  • The Idea of Australia (facual/doco)[1]
  • Warm Props (drama)[1]

International

Former programming

Domestic

News and current affairs

Drama

Comedy

Variety / entertainment

Reality

Lifestyle

Game shows

Documentaries

Children's programs

Sports

Sport talk

Music

  • RocKwiz (2005–2016)
  • So Frenchy, So Chic (2005)

Special events

International

News

International news was broadcast on SBS networks throughout the morning, all recorded from the previous day’s broadcast.

Language Network
English TVNZ 1
English Fiji One
Malaysian TV1
Filipino NBN (now PTV)[7]
Vietnamese VTV (via VTV4)
English CGTN[c]
Mandarin CCTV-4
Cantonese ATV[9]
Cantonese TVB Jade
Hindi NDTV India[d]
Tamil Polimer TV[d]
Hindi DD News
Arabic Dubai TV[d]
Arabic TL[10]
Greek CyBC[d]
Greek ANT1 (via ANT1 Pacific)[11]
German DW Deutsch
French TV5Monde[d]
Polish TVP[12]
Czech ČT
Hungarian MTV[13]
Russian NTV[e]
English Russia Today[e]
Latin American Spanish[f] TVN[d]

Adult Animation

Anime

Drama

Comedy

Magic

Lifestyle

Factual

Reality / Variety

Children's programs

  • The Adventures of Chirpy the Sparrow (Poland)
  • The Adventures of Colargol (France)
  • The Adventures of Damian the Cat (UK, Czechoslovakia)
  • Hergé's Adventures of Tintin (France, not to be confused with the early 90s series)
  • Amigo and Friends (US, Mexico)
  • Anna, Ciro and Co. (Italy)
  • Apple Goes Rolling (Czechoslovakia)
  • Arabela (Czechoslovakia)
  • Balthazar the Centipede (France)
  • Bamse (Sweden)
  • Barbapapa (Netherlands)
  • Bernard Bombus (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Blackbird Brothers (Czechoslovakia)
  • Bojan the Bear (Yugoslavia, sometimes shares with ABC)
  • The Brotherhood of the Blue Seagull (Yugoslavia)
  • The Bunny with the Chequered Ears (Hungary)
  • Cantinflas (Mexico)
  • The Clown and Valentina (Switzerland)
  • The Cowherd's Flute (China)
  • Creepy Crawlies (UK)
  • Dali the Puppy Dog (Poland)
  • Detectives on Holidays (Poland)
  • Dog and Cat (Poland)
  • Don Quixote (Netherlands)
  • The Electric Company (US, originally aired on Network Ten and ABC)
  • Emily (France)
  • European Folk Tales (UK)
  • Everybody Here (UK)
  • Fairytales from the Woods (Czechoslovakia)
  • Five Water Dragons (Czechoslovakia)
  • Flic the Squirrel (Belgium)
  • The Flute and the Bombardon (Netherlands)
  • Foxy Fables (UK)
  • Garden with Statues (Greece)
  • Graine D'Ortie (France)
  • Granny's Little Grandson (Serbia)
  • Gus and Caestar (Poland)
  • Gustavus (Hungary, originally aired on ABC)
  • Hang in There, Floki (Yugoslavia)
  • Huskies Never Freeze (Sweden)
  • The Inspector's Kids (Italy)
  • Johnny the Pea (Czechoslovakia)
  • Karino (Poland)
  • Kate and Skubanek (Czechoslovakia)
  • Klimbo (Canada)
  • Lardock and Crunch (Czechoslovakia)
  • Legends of the World (Canada)
  • Let's Laugh with the Colombaioni (Italy)
  • Lilliput Put (Italy)
  • The Little Poppy Man (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Long White Trail (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Magician's Boy (Sweden)
  • Mandara (Germany)
  • Marco Polo's Stone (Italy)
  • Master Kristian (Czechoslovakia)
  • Melita the Fibber (Yugoslavia)
  • Mimosa (Finland)
  • Mischief (Czechoslovakia)
  • Mr. Hiccup (Italy)
  • Mr. Storyteller (Greece)
  • Mr. Tau (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Mole (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Morce Mystery (Italy)
  • Murun Buchstansangur (UK)
  • Muzzy in Gondoland (UK)
  • My Friend Piki Jacob (Yugoslavia)
  • The Mysterious Island (Czechoslovakia)
  • Mystery of the Seventh Road (Netherlands)
  • News from Uhlenbusch (Germany)
  • No Talking About School (Czechoslovakia)
  • Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (UK, originally aired on ABC)
  • Once Upon a Time... Life (France)
  • Once Upon a Time... Man (France)
  • Once Upon a Time... Space (France)
  • Only Kaska (Poland)
  • Open Book (Canada)
  • Pinocchio (Italy)
  • Pulcinella (Italy)
  • The Rambles of Chubby Dumpling (Poland)
  • Ravioli (Germany)
  • Rosalie (Poland)
  • Safari (Czechoslovakia)
  • Sammy the Squirrel (Hungary)
  • Seabert (Belgium)
  • The Secret of the Old Attic (Hungary)
  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (UK)
  • She Came Out of the Blue Sky (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Sprite and the Owl (Czechoslovakia)
  • Stories from Honey (UK)
  • Storybook International (UK)
  • Storytime (Sweden)
  • Stripy (Switzerland)
  • Tails the Terror of Cats (Hungary)
  • Thomas and Senior (Netherlands)
  • Tik Tak (Belgium)
  • Tiny Tales (UK)
  • Tjorven and Skrallan (Sweden)
  • Treasure in Malta (Malta)
  • Vagabul (France)
  • Vayia's Treasure (Greece)
  • Victor & Maria (UK)
  • Water Spider (Hungary)
  • The White Stone (Sweden)
  • The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son (Canada, later aired on ABC)
  • The World's Most Beautiful Tales (Switzerland)
  • Xerxes (Sweden)
  • The Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch (Brazil)
  • Zipstones (Netherlands)
  • Zoom the White Dolphin (France, originally aired on ABC)

Sports

Licensed from beIN Sports:

Licensed from Optus Sport[h]:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Most of non-English news bulletins has been relocated to newly launched SBS WorldWatch since 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ This channel also aired SBS-produced local news bulletins in both Arabic and Mandarin, which premiered early on SBS On Demand prior to the channel launch.
  3. ^ SBS suspended broadcasting programs from CCTV and CGTN following allegations that both broadcasters aired 'forced confessions'.[8]
  4. ^ a b c d e f Currently available on SBS On Demand
  5. ^ a b SBS has suspended broadcasting programs from NTV and Russia Today due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine following feedback from Russian-speaking viewers. However, Russian-language programmes are still being offered on SBS Radio.[14]
  6. ^ Listed as "Latin American News"
  7. ^ MythBusters is Australian produced, but is filmed in and presented from the USA.
  8. ^ Previously by Fox Sports (1993-2004).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Knox, David (30 October 2024). "2025 Upfronts: SBS / NITV". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ^ Knox, David (19 October 2021). "Airdate: A Girl's Guide to Hunting, Fishing & Wild Cooking". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Knox, David (31 October 2024). "2025 Upfronts: SBS Food, SBS VICELAND, SBS World Movies". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Knox, David (31 October 2023). "2024 Upfronts: SBS / NITV". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Knox, David (1 November 2023). "2024 Upfront: SBS Food, SBS VICELAND, SBS World Movies". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. ^ Knox, David (23 June 2012). "Axed: Letters and Numbers". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ^ "SBS Television - What's on". Special Broadcasting Service. 22 February 2004. Archived from the original on 22 February 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. ^ "SBS suspends Chinese-sourced news programming after receiving human rights complaint". SBS News. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Asia Television Limited (ATV)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Télé Liban (TL)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Antenna Television SA (ANT1)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Magyar Televisió (MTV)". Special Broadcasting Service. 21 October 1997. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Statement from SBS regarding acquired Russian TV news programming". SBS Corporate. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 27 February 2022.