Latest news and analysis on the Special Broadcasting Service
July 2024
Stream lover
The Rings of Power, David Attenborough and classic Fincher: what’s new to streaming in Australia in August
Stream lover
Love Lies Bleeding, Brats and Lady in the Lake: what’s new to streaming in Australia in July
June 2024
The moment I knew
The moment I knew: on the long night walk, he had barely enough food for himself – but shared half with me
Three things
Three things with Melissa Leong: ‘I think they revoke your licence to be Asian if you don’t own a rice cooker’
Three things
Three things with Melissa Doyle: ‘It’s funny what we get attached to as kids’
10 Chaotic Questions
Samuel Johnson: ‘My biggest fashion crime? I had to wear pink lycra for a year’
May 2024
The weekly beast
As News Corp rages over Laura Tingle, Sharri Markson bewails an ‘explosion of racism’ across Australia
Amanda Meade
Three things
Three things with Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson: ‘It’s a dirty, smelly old beast, rather like myself’
‘I’m super excited, but it’s bloody expensive!’ Australia’s Eurovision megafans gather to cheer on Electric Fields in Sweden
Stream lover
Barbie, the Beatles and Anatomy of a Fall: what’s new to streaming in Australia in May
April 2024
Swift Street review – this fresh, bingeable crime drama is an absolute blast
How would you raise $26,000 in 10 days? The rollicking Melbourne crime drama exploring shades of grey
March 2024
The weekly beast
Royal reverse as Nine’s 60 Minutes goes from ‘scandal’ to sympathy for Princess of Wales
Amanda Meade
Original story scrutinised ‘Catherine’s photoshopping blunder’ but its replacement heaped praise on ‘a courageous woman’. Plus: David McBride v the ABC
Alone Australia returns – this time to wild, treacherous New Zealand: ‘The dangers are upscaled’
Applications to be on the gruelling reality TV hit doubled – but the 10 contestants face all new threats including avalanches and earthquakes
Stream lover
3 Body Problem, After Yang and Napoleon: what’s new to streaming in Australia in March
Plus a rueful Adam Sandler, a delightful Judy Blume adaptation and a Road House remake
February 2024
Is Australian TV in its golden era? The 2024 Aacta awards has a huge field of quality contenders
The past year has spoiled audiences with ambitious, gripping television. Some will be celebrated and plenty more will miss out
Australian arts in focus
The Jewish boy who became a Nazi mascot: the extraordinary story of Alex Kurzem
When a Melbourne man claimed he survived the Holocaust by becoming a child mascot for the Nazis, he attracted worldwide attention – and scepticism. Now a documentary reveals new startling truths
Stream lover
American Fiction, Three Women and Curb: what’s new to streaming in Australia in February
Plus Terence Malick’s 2011 epic, a moving Ukrainian series, and rapper Vince Staples’ autofictional caper
December 2023
David Stratton’s closing credits: ‘I’ve done the best I could’
Stream lover
Bump, Talk to Me and Leave the World Behind: what’s new to streaming in Australia in December
