Tonight | Elvis, The Colonel and the Mob on SBS: fame, crime and Las Vegas collide – Elvis, The Colonel and the Mob airs on SBS on Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 7:35pm.
Both parts screen from 7:35pm, making this a complete two-part examination of the forces around Elvis Presley. The focus extends beyond the performer to the manager, gambling interests and organised crime connections that shaped his Las Vegas years.
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Elvis, The Colonel and the Mob follows the tangled relationship between fame, power and crime across Presley’s career. It traces his explosive emergence as the King of Rock & Roll and his later reinvention in Las Vegas.
The series examines how Elvis became the face of a city built by the Mob, and how that city shaped his career and contributed to his downfall.
At the centre of the account is Colonel Tom Parker, his enigmatic manager. Parker’s relationships with Las Vegas high-rollers, secret gambling debts and fabricated identity influenced the direction of Elvis’s working life.
Those decisions often came at a cost to the man behind the public legend. The documentary looks at Parker’s power and the pressures surrounding one of America’s most famous performers.
Spanning several decades, the series examines how organised crime infiltrated the music industry and the entertainment capital of the world. It also follows the relationship between show business and the underworld as Las Vegas became increasingly corporate.
Revelations after Elvis’s death form another part of the story. Episodes one and two screen together from 7:35pm.
When to watch
Watch Elvis, The Colonel and the Mob on SBS on Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 7:35pm. Stream free on SBS on Demand.
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