January on SBS on Demand – SBS on Demand highlights for the month of January include The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Scrubs, Surreal Estate, Two Weeks to Live, Culprits, Cold Courage, Spinners and Kin.
Lifestyle series
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Australian Premiere
Monday, 1 January 2024 on SBS On Demand (all eight episodes available)
Margareta Magnusson’s bestselling book comes to life in a transformation series where people are given the chance to organise their home, life, and relationships before it’s too late. Plucked right out of Sweden, an organiser, a designer, and a psychologist – also known as the Death Cleaners – have come to America to help eight heroes face their mortality, speak honestly about death, and confront all that “crap” that has been collecting dust for years.
Each story builds towards a physical transformation of the home, as well as an emotional journey that will leave you smiling. Narrated by Amy Poehler, this is a show that challenges us to deal with our stuff… so that those we leave behind aren’t faced with the overwhelming task of sorting through it. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning normalises one of our worst fears, death, by reminding us of all the ways we’ve been alive.
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning will be available on SBS On Demand, and air weekly from Sunday the 7th of January at 10.30pm on SBS Viceland.
Medical sitcom
Scrubs
S 1-9 Box Set
Monday, 1 January 2024 on SBS On Demand (all nine seasons available)
Check into the surreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, where the staff are bizarre and the laughter is contagious. Fresh-faced J.D. and his fellow new interns weave their way through each unpredictable day with hilarious results.
Starring Zach Braff, Scrubs is off-the-charts funny – a classic comedy you just can’t get enough of!
Scrubs S 1-9 will be available on SBS On Demand.
supernatural comedy
Surreal Estate
S2 Australian Premiere
Thursday, 4 January 2024 on SBS On Demand (all ten episodes available)
Real estate agent Luke Roman and his eclectic team continue to clear and close their clients’ haunted houses. But when Luke loses his special abilities to see, hear and speak to the supernatural entities that complicate his clients’ real estate transactions, he must lean on his colleagues more – even when his associate Susan becomes captivated (and captured) by a mysterious home of her own.
Starring Tim Rozon and Sarah Levy.
Surreal Estate S2 will be available alongside S1 on SBS On Demand.
Comic Thriller
Two Weeks to Live
Australian Premiere
Monday, 8 January 2024 on SBS On Demand (all six episodes available)
Starring Maisie Williams, Sian Clifford and Mawaan Rizwan.
Fifteen years after witnessing her father’s murder, Kim Noakes escapes her controlling mum, Tina, and their isolated existence in the Scottish wilderness and heads south to honour her Dad’s memory.
But the modern world isn’t what she imagined, and when Kim meets hapless brothers Nicky and Jay, a drunken prank goes spectacularly wrong. Hunted by murderous criminals, Kim must reunite with her overbearing mum if they are all to survive.
Two Weeks to Live will be available on SBS On Demand, and air double episodes weekly from Monday the 8th of January at 9.25pm on SBS Viceland.
Heist thriller
Culprits
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 11 January 2024 on SBS On Demand (all eight episodes available)
Starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Gemma Arterton, Eddie Izzard, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Niamh Algar.
Family man Joe Petrus is living the American dream with his fiancé and step-kids. However, unbeknownst to them, Joe was involved in a mysterious crime three years ago, and now his dangerous past is about to catch up with him.
When a killer starts targeting the crew behind the crime, Joe realises it’s only a matter of time before his family is targeted. He returns to London to track down his old gang and find out who is coming after them – no matter the cost.
Culprits will be available on SBS On Demand, and air weekly from Thursday the 11th of January at 9.30pm on SBS.
Finnish political thriller
Cold Courage
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 18 January 2024 on SBS On Demand (all eight episodes available)
Two Nordic women collide during a series of murders in present-day London.
Lia, a shy graphic artist, is on the run from an abusive stalker. Mari, a fierce psychologist, fights for the underdog by any means necessary. Her current obsession is to stop the meteoric rise of a dangerous, charismatic politician, Arthur Fried. She needs an unknown face to infiltrate his campaign… Who better than Lia?
Cold Courage will be available in English and Finnish with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
South African crime drama
Spinners
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 25 January 2024 on SBS On Demand (all eight episodes available)
Ethan is a good kid born on the wrong side of town. In Cape Town’s slums, where local gangs make the law, he is soon left with no choice but to work for one of them to support himself and his younger brother. Yet as he becomes caught in a web of crime, he discovers he has an incredible talent for spinning: an exciting and extreme motorsport.
Could this be his way out, or his most dangerous gamble yet?
Spinners will be available in Pijin English, Afrikaans and Xhosa with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
Irish crime drama
Kin
S2 New Season BVOD Premiere
Wednesday, 31 January 2024 on SBS on Demand (all eight episodes available)
In the wake of Eamon Cunningham’s death, the Kinsella family is thriving. However, a new threat rears its head when members of a Turkish cartel inform the Kinsellas that Eamon owed them a sizeable debt – and since they killed him, the debt is now theirs.
Elsewhere, Viking is released from prison intent on making trouble, Amanda suffers a personal tragedy, and a looming presence from inside the family returns.
Starring Aiden Gillen, Charlie Cox and Clare Dunne.
Kin S2 will be available as a box set with S1 on SBS On Demand, and will air weekly from Wednesday the 31st of January at 9.30pm on SBS.
January on SBS on Demand
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