August 2024 on SBS on Demand – highlights include Rebus, The Beach Hotel, Doc, The Red King, Chorus Girls, Devils, Face to Face and Ammo.
Scottish police drama series
Rebus
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 1 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all six episodes available)
Based on the best-selling books by Ian Rankin, Rebus reimagines the iconic character John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line.
Haunted by an incident one year ago, where he almost killed Edinburgh gangster Ger Cafferty, Detective Sergeant John Rebus finds himself at a psychological crossroads. At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning, or is everyone reverting to an older set of rules? And if so, why shouldn’t Rebus do so too?
Rebus will be available on SBS On Demand and premiere on SBS on 15th August at 9.30pm.
Swedish drama series
The Beach Hotel Seasons 2-4
Australian premiere
Thursday, 1 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all twenty-four episodes available)
Seasons 2-4 of ‘The Beach Hotel’ take place as the rival families encounter new obstacles, blending shocking secrets, intricate murders and forbidden romance. We delve deeper into the gripping murder mystery from the first season whilst both hotels face dire financial circumstances. Then, the discovery of yet another body amplifies the mounting tension among everyone involved. In the search for answers, hidden information emerges about the hotels that founders Werner Gyllenmark and Egil Grip tried to bury. Could the murders be connected to past business associates?
From ‘Queen of Crime’ Camilla Läckberg – best-selling author of over 30 million books, published in more than 60 countries.
The Beach Hotel Seasons 1-4 will be available in Swedish with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
Italian medical drama series
Doc Season 3
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 1 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all sixteen episodes available)
Once again wearing his white coat, Doc faces his first day as head physician. He battles new responsibilities all the while treating his patients and facing pressure from the Administrative Director, who threatens to close the department. Doc must rely on his team, but Julia has not set aside the idea of leaving and Richard is challenged by the new residents.
Doc Seasons 1-3 will be available on SBS On Demand in Italian with English subtitles.
mystery thriller series
The Red King
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 8 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all six episodes available)
Smart, capable, by-the-book Sergeant Grace Narayan is flying high in her inner-city police station – until her rigid principles cause her to be ostracised by every officer in her precinct. Grace has no choice but to take a punishment posting on the remote Welsh island of St Jory, a rural community with an eerie, hidden religion known as the True Way.
Grace is determined to implement order on people who have long ‘policed themselves’ but the year-old cold case of a missing teenage boy threatens to unearth the community’s well-buried secrets… Secrets that may be rooted in its unspoken traditions…
The Red King will be available on SBS On Demand.
Danish period drama series
Chorus Girls
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 15 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all eight episodes available)
Chorus Girls is darkly comedic tale about 8 young dancers trying to survive in a sexist workplace in the mid 70’s. This summer they team up and find the strength to resist.
Chorus Girls is set in a time when women took to the streets, burning their bras and demanding equal pay, while others were dancing on stage in bikinis. It’s a story of love, violence, repressed sexuality, loneliness, loyalty, and ambition. But most of all, Chorus Girls is a story of community. Of finding strength in togetherness, and the courage to change one’s circumstances.
Chorus Girls will be available on SBS On Demand in Danish with English subtitles.
financial thriller series
Devils Season 2
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 22 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all eight episodes available)
London, 2016. Massimo Ruggero is now CEO and, with his new Head of Trading Wu Zhi, has earned huge profits for NYL’s Chinese shareholders. However, faulty polling data on the Brexit referendum threatens total disaster: taking advantage of the situation, Dominic Morgan returns and asks Massimo to join him in a new global war, between China and the West, for control of global data. After tragedy strikes at the heart of Massimo’s team, Massimo must decide which side he is on in a battle that will threaten his life.
Devils Seasons 1-2 will be available on SBS On Demand.
Danish thriller series
Face To Face Season 3
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 22 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all eight episodes available)
Holger Lang, CEO of the successful billion-dollar company Lang Enterprise, receives a call from a trusted employee telling him about a video recording he must see.
In horror, Holger then watches as his protégé and successor Christina is brutally murdered by John Ryt. This poses more questions than answers. Who commissioned John to kill Christina – and why?
Face to Face Seasons 1-3 will be available in Danish with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
Norwegian thriller series
Ammo
Australian Premiere
Thursday, 22 August 2024 on SBS On Demand (all six episodes available)
After a state corruption scandal, Bjørn Urdal has become damaged goods. Under financial and family pressure, he’s about to give up when AGR (Ammunition Group of Rånåsfoss) approaches him and offers him a job. Bjørn cannot believe his luck.
AGR has developed a LAW drone (lethal autonomous weapon) which can make decisions and act without any human impact. If used, no soldiers are needed, and a French colonel is ready to buy it. The only problem is that the weapon is illegal. This is where Bjørn comes in—if anything with the deal goes sour, he’ll be to blame.
Ammo will be available on SBS On Demand in Norwegian with English subtitles.
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