October on SBS on Demand – SBS on Demand highlights for the month of October include Rough Cut, The Architect, Murder In, Hidden Assets, Piste Noire, Thicker Than Water, Shoresy and Night Bloomers.
Welsh crime drama
Rough Cut
Australian Premiere Thursday, 5 October 2023 on SBS On Demand (all six episodes available)
An original drama series based on Iwan Roberts’ novel of the same name.
Having been in hiding for months after the mysterious gang, The Unknowns, started tracking his every move, the net begins to close around Carbo. Then Mici Finn and Les Moore find Carbo and offer him a deal: they’re willing to help him get The Unknowns off his back – but at a cost.
Carbo is soon embroiled in a grand theft revenge plot, with thousands of pounds, his life, and his darkest secrets on the line.
Rough Cut will be available in Welsh with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
Norwegian black satire
The Architect
Australian Premiere Thursday, 5 October 2023 on SBS On Demand (all four episodes available)
A satirical drama set in a near-future version of Oslo.
The housing market is completely off the rails and Julie can’t get a mortgage. Dreaming of a career in architecture that will help her to buy an apartment, an opportunity presents itself that will finally help her achieve her life goals: converting underground car parks into residential apartments. But with big ideas come big costs, and Julie soon comes face to face with the consequences of the human side of the housing market.
The Architect will be available in Norwegian with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
French mystery collection
Murder In… Collection
Australian Premiere Thursday, 5 October 2023 SBS On Demand (all twelve titles available)
In this gorgeous collection of mysteries, each set in a different, picturesque region of France, detective duos solve standalone crimes. Locations featured include the Auvergne Mountains, Lourdes, Provins, Broceliande, Alsace and Saint Omer. The Murder In… Collection will be available in French with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
Irish crime drama
Hidden Assets
(Season 2) Australian Premiere Thursday, 12 October 2023 on SBS On Demand (all six episodes available)
Bibi arrives at her father-in-law Richard’s memorial service, hoping to see her son. When she’s blocked from entering by his business partner, Bibi is warned that any deals with Richard died with him. Bibi returns to Ireland, only to have her car bombed. Fearing her enemies are tying up loose ends, Bibi approaches the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and proposes a deal: protection and immunity from prosecution in return for information.
But there have been changes in CAB and the new team is less than thrilled to deal with Bibi – until a cyber-attack puts everyone’s lives at risk.
Hidden Assets S 1 -2 will be available on SBS On Demand.
French crime drama
Piste Noire
Australian Premiere Thursday, 12 October 2023 on SBS On Demand (all six episodes available)
When a local worker is found murdered in his caravan, ski-champion-turned-police-officer Emilie discovers behind the beauty of the icy mountains lies a dangerous conspiracy. Emilie joins forces with Major Servoz, a disillusioned local gendarme, and they soon discover a link between the crime and local drug dealers.
Then Emilie uncovers evidence that brings the case far too close to home: her brother may be the murderer.
Piste Noire will be available in French with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
Swedish-Finnish mystery
Thicker Than Water
(Season 3) Australian Premiere Box Set Thursday, 12 October 2023 on SBS on Demand (all seven episodes available)
Three years have passed, and the Waldemar siblings are asked to visit by their mother. They gather at the family lodging house on Sunnanö, where buried secrets and old injustices threaten them, not to mention new mistakes and drastic consequences.
Thicker Than Water S 1 -3 will be available in Swedish with English subtitles on SBS On Demand.
Canadian comedy
Shoresy
(Season 2) Australian Premiere Friday, 27 October 2023 at 6.00pm on SBS on Demand (all six episodes available)
Shoresy (Jared Keeso) and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (aka The NOSHO) continue their quest to never lose again in this hilarious second season.
Shoresy S 2 will be available on SBS On Demand.
Korean-Australian horror anthology
Night Bloomers
Australian Premiere SBS Digital Originals
Saturday, 28 October 2023 on SBS On Demand (all five episodes available)
Night Bloomers is an anthology of Australian horror stories from the Korean diaspora. With a goblin stowaway, creatures stalking in the night and shamanistic communications with the dead, Night Bloomers explores five interconnected horror stories, set in a world of unresolved yearnings from the Korean-Australian diaspora.
Through a series of creepy and off-kilter encounters, each hero is forced to confront their fractured identities and the darkness spawning around them.
Night Bloomers follows the success of recent acclaimed Digital Originals series such as A Beginner’s Guide to Grief and Latecomers. Night Bloomers has been invited to feature at SXSW Sydney as part of their prestigious TV Premieres section. It will also air on SBS Viceland on 28 October at 9.30pm.
Night Bloomers will be available with audio description and subtitled on SBS On Demand in five different languages including: Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese and Korean.
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