SBS On Demand November 2026 highlights – SBS On Demand has a wide-ranging November line-up. It is led by the Australian documentary 2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback, the first Eurovision Asia and the final season of Babylon Berlin. Michelle Williams also stars in Dying for Sex. Meanwhile, the service is adding complete runs of City on a Hill and Cardinal, a Western Sydney food series, Nordic crime dramas and a Diwali and Deepavali collection.
For Australian viewers, the month moves between SBS originals and imported box sets. Several titles also have scheduled SBS, NITV, SBS Food or SBS2 broadcasts. However, the dates below refer to their SBS On Demand availability unless stated otherwise. SBS advises that dates and titles may change.
1 November: City on a Hill and the start of the month
All three seasons of City on a Hill arrive on Sunday 1 November as a 26-episode box set. Set in early-1990s Boston, the crime drama pairs Jackie Rohr, an FBI agent played by Kevin Bacon, with assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward. Ward wants to challenge a corrupt system. Their uneasy alliance targets a gang of armoured-truck robbers from Charlestown. Yet their opposing attitudes to the city’s entrenched problems keep the partnership under strain. Charlie MacLean created the series from a story by MacLean and Ben Affleck.
The same day brings the first season of Swedish drama Veronika, food series Frugal Foodie season two and factual series including Europe: One Continent – Five Worlds and Nordic Islands: Lofoten and Vesteralen. SBS is also adding a substantial selection of films and documentaries on 1 November; the dated list appears further down this report.
The arrival of a full three-season run makes City on a Hill a box-set option from the beginning of the month, rather than a weekly release. The first-season setup also introduces the central conflict between Rohr’s disregard for rules and Ward’s determination to change how Boston’s institutions operate.
4 November: Family Dineasties
SBS Original Family Dineasties is a two-episode box set from Wednesday 4 November. Kylie Kwong and Kevin La, known as Sydney Food Boy, travel through Western Sydney from Cabramatta to Campsie. They visit eight restaurants and food businesses to hear their family stories. Along the way, they explore the recipes, flavours and traditions behind Chinese, Southeast Asian and Korean food in Australia.
Rather than treating the dishes as isolated attractions, the series places the families who built these businesses at the centre of the journey. Family Dineasties also screens on SBS Food at 7.30pm.
The Western Sydney setting gives SBS On Demand’s November slate a distinctly local food story amid the international drama and crime imports. Viewers can stream both episodes from 4 November instead of waiting for the television run.
5 November: Deli Boys
The ten-episode first season of Deli Boys arrives on Thursday 5 November. Pakistani American brothers Raj and Mir Dar have lived comfortably off their father’s deli empire. When he dies, they learn that he was more than a food-business magnate: he was also a drug lord. The brothers lose their fortune. They are then pulled into an underworld they are wholly unprepared to navigate.
Saagar Shaikh and Asif Ali play Raj and Mir, with Poorna Jagannathan as Lucky Auntie and Brian George as Ahmad Uncle. The comedy follows the brothers as each disastrous decision becomes a matter of survival. SBS2 will also run the season as a nightly marathon from 8 to 11 November at 8.30pm.
8 November: Diwali and Deepavali hub
A Diwali and Deepavali collection launches on Sunday 8 November. Its factual titles include Not Your Butter Chicken, which explores South Asian stories in Western Canada through food and wine expert Shiva Reddy; The World’s Biggest Curry Restaurant, about the family and staff behind The Royal Nawaab Pyramid in Stockport; Love After 60 in India; and the Australian documentary Dadi Maa: Dayawati Pandey, about a community leader offering free Hindi lessons to children.
The film selection includes Hindi Vindi, starring Guy Sebastian; My Melbourne, four stories drawn from true incidents; Bollywood comedy Andaz Apna Apna; musical romance Rangella; Tamil dramedy Nanban; and Harishchandrachi Factory. The festival will also be marked on SBS World Movies on Sundays at 8.30pm and on SBS Food from 3 November.
10 November: 2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback
The four-part NITV and SBS Original 2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback begins streaming on Tuesday 10 November. Blackfella Films’ Darren Dale produced and directed it. The documentary examines the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, the criminal trial and the aftermath for those affected. Filmed in the Northern Territory, it draws on police body-worn footage and community-shot vision. It also has access to people at the centre of the case.
SBS and NITV will broadcast the episodes at 8.30pm on 10, 11, 17 and 18 November. The filmmakers say Walker’s family has given permission for the documentary to use his original name, while acknowledging the cultural protocols that can apply to naming a person who has died in Aboriginal communities.
12 November: Babylon Berlin and Noirvember
The fifth and final season of Babylon Berlin arrives on Thursday 12 November as an eight-episode Australian premiere. Set in the weeks after Adolf Hitler becomes Reich Chancellor on 30 January 1933 and before the March election, the story follows characters facing stark choices: conform, resist or flee. All five seasons will be available in German with English subtitles. The drama is loosely based on Volker Kutscher’s novels and stars Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries and Lars Eidinger.
Noirvember: Veronika and Oxen
SBS On Demand is also using November to assemble a Noirvember collection. On 12 November, Swedish crime drama Veronika returns with seasons two and three, adding 12 episodes. Alexandra Rapaport plays a police officer whose unsettling visions overlap with murder investigations. In season two, a man confesses to killing his wife, but strange clues begin to unravel the case. In season three, a missing boy’s death draws Veronika into a speedway-team and biker-gang investigation. She also struggles with PTSD and family pressures. Seasons one to three will be available in Swedish with English subtitles.
The collection continues on 26 November with season two of Danish thriller Oxen, a six-episode box set. Niels Oxen, Denmark’s decorated former soldier, and Margrethe hold evidence that could disrupt the shadowy Danehof organisation’s political plans. Both go underground as Danehof and the Danish intelligence service search for Oxen. Their evidence may not be enough on its own, and divisions within the organisation complicate the fight. Both seasons will be available in Danish with English subtitles.
The two premieres broaden the collection beyond one kind of Nordic mystery. Veronika combines police work with the protagonist’s disturbing visions and personal trauma; Oxen moves into political conspiracy and a pursuit involving Danish intelligence. SBS will make earlier seasons available too, allowing new viewers to start at the beginning of either story.
14 November: Eurovision Asia
The inaugural Eurovision Asia streams live and on demand from Bangkok on Saturday 14 November. Eleven countries will send artists: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Australia is not competing, but Courtney Act will provide the commentary for Australian viewers.
Thai television personalities Woody Milintachinda and Cindy Bishop host the contest. SBS describes the event as a shared stage for the region’s artists and musical identities. Viewers who miss the live stream can watch on demand, while SBS2 has a replay scheduled for Sunday 15 November. SBS has not supplied an Australian live start time in this monthly guide.
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19 November: Cardinal
All four seasons of Canadian crime drama Cardinal arrive on Thursday 19 November as a 24-episode box set. Billy Campbell plays detective John Cardinal, whose persistent hunch in a serial-killer investigation brings him back into Homicide after a demotion. As he pursues the case, he suspects that his new partner, Detective Lise Delorme, played by Karine Vanasse, may have another agenda. Cardinal’s family troubles add a further strain. SBS2 is also scheduled to screen the drama on Mondays at 11.25pm.
26 November: Dying for Sex
Michelle Williams leads the eight-episode Dying for Sex, available as a box set from Thursday 26 November. She plays Molly Kochan, who receives a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer and leaves her husband to explore her sexuality on her own terms. Her best friend Nikki Boyer, played by Jenny Slate, supports her through the experience.
The comedy-drama is based on Kochan’s life and the podcast of the same name. Liz Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock wrote the series; Jay Duplass plays Molly’s husband, while Rob Delaney and Sissy Spacek also appear. Williams won a Golden Globe for the performance. SBS will screen the series on Thursdays at 9.30pm.
More November arrivals on SBS On Demand
Beyond the featured premieres, SBS’s November calendar lists further food shows, documentaries, dramas and films. These are the dates supplied in its monthly guide, with titles subject to change.
- 1 November: Frugal Foodie season two; Europe: One Continent – Five Worlds; Nordic Islands: Lofoten and Vesteralen; Veronika season one; films Blood Moon Party, Dead to Rights, Faruk, Gran Torino, Greatest Days, Kills on Wheels, Tall Tales, The Empty Beach and The Great Lillian Hall; and documentaries A Journey Through Serbia’s Wild Nature, Australia’s Wild Woodlands, Crocodile: Australia’s Greatest Survivor, Dadi Maa: Dayawati Pandey, Norway: A Call from the Wild, Portugal’s Wild Wonders, Save the Reef Act Now, Shenzhou 13, The Giiyong Gumleaf Band, Wild Bali, Wild Faces of Scandinavia and The World’s Biggest Curry Restaurant.
- 3–5 November: Not Your Butter Chicken arrives on 3 November, Family Dineasties on 4 November, and Deli Boys season one and Pubertat on 5 November.
- 6 November: The film selection adds Before Dawn, Bug, From Hilde, with Love, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Remember to Blink, T-34, The Arctic Convoy, The Photo from 1977, The Sapphires and U-96, The True Story of Das Boot.
- 9 November: Rachael Ray’s Meals in Minutes season four; films 20 Years Later, Everyone Gets Bored of Everything, Maksym and Milana, Squata Locks, Tabbeh and The Sun Comes Up; and documentaries From No Voice to Big Voice, Hui Jia, I Came from There and With Love, Nouria.
Mid-month additions
- 10–13 November: 2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback and film Out Standing are listed for 10 November. Babylon Berlin season five, Veronika seasons two and three and The Cup follow on 12 November. On 13 November, films Boiling Point, By Mistake, January Second, Max W Antar, Practical Magic, Tangerine, Wet Monday and Whisky Galore arrive alongside short film Chasing the Sun.
- 19–20 November: Cardinal seasons one to four arrive on 19 November. On 20 November, SBS lists A Hard Day’s Night, Babyteeth, Dreams, Hamburger Hill, Love, Russian Ark, Secret Ballot, Sex, The Hypnosis, The Quiet Earth and Universal Soldier.
Late November additions
- 23–27 November: Documentary series Icons Unearthed: Arnold Schwarzenegger is listed for 23 November. Dying for Sex and Oxen season two arrive on 26 November. The 27 November film line-up includes 5 to 7, Bolbol Afandy, Cabrini, Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, Ismail Yassine in the Airforce, Laroy, Texas, Stars at Noon and The Story of Frank and Nina.
- 30 November: Food title Jayaflava: Celebrating Sri Lanka closes the dated November list.
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