8/02/2023

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SBS's Tuesday night current affairs line-up will return on Tuesday 21 February, with Insight at 8:30pm AEDT and Dateline on Tuesday 7 March at 9:30pm AEDT.

In 2023, these powerful and long-running series will bring global events and issues to the forefront, provide compelling and diverse first-person stories, and deliver original investigations. SBS's current affairs programs continue to tell impactful and distinctive stories from voices that would otherwise be unseen and unheard.

Insight is Australia's leading forum for surprising first-person stories and debate at 8:30pm. Presented by Kumi Taguchi, the program will explore a wide range of topics in 2023 including Politically Incorrect , Identity Crime , Mid-Life Sexual Awakenings , Discovering A Hidden Past , Housing Stress, and much more.

On Tuesday 7 March in its established timeslot at 9:30pm, Australia's longest-running international current affairs show Dateline will explore global issues that deepen our understanding of the world around us, with this year's line-up featuring stories from Japan, Jamaica, T rkiye, Ukraine, Denmark, and more.

The 2023 season kicks off with a compelling story from Japan, reported by Kumi Taguchi. She goes inside the world of a controversial church, that some call a cult, now under investigation for its role in Japanese politics, and its connection to the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

This year, Dateline's brand-new format features a diversified offering spanning two distinct stories per episode, with the inclusion of one short-form human interest story to complement the lead in-depth feature.

Also in 2023, SBS will introduce its new specialist documentary unit that sits within its award-winning News and Current Affairs team, with a focus on creating content for a younger audience and investing in original programming for SBS On Demand.

This year, Marc Fennell will follow on from the success of Framed - the story of Australia's greatest art heist and SBS's most successful ever online-focused originals commission - with two new powerful digital-first documentary series.

SBS Director of News and Current Affairs, Mandi Wicks, said: At SBS, our distinctive current affairs programs are designed to inform Australians and to provide unique and inspiring perspectives and stories - ones that might otherwise not be told.

In 2023, our line-up will continue to give voice to individuals and communities through storytelling that's creative and compelling, highlighting issues to drive thoughtful conversation across both local and global matters.

The SBS News and Current Affairs team looks forward to delivering a slate that goes beyond the headlines to engage and educate all Australians.

Insight

Returns Tuesdays from 21 February at 8:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand

Insight is Australias leading forum for discussion and powerful people centred stories. Each week, host Kumi Taguchi uses her unique skills to guide a lively debate on a single topic. Following 2022's hot topics including conspiracy theories, catfishing, gender games, bad jokes and deathbed confessions, there is nothing Insight won't explore. Insight will continue to give a platform to individuals with real stories that reflect the evolving human experience.

Episode 1 Synopsis

Politically Incorrect

Has political correctness gone too far? *Screener available now in the SBS Screening Room

Episode 2 Synopsis

Identity Crime

Is it possible to protect your identity nowadays?

Episode 3 Synopsis

Mid-Life Sexual Awakenings

When a mid-life change drives a sexual awakening.

Dateline

Returns Tuesdays from 7 March at 9:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand

Dateline is an award-winning international documentary series with a current affairs backbone. Each week, Dateline scours the globe to uncover special characters and a world of daring stories. In 2023, Dateline launches its new format featuring two impactful stories per week, including an in-depth feature and a shorter human-interest story.

Episode 1 Synopsis

The Church and the Assassin

Kumi Taguchi goes inside the world of a controversial church that some call a cult.' This Church is now under investigation for its role in Japanese politics since the assassination of Prime Minister Abe.

On July 8, 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot. The shock assassination stopped the nation, and the headlines sold a captivating story: a mother bankrupted by a controversial church, a disillusioned son seeking retribution.

Kumi travels to Japan to uncover how this political violence has changed a country she holds a deep personal connection to.

With rare access inside the Japanese headquarters of The Unification Church, now known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, Kumi meets the members who claim they are being persecuted for their faith since the assassination of Abe. Some say they have been threatened, while others are frightened to acknowledge their faith.

The Unification Church is a new religious movement that was founded in Korea in 1954. The Church's founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed Messiah, born in what is now North Korea. Over the years, the church gained notoriety for its mass weddings and numerous splinter groups and foundations.

After Abe's assassination, over 100 Japanese politicians revealed their ties to the Church, unravelling politics and plummeting the sitting government's approval ratings.

As Kumi travels through Japan, she meets the families and lawyers who claim significant amounts of money have been lost through excessive donations to the Church. They say for years their issues with the Church have been ignored, until now.

Episode 2 Synop

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