SBS On Demand brings audiences dramatically more with world dramas launch
Thursday, 16 June 2016
News Release
SBS On Demand gives Australians a reason to snuggle up on their sofas this winter and binge-watch some of the world's best dramas with the launch of world drama box sets on the streaming service from today.
Every episode will be available to watch on SBS On Demand, anytime, anywhere, and absolutely free.
With titles including sensational Icelandic crime thriller Trapped and UK comedy Raised By Wolves based on the childhood of award-winning journalist Caitlin Moran, SBS On Demand brings the best world dramas to Australian screens this winter with more new content to be added every month.
All dramas premiering on SBS On Demand will be available in full to viewers - that's every episode of entire seasons available instantly.
David Gwynne Head of SBS On Demand said: Along with international hits like Trapped, straight off the shores of Iceland, SBS has scoured the globe and hunted out, handpicked and curated the best drama content. We're thrilled to be bringing Australians some fantastic, exclusive dramas from France, Sweden, Denmark, the UK and much more from 16 June and, it's absolutely free.
SBS On Demand features over 5,000 hours of content from across the globe across 25 different platforms and is completely free to all Australians.
World dramas available IN FULL from today, 16 June
Trapped
From the director of critically-acclaimed movie Everest (Baltasar Korm kur), Trapped is a crime thriller reminiscent of an Agatha Christie locked room murder. Set in a small Icelandic town in a deep fjord in the east, Trapped follows the story of town sheriff Andri lafsson ( lafur Darri lafsson) as a ferry approaches the town and a dead body is discovered in the harbour.
Watch the full series here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/trapped
The Secret
Celebrated actor James Nesbitt (Babylon, Cold Feet) plays Colin Howell, a respected dentist and pillar of the community, who becomes a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher, Hazel Buchanan, played by Genevieve O'Reilly (Episodes, The Honourable Woman). Based on the shocking true story.
Watch the full series here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/the-secret
Raised By Wolves
Loosely based on the Wolverhampton childhood of award-winning UK journalist, columnist, author, and broadcaster Caitlin Moran, Raised By Wolves follows six socially-isolated, home-schooled siblings and their acerbic, highly capable mother Della Garry (Rebekah Staton).
Watch the full series here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/raised-by-wolves
Kabul Kitchen
The year is 2005. George Bush is president of the United States, Jacques Chirac is president of France and Jacky (Gilbert Melki) is the manager of the Kabul Kitchen, the only place where expats can party.
Watch the full series here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/kabul-kitchen
Modus
Brought to you by Emmy Award-winning writers Mai Brostr m and Peter Thorsboe, Swedish detective thriller Modus follows psychologist and ex-FBI profiler Inger Johanne Vik (Melinda Kinnanman) as she finds herself and her autistic daughter drawn into an investigation surrounding a series of disturbing and brutal deaths.
Watch the full series here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/modus
Trepalium
Sci-fi lovers are going to be kept at the edge of their seats with this dystopian drama series straight from the screens of France. In a world where jobs are scarce, in a city where only 20 per cent of the population is employed - leaving 80 per cent permanently out of work - a young woman, Izia Kattel (L onie Simaga), struggles to survive.
Watch the full series here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/trepalium
1864: Denmark's War
Brought to you by the producers of Borgen and The Bridge, 1864: Denmark's War is the next must-see Danish drama. A breathtaking historical epic with touches of noir cinematography, 1864: Denmark's War is an epic tale of love and war with familiar stars from Borgen (Sidse Babett Knudsen, Pilou Asbaek) and The Killing (S ren Malling, Lars Mikkelsen).
Watch the full series here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/1864-denmarks-war
For more information visit sbs.com.au/ondemand
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