2024 is a landmark year for SBS's award-winning current affairs line-up, covering the most impactful local and global stories

2024 is a landmark year for SBS's award-winning current affairs line-up, covering the most impactful local and global stories

13 February, 2024

Media releases

Returning to Tuesdays from 5 March, don't miss Insight at 8:30pm and Dateline at 9:30pm, which celebrates its milestone 40th year on air, on SBS and SBS On Demand. *Images here*

**Watch the trailers below**

Insight here

Dateline here

Australia's favourite discussion show with powerful first-person stories, Insight,and award-winning international documentary series Dateline will return to SBS and SBS On Demand on Tuesday 5 March from 8:30pm AEDT.

In 2024, Insight will delve into nuanced discussions around taboo topics, while Dateline will spotlight fascinating characters and daring stories, investigate captivating international issues and events, and reveal new insights into key issues across Australia.

Fearlessly delving into contentious subjects facing Australians today, this year Insight will explore what's behind Australia's current baby drought, meet trailblazing boomers who paved the way for bold social change, investigate why guilt can have such a powerful hold on us and how it can be harnessed for good, explore why people become super fans - and what happens when it goes too far - amongst much more.

Insight will also launch a brand-new podcast, Insightful, on Tuesday 5 March. Hosted by Kumi Taguchi, the podcast will feature popular guests with intriguing backstories who have previously appeared on Insight, including male escort Samuel Hunter, long-time Dolly Doctor Melissa Kang, former professional big-wave surfer and convicted drug trafficker Wayne Cleveland, and Charlotte Charles, who's 19-year-old son Harry was killed while riding his motorcycle by a driver who claimed diplomatic immunity and fled the jurisdiction. Publishing weekly on Tuesdays, the first season of Insightful will feature eight unique episodes.

In its established timeslot at 9:30pm, Australia's longest-running international current affairs show Dateline will celebrate its historic 40th year on air in 2024. The landmark season will explore global issues that expand our understanding of the world around us, with this year's line-up featuring stories from Venezuela, Romania, Syria, Netherlands, Germany, the U.S., and beyond.

The 2024 season premiere will see Australian performer, playwright, and Coda (children of deaf adults) Jodee Mundy travel to Pennsylvania to join the first Asian-American Coda camp for Deaf parents and their kids. Exploring multiple layers of identity, the episode is a moving look into how an immersive experience in sign language and Asian family-values can help these pre-teens connect with their Deaf parents.

SBS Director of News and Current Affairs, Mandi Wicks, said: SBS's current affairs line-up is renowned for reflecting diverse, multi-faceted issues that impact all Australians. There is nothing like Insight - a program where taboo topics are discussed in a respectful and inclusive way. We are thrilled to be launching Insightful: The Podcast, diving deeper into some of the most extraordinary and surprising first-person stories. Dateline will celebrate its 40th year as Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. The program continues to explore and reflect the issues and events of our time as we all seek to understand and navigate an increasingly complex world.

Insight Returns Tuesdays from 5 March at 8:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand

Australia's favourite show for nuanced discussions around taboo topics, Insight delves boldly into challenging subjects impacting Australians around the country, with host Kumi Taguchi providing a safe space for ordinary people to talk to each other without judgement. Following 2023's wide-ranging and topical episodes, including Mid-life Sexual Awakenings, Seeking Justice, Boomers vs Millennials and Your Voice. Your Vote., 2024's topics will continue to captivate and address the hot topics Australians are talking about.

Episode 1 Synopsis

Baby Drought - Tuesday 5 March at 8:30pm AEDT on SBS and SBS On Demand

Australia's birth rate is plummeting with more of us choosing to have one child, or none.i Insight host Kumi Taguchi speaks to singles, couples and fertility and population experts to find out what's behind the baby drought, and what will society look like in forty years as a result?

i Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Births, Australia. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/births-australia/latest-release.

*Episode 1 screener now available for preview on SBS Screening Room

Episode 2 Synopsis

Thanks Boomers - Tuesday 12 March at 8:30pm AEDT on SBS and SBS On Demand

Baby Boomers are much maligned, but what Millennials mightn't know is how much their parents' generation pushed boundaries for social change. Insight meets single mothers who kept their babies despite pressure to abort or adopt, one of the first Matildas who played in the national soccer team before it even had a name and other trailblazing Boomers who broke taboos - from religion to gender, to sex, asking how much have things changed?

Episode 3 Synopsis

Fateful Decisions - Tuesday 19 March at 8:30pm AEDT on SBS and SBS On Demand

Samia was a carefree 19-year-old when an older, charismatic stranger asked her to sail the world with him. Samia tells host Kumi Taguchi how her decision, and the real identity of the man who seduced her, would change her life forever. Insight hears from guests who've made fateful decisions for better or worse.

Episode 4 Synopsis

Guilt - Tuesday 26 March at 8:30pm AEDT on SBS and SBS On Demand

A police sniper from the Lindt Caf Siege explains the overwhelming guilt he felt for the deaths of two hostages, while a woman admits feeling guilty for having an a

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