The Best TV Shows on SBS On Demand

Every SBS On Demand Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of January 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of SBS On Demand’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Notable series such as Homecoming Queens and Departure from SBS On Demand first graced the screens in 2018 and 2019. With its programming history stretching from 2018 to 2025, SBS On Demand offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Reckless
    Reckless (2025)10.0

    When feuding siblings June and Charlie cover up a hit and run in their hometown of Fremantle, their lives spiral wildly out of control. As the lies pile up, so do the consequences and soon, everyone in town has something to lose.

  • Bill Bailey’s Vietnam
    Bill Bailey’s Vietnam (2025)8.0

    Bill Bailey travels to Vietnam on the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of US forces from Saigon. Immersing himself in its rich culture, stunning landscapes and complex history, he uncovers what makes this fascinating country tick.

  • Science Fiction Revolution
    Science Fiction Revolution (2025)7.5

    A journey through the 1980s sci-fi films, exploring the impact and relevance they had and still hold today, as told by the artists that made them as well as those inspired by their works.

  • Departure
    Departure (2019)6.5

    Follow the mystery of Flight 716 - a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. Following the mysterious crash, recently widowed, brilliant aviation investigator Kendra Malley is called in to investigate by her former boss and mentor Howard Lawson.

  • Homecoming Queens
    Homecoming Queens (2018)6.0

    Two best friends reinvent themselves after chronic illness changes their friendship, their futures and... their pubic hair.

  • Robbie Hood
    Robbie Hood (2019)6.0

    Joined by his band of merry mates Georgia Blue and Little Johnny, Robbie Hood is a charismatic thirteen-year-old misfit with a heart of gold, who skirts the law to right wrongs he sees playing out in his community. Short of money, and struggling to survive, Robbie and his mates have only themselves to rely on. Guided by the memory of his mother and a strong sense of what’s right and wrong, everything Robbie does is for a reason and, whether good or bad, he does it with the best of intentions. Even if it means helping out his dickhead father.

  • The Beach Hotel
    The Beach Hotel (2023)6.0

    To celebrate his 60th birthday, Werner Gyllenmark holds a party at his beach hotel and invites his family, employees and even his arch-enemy, Egil Grip. But the event ends abruptly with an accident that shocks the entire town - and slowly but surely, explosive secrets emerge that some people will go to any lengths to keep hidden.

  • Triple Oh!
    Triple Oh! (2024)4.0

    Tayls and Cate, two paramedics with strikingly different personalities, ride together to save people from life-threatening and sometimes bizarre medical emergencies, while figuring out their attraction for each other along the way.

  • Molly and Cara
    Molly and Cara (2019)N/A

    Follows the unlikely friendship between Aboriginal student Cara and bigoted 82-year-old Molly, who are thrown together by a pensioner-student affordable living scheme.

  • The Back Side of Television
    The Back Side of Television (2021)N/A

    Mitch McTaggart goes on a comedic journey through some of the most ridiculous moments on Australian television.

  • Tradition on a Plate
    Tradition on a Plate (2023)N/A

    Monique and Henry, from My Kitchen Rules, return to our screens for a deliciously entertaining series serving up tradition on a plate, demonstrating how to cook delicious traditional Māori meals, focusing on the memories and sovereignty of Māori food.

  • Meet the Neighbours
    Meet the Neighbours (2023)N/A

    Eight Australian households participate in an immersive social experiment, giving up their city lives for a chance to live in the small rural town of Maryborough, Victoria.

  • Lost Beasts
    Lost Beasts (2023)N/A

    Archaeological digs shed light on the extinct beasts of old, from the Tyrannosaurus Rex to the Tasmanian tiger, saber-toothed tiger, and the woolly mammoth, and look at the legends and myths surrounding them.

  • The Bloody Decade
    The Bloody Decade (2023)N/A

    Explores major theatrical releases, obscure titles, and straight-to-video horror movies of the '80s, from The Shining to the Nightmare on Elm Street saga.

  • Appetite
    Appetite (2023)N/A

    Three penniless delivery riders must battle the multinational food delivery company, Appetite, after becoming personally entangled in a conspiracy surrounding the mysterious death of a fellow delivery rider on the streets of Sydney.

  • Radio Hate
    Radio Hate (2023)N/A

    This four-part series looks at the rise of right-wing talk radio in the USA. From the deregulation battles of the 1980s, to the ascent of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, other conservative shock jocks - and their digital heirs. The first episode explores the Reagan era, as America's first celebrity president deregulates the airwaves and dismantles the Fairness Doctrine.

  • The Parasocial Social Club
    The Parasocial Social Club (2023)N/A

    Jenny and Kevin, two millennial stand-up comedians, clumsily get through everyday life in Australia with humorous observations.

  • Our Law
    Our Law (2023)N/A

    Follows the Indigenous officers and cadets who are trying to break the cycle of Indigenous incarceration and repair the damage between Aboriginal people and the police.

  • Four Years Later
    Four Years Later (2024)N/A

    Newlyweds Sridevi and Yash's marriage faces an early test when Yash's medical traineeship takes him to Australia for four years, forcing them into a long-distance relationship.

  • Warm Props
    Warm Props (2025)N/A

    Caught between set life and home life, Charlie Flogim is thrust back to her hometown of Broome where she is forced to deal with a chaotic film shoot and face the one person she vowed never to see again.