Top new series coming to SBS On Demand in May 2025

SBS Australia

23-04-2025

L-R: Go-Jo from Eurovision 2025, Who Do You Think You Are?, The Veil and Dark Winds. Sherlock & Daughter, season 1
Black Forest Murders, season 1
Who Do You Think You Are?, season 16
Eurovision Song Contest 2025
The Man Who Died, season 2
Couples Therapy, season 4, part 2
Sherlock Holmes finds himself in a most unusual state: extortion. He is stymied, unable to investigate a recent spate of high-profile kidnappings lest he incur the wrath of a mysterious criminal syndicate who have taken hostage his dearest friends, Doctor Watson and Mrs. Hudson. Meanwhile, a young American woman named Amelia Rojas travels across the world after a murder in her home in California, intent on meeting the famed detective with whom she claims a startling connection. When this strange young woman shows up on his doorstep, Sherlock must determine whether she is a threat, an asset, or, somehow, family. Sherlock & Daughter premieres Thursday 8 May on SBS and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS starting Thursday 8 May at 9.30pm.
A young woman goes missing. After an intensive search, her body is found, beaten to death by a stranger. Detective Barbara Kramer from the police in Lauburg, Baden-Württemberg, and her team begin the search for the perpetrator, talking to witnesses and gathering evidence. Although the team grows into a large special investigation unit, securing hundreds of leads and trying to make connections, the investigation seems to lead nowhere. In addition, the special unit must deal with a second murder, of which it is not clear whether and how it is related to the first. And parallels to a similar case in Austria that took place four years earlier become apparent. Under the eyes of a worried public, the police officers have to keep asking themselves whether any new information can be expected and where it can be found. Nevertheless, the pressure of the investigation is maintained for months. Their persistence is finally rewarded: decisive clues are consolidated into evidence. Arrests can be made and the conclusion of the police work helps the region to come to terms with the tragic events. Black Forest Murders season 1 premieres Thursday 8 May on SBS On Demand.
The Italian Grand Tour comes once again to SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand in 2025 with the notoriously steep slopes of the Alps, Dolomites and Apennines all set to feature, with coverage of every pedal stroke. A stellar line-up of general classification contenders headlines this year's Italian Grand Tour, with Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe's two-pronged attack of previous Giro champions Primoz Roglic and Aussie Jai Hindley set to feature in May. The route features two time trials, four flat and seven mountain stages after its start in Albania, with tough climbs in the south of Italy and the steep San Pellegrino in Alpe in the Tuscan Apennines. All races for the Giro d'Italia premiere live on SBS VICELAND and will be live-streamed on SBS On Demand from Friday 9 May - Sunday 1 June. You can catch live streams, full replays, and the winning moment from every stage on SBS On Demand.
Seven participants, each with their own set of special skills, are flown into the harsh nature of Lapland, 300 km north of the Arctic Circle. Armed with bows, arrows, fishing rods, axes and stubbornness, the survivalists of Alone Denmark season 8 must build their own homes and provide their own food. However, early on in the competition, the journey takes a surprise turn. This year promises to be colder, tougher and more extreme than ever before. Alone Denmark premieres Monday 12 May on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand with weekly triple episodes. Episodes air weekly at SBS VICELAND starting Monday 12 May at 6pm.
The cast of season 16 of this much-loved series includes Tom Gleeson, Patrick Brammall, Camilla Franks, Gina Chick, Matt Nable, Claudia Karvan, Mark Coles Smith and Marc Fennell. We join them on their individual journeys around Australia and overseas in search of previously undiscovered family histories. From the wilds of the Kimberley, across Australia, New Zealand, and to central Europe where the first shots were fired in World War Two, our celebrity detectives dig deep and find profound stories of love, loss and survival. Who Do You Think You Are? season 16 premieres Tuesday 13 May on SBS and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS starting Tuesday 13 May at 7.30pm.
Who Do You Think You Are? Australia This year's Eurovision Song Contest will be taking place in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland. There's a huge range of songs, styles and staging coming our way during two semi-finals and the electrifying grand final. Go-Jo will be representing Australia with his brilliant and bouncy track "Milkshake Man". This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Australia's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. SBS's exclusive broadcast of Eurovision 2025 is LIVE and in prime time from Wednesday 14 May – Sunday 18 May on SBS and SBS On Demand. Further details of SBS's broadcast will follow soon.
Dark Winds follows Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, and Bernadette Manuelito of the Navajo Tribal Police solving mysteries and serving justice as their reservation is besieged by a series of increasingly violent crimes in the 1970s. Every mystery uncovers old wounds that run deep, not only in their own lives, but in the collective past of the community they serve. Each step closer to the truth forces the officers to confront their own personal demons, family trauma, and evil forces that threaten the uneasy balance of reservation life. In the third season, Leaphorn and Chee seek justice in the mysterious disappearance of a Navajo boy, while an FBI agent looks into a case linked to Leaphorn's recent past. Meanwhile, Manuelito unearths a conspiracy on the border with far-reaching implications. Dark Winds season 3 premieres Thursday 15 May on SBS On Demand.
Finnish Mushroom entrepreneur Jaakko sleepwalks through life until a dodgy diagnosis, an affair and threats from the local mushroom mafia turn his world upside down. In the second season of this Finnish crime drama, loyalties are tested and the mushroom business is at risk of being taken over by Stella Lampinen, the Lingonberry Queen. The Man Who Died season 2 premieres Thursday 22 May on SBS On Demand.
Couples Therapy follows world-renowned psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik as she deftly guides couples through real-life therapy sessions. The series brings viewers into the intimate sessions to witness the conflicts – and extraordinary breakthroughs – typically hidden behind closed doors. The second part of season four invites viewers back to the couch, where Dr. Orna Guralnik navigates a thorny brew of recriminations, conflict and painful truths with four new couples. Guralnik delves into the crisis of a deaf man and his hearing partner torn between sexual freedom and commitment, a young couple haunted by trauma and buried secrets, a long-married pair trapped in cycles of bickering and avoidance and a therapist-writer duo locked in a zero-sum battle of sacrifice and grievance that pushes Orna to question her own methods. Couples Therapy season 4, part two premieres Monday 26 May on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS VICELAND starting Monday 26 May at 10.45pm.
Starring Elisabeth Moss, The Veil is a spy thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, the CIA and French DGSE must work together to avert potential disaster. The Veil season 1 premieres Tuesday 27 May on SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS starting Wednesday 4 June at 9.30pm.
Powerful new documentary series, Our Medicine, takes viewers behind the frontline of Australia's strained medical services, shining an important light on First Nations professionals working to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and communities. Narrated by screen icon Leah Purcell AM, the groundbreaking series offers unique access to First Nations doctors, nurses, paramedics, traditional healers and other medical professionals, following their day-to-day challenges as they support patients on their journey through the system. Our Medicine premieres Thursday 29 May on NITV and SBS On Demand, with weekly double episodes. Episodes air weekly at NITV starting Thursday 29 May at 7.30pm.
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