December 31st, 2020 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: Programming,
Aussie Jessica De Gouw (
Vienna Blood with Matthew Beard, at SBS on Demand from tomorrow.
This is a 6 part drama which premiered internationally in November 2019.
Set in 1900s Vienna and starring Australian actress Jessica De Gouw (The Secrets She Keeps, The Hunting) and Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), Vienna Blood follows Max Liebermann, a brilliant young English student of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. When Max encounters Oskar Rheinhardt, a Detective Inspector struggling with a strange case, he agrees to help him investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. Max’s extraordinary skills of perception and forensics, and his deep understanding of human behaviour and deviance, lead them to them solving some of Vienna’s most mysterious and deadly cases.
The Tudors), the final season of epic saga
Vikings will premiere with a double episode on SBS and SBS On Demand at 8:30pm on Wednesday 6 January. Episodes will then air weekly on Wednesdays at 9:30PM.
Vikings fans have been waiting over a year to find out how this iconic series, first premiering in 2013 and inspired by the tales of the Norsemen of early medieval Scandinavia, concludes. The final instalment begins as Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith,
Lovecraft Country, Neighbours) learns the truth about Kjetill. Meanwhile, back in Norway, the battle against the Rus has had grave consequences. Reinforcements are on the horizon, and Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig,
A suspenseful mystery drama,
White Wall from Sweden is about a wall found deep underground at the site of the world’s largest nuclear waste depository. Project director Lars Rapp (Aksel Hennie) wants the wall to be kept secret, but rumours run rife through the small mining town. Rapp’s life’s work is to complete this facility, yet nuclear waste is piling up and the project is years behind schedule. Even so, he has no intention of postponing the upcoming opening ceremony, but a spanner is thrown into the works when it’s discovered the wall is made of a material unknown to humankind. Should they leave it alone, or dig deeper to see what lies behind it? Sci-fi fans will also enjoy this unusual, thrilling tale.
Matthew Beard
Dr Matthew Beard is a moral philosopher and is the Writer and Content Producer at The Ethics Centre. Matt has a PhD in military ethics. Matt has published a number of papers and books on a variety of topics including moral injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, cyberwar, torture and medical ethics. He appears regularly in print, radio and TV discussing ethical issues from vampires to anti-vaccination and Ashley Madison, including in The Guardian, ABC, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Daily Telegraph. Matt also produces an ethics podcast for kids, called Short & Curly, produced by the ABC.