Documentaries portray powerful themes and critically engage with the SBS Charter, a principal function of which is to provide broadcast programs which reflect Australia's wonderfully diverse multicultural society. http://www.sbs.com.au//blog/107857/documentaries--sbs Tuesday 26th August and 2nd September 8.30pm
A series of in-depth interviews with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair conducted by well-known (and controversially pro-Iraq) British journalist David Aaronovitch. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108188/blair Friday 29th August 8.30pm
A documentary on Nixon's rise to power – achieved by his constant use of manipulation, lies and secrecy. Nixon was not the only politician who believed that the end justified the means, but he turned his obsession into an art form. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108187/nixon-the-man-you-love-to-hate Sunday 24th August 8.30pm
Top Gear presenter James May takes a tour of the 20th century- trying out for himself some of the most surprising and influential technological advances of the past hundred years. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108186/james-mays-20th-century Watch the film right here
A uniquely intimate documentary on the fateful journey of the Uruguay rugby team whose plane crashed into the Andes and how they survived the extreme conditions for 72 days. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108159/stranded--the-andes-plane-crash-survivors As the world watches the Beijing 2008 Olympics, find out just what it takes to get there in the first place. This is the story of Zhang Ning, a veteran badminton player for China. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108158/olympic-journey-the-road-to-beijiing- Watch the full documentary right here
How do you run 26.2 miles if you have trouble making it around the block? Watch what happens when couch potatoes prepare for the Boston Marathon. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108139/marathon-challenge Tuesday 5th August 8.30pm
A potent mixture of heartbreak and crushing irony, the program documents the lives of several 12-year-old African-American boys who were transported from the harsh streets of Baltimore in the US to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, Africa. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108128/boys-of-baraka Tuesday 5th August, 8.30pm
In the lead-up to the Beijing 2008 Olympics, SBS will screen Olympia: Myth and Truth, a documentary that investigates the way the original Olympians competed, and questions whether the idealised image of Olympic values are founded in fact or fiction. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108127/olympia-myth--truth- Friday 8th August 7.30pm
A remarkably unique love story about two Australians whose shared love of life and unwavering passion for equality has kept them together for over 40 years. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108126/when-colin-met-joyce Wednesday 5th August 7.30pm
Goodbye Revolution explores the story of acclaimed Chinese-Australian artist Jiawei Shen’s journey from the revolutionised China of the 1980’s to the quiet beach town of Bundeena, Australia. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108123/goodbye-revolution Sunday 3 August 7.30pm
Once the center of the world, still the largest palace on earth. This 2 part documentary recount the construction and decline of the Imperial City, via crucial turning points in the 15th and 19th centuries. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108122/forbidden-city Sunday 27 July 8:30pm
Did you know we can only account for a tiny percentage of our universe – just 4% in fact? Scientists know this 4% consists of atoms, but what about the rest? Does ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energy’ really fill the voids? http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108119/most-of-our-universe-is-missing Tuesday 8th July 8:30pm
A documentary that examines the Putin Administration and the emergence of the Russian Secret Service as a powerful government led force that will not only protect, but if required, silence opposition to the president and his office. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108099/murder-by-numbers-in-putinland Friday 25 July 8:30pm
A three-part series that follows the JPAC team as they try to identity deceased US soldiers from around the world using forensic techniques and trawling through archived records in order to give families and descendants answers about lost loved ones. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108098/the-body-hunters Tuesday 22 July 7:30pm
A documentary featuring players from two of the world’s best gay rugby teams; sentimental favourites, San Francisco Fog and feisty upstarts, Sydney Convicts, as they prepare to compete for the 2006 Bingham Cup, in New York City. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108097/walk-like-a-man Tuesday, 15 July at 8.30pm
Follow a group of young Chinese as they struggle to find their way through the nation’s booming economy and confront the opportunities and challenges of modern China. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108089/young-and-restless-in-china Tuesday 15 July 7:30pm
As the world’s gaze turns to China for the 2008 Olympic Games, SBS Television will screen an unusual documentary that blends fiction and reality to reveal a refreshingly light and intimate side to some of China’s unique social customs, interesting cuisine options and bizarre sleeping habits. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108088/chining-me Friday 11 July 7:30pm
A look at how some of the residents of Kempsey – known as the “most racist town in Australia” – are experiencing the living history of their hometown. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108055/a-northern-town The Zhao Ling: a mountain in the valley of the river Wei, the Chinese 'Valley of the Kings'. In the year 649, Emperor Taizong, the ruler who led China into a Golden Age, found his last resting place here – in a sumptuous palace deep inside the Zhao Ling. Today, his mausoleum is one of the greatest puzzles of archaeology: No one knows where the entrance to Taizong's subterranean palace is located. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108052/emperors-tomb-the-secret-of-zhao-ling Sunday 6th July 8:30pm
Petrol prices starting to hurt?Tom and Ray Magliozzi take a lighthearted but shrewd look at some of the more serious implications of our reliance on oil. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108049/car-of-the-future