Audio Described Programming
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Sunday, 4 January 2026
9:55 pm
NITV - Cadillac Records, Movie, M
Cadillac Records follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Monday, 5 January 2026
5:35 am
WORLD MOVIES - Ponyo, Movie, PG
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
10:10 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Europe's Waterways Series 1 (Ep.3), Documentary Series, PG
In this episode, the water takes us to the south of France. Starting in the Camargue, we travel up the Rhone, the most voluminous river in the country, past Arles, Avignon and Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
10:20 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.1), Documentary Series, PG
Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth. He's a 'boomer', born in the decade after the end of the Second World War, and he recalls the excitement of rebuilding the nation.
4:15 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.1), Documentary Series, G
Situated in a water meadow in North Dorset, rare breed farmers Liam and Hannah have a 1930s shepherd's hut that was bought for just 5 pounds almost 40 years ago, but it's seen better days.
Tuesday, 6 January 2026
9:55 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Europe's Waterways Series 1 (Ep.4), Documentary Series, PG
Starting from Hel Peninsula, the journey travels the Baltic Sea down to the Hanseatic city of Gdansk, then follows the Vistula and the Elblag Canal to the Masurian Lake District.
2:35 pm
VICELAND - Heroines Series 1 (Ep.12), Documentary Series, PG
Women's sport is inspiring growth including viewership, participation and sponsorship. But while we celebrate the breaking down of barriers, women's sport continues to face many unique challenges.
3:05 pm
VICELAND - Heroines Series 1 (Ep.13), Documentary Series, G
Women's sport is inspiring growth including viewership, participation and sponsorship. But while we celebrate the breaking down of barriers, women's sport continues to face many unique challenges.
10:30 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.2), Documentary Series, G
Michael's railway journey through northwest Britain from Preston to Hebden Bridge reaches Greater Manchester, where he celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War.
4:25 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.2), Documentary Series, G
Simon and team go to Devon where camp site owner Faith wants to create a unique property using an invention of her later father's.
Wednesday, 7 January 2026
10:00 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Europe's Waterways Series 1 (Ep.5), Documentary Series, PG
Always upstream, today's journey takes us to the Netherlands and Belgium. From the North Sea and the port city of Rotterdam we travel along the Maas. Passing Venlo, Maastricht and Liege.
8:30 pm
WORLD MOVIES - Pig, Movie, M
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
9:25 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Crime Series 2 (Ep.4), Drama Series, MA
The case continues to evade Lennox - he has a connection between the victims but can't find a motive. Lennox becomes suspicious of Norrie Erskine, whose odd behaviour suggests he knows more.
10:25 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.3), Documentary Series, G
Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram delivers Michael to the former cotton town of Oldham on the edge of the Peak District. He then takes the Hope Valley Line to Edale to enjoy the national park.
4:20 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.3), Documentary Series, G
When 17-year-old Ruben told his parents that he wanted to build a mud hut in their Oxfordshire garden as his A level project, they had no idea how much work they would all have to put into it.
Thursday, 8 January 2026
8:30 pm
NITV - Reservation Dogs Series 3 (Ep.7), Drama Series, M
Rita gets an unexpected visit from an old friend.
9:00 pm
NITV - Reservation Dogs Series 3 (Ep.8), Drama Series, M
The gang gets interrogated.
9:15 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - In Flight Series 1 (Ep.1), Drama Series, M
A flight attendant finds her life turned upside down when she's blackmailed into drug smuggling after her son is imprisoned for murder.
10:10 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.4), Documentary Series, PG
In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery. His guide, an ex-miner, takes him 140 metres down into the mine to imagine the conditions men faced.
10:45 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Vienna Blood Series 4 (Ep.4), Drama Series, MA
Oskar is in hiding, but with the help of the casino proprietress manages to identify the gamblers at a secretive game Max joined before he was shot.
4:05 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.4), Documentary Series, G
The tiny 2-floored building may look like a turret on the outside, but on the inside it's a bland office. Simon enlists a top carpenter and designers to create a medieval-themed B and B.
Friday, 9 January 2026
7:30 pm
NITV - Hook, Movie, PG
Superstars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts star in award-winning director Steve Spielberg's updating of PETER PAN.
10:25 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.5), Documentary Series, PG
Michael Portillo continues his post-war exploration of northwest England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge. In Centenary Square in Bradford, Michael encounters literary giant, J.B. Priestley.
4:00 am
WORLD MOVIES - Priscilla, Movie, M
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments
4:25 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.5), Documentary Series, PG
In Monmouthshire, a 100-year-old lighthouse is the venue for Simon and his team's latest project. After many years, Danielle and Frank want their home back but without giving up their business.
Saturday, 10 January 2026
10:05 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Eco Show Series 1, The (Ep.1), Documentary The, G
On this episode of The Eco Show, Bridie Shepherd visits Melliodora, a permaculture property in Hepburn. Victoria, and we take a look at the bush fire resistant design of the property.
10:35 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Eco Show Series 1, The (Ep.2), Documentary The, G
Bridie Shepherd visits the Patho Plains in Victoria to chat with renowned ornithologist Dr David Baker-Gabb about a very unique and endangered ancient Australian bird, the plains wanderer.
11:05 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Phase III Odyssey Series 1 (Ep.1), Documentary Series, M
Leo Khouri and David Frake are lifelong friends. They are on a mission to tour Australian to highlight the importance of male bonding and the wellbeing that comes with adventure.
8:30 pm
NITV - Beowulf, Movie, MA
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
10:50 pm
VICELAND - Snowpiercer Series 4 (Ep.9), Drama Series, MA
Alex sabotages the track and escapes with Layton. Nima's troops gas the town. Melanie reveals she's Alex's father. The team boards Snowpiercer to stop the rocket, leaving Nima searching in vain.
11:40 pm
VICELAND - Snowpiercer Series 4 (Ep.10), Drama Series, MA
Nima launches the rocket, but Melanie and Alex sabotage it. The Gemini fails, and control is restored. The team returns to New Eden, reflecting on the future as hope blooms in the mountains.
4:25 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.6), Documentary Series, G
Simon and team go to Epsom Downs in Surrey to help turn a bow top caravan into a romantic B and B that will be the focal point of Lynn and Mick's wedding business.
Sunday, 11 January 2026
4:25 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.6), Documentary Series, G
Simon and team go to Epsom Downs in Surrey to help turn a bow top caravan into a romantic B and B that will be the focal point of Lynn and Mick's wedding business.
10:15 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - The Eco Show Series 1 (Ep.3), Documentary Series, G
Bridie Shepherd spends the day at Black Duck Foods in Wallagaraugh, Victoria, chatting with author and farmer Bruce Pascoe and the Black Duck team. Black Duck Foods is an Indigenous social enterprise.
10:45 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - The Eco Show Series 1 (Ep.4), Documentary Series, G
Bridie heads to East Gippsland to meet the team at Waterholes Wildlife Sanctuary and learn about the work they are doing to support our native wildlife, specifically kangaroos and koalas.
11:15 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Phase III Odyssey Series 1 (Ep.2), Documentary Series, M
The adventure continues up north into Queensland Breakdowns and cyclones don't deter the drivers as they battle on through!
8:30 am
WORLD MOVIES - My Sailor, My Love, Movie, PG
My Sailor My Love is a heart-warming drama on timeless love and forgiveness by Director Klaus Haro.
Monday, 12 January 2026
10:20 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.6), Documentary Series, G
Michael travels through the Britain of his youth from London's Docklands and East End to the 'city within a city', the Barbican. At Tilbury, he traces the arrival in 1948 of the Empire Windrush.
4:00 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.7), Documentary Series, G
Simon and his team visit Toby and his daughter Islay in Pembrokeshire where Toby needs help on his latest big idea of turning a sonar hull from a warship into a land locked submarine.
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
8:30 pm
WORLD MOVIES - Jules, Movie, PG
Milton lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard.
10:25 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.7), Documentary Series, G
Michael Portillo continues his railway exploration of the post-war Britain of his youth on a journey from London to Cambridge.
4:15 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.8), Documentary Series, G
In Somerset, David, Sue, and daughter Katie are a family obsessed with fairies and all thing magical. They're looking to create an out of this world treehouse built in their back garden.
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
8:30 pm
WORLD MOVIES - Reality, Movie, M
On June 3, 2017, 25-year-old former American intelligence specialist Reality Winner is confronted by FBI agents arriving at her home. Based on true events.
9:25 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Crime Series 2 (Ep.5), Drama series, MA
As Lennox wrestles with the consequences of his actions, the hunt to catch the killer ramps up a gear when one of his own team is targeted.
10:25 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.8), Documentary Series, PG
Michael Portillo ventures deep underground onto London's newest railway: the Elizabeth Line. From the driver's cab he enjoys an impressively smooth ride from Paddington to Tottenham Court Road.
1:35 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - The Eco Show Series 1 (Ep.5), Documentary Series, G
Bridie visits Nardoo Hills Reserve located in Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung country. It is one of the few places left in Victoria where you can still find healthy Grassy Box and Box-ironbark species.
2:05 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - The Eco Show Series 1 (Ep.6), Documentary Series, G
Bridie Shepherd visits Flannagan Island in East Gippsland. Its the very first whole island in Australia to be legally protected under a covenant by Trust for Nature.
4:05 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.9), Documentary Series, G
Will's family have been farming their land in Lincolnshire for generations, but to generate some extra income, he calls Simon to help create a very unique agricultural themed B and B.
Thursday, 15 January 2026
8:30 pm
NITV - Reservation Dogs Series 3 (Ep.9), Drama series, M
Willie Jack bids farewell to her mentor. Elora Danan decides on her future. Bear acquires a lesson.
9:10 pm
NITV - Reservation Dogs Series 3 (Ep.10), Drama series, M
Elora meets her dad for the first time.
9:20 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - In Flight Series 1 (Ep.2), Drama Series, M
Jo sinks deeper into criminality after a hidden pack of heroin is stolen and she's given 24-hours to get it back!
10:15 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.9), Documentary Series, PG
Michael Portillo continues his rail exploration of the east of England from London's Tilbury docks to Cambridge.
2:05 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - The Eco Show Series 1 (Ep.7), Documentary Series, G
Bridie Shepherd visits the Dolphin Research Institute in Hastings Victoria. The organisation works across three areas; conservation research, community education, and environmental leadership.
2:35 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - The Eco Show Series 1 (Ep.8), Documentary Series, G
Bridie Shepherd visits the Moonlit Wildlife Sanctuary in Victoria, which is dedicated to the recovery of the Australian native orange bellied parrot. Orange-bellied parrots are critically endangered.
3:55 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.10), Documentary Series, G
Nigel and Maria inherited a 400-year-old farm near Cullompton in Devon and want to give up their day jobs to spend as much time as they can on the farm with their family.
Friday, 16 January 2026
8:30 pm
WORLD MOVIES - Django Unchained, Movie, MA
With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
10:25 pm
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Great British Railway Journeys Series 14 (Ep.10), Documentary Series, G
Michael completes his railway journey through the east of England during the post-war period. At RAF Lakenheath, he discovers a slice of America dropped into the British countryside.
4:20 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - My Unique B&B Series 2 (Ep.11), Documentary Series, PG
Simon is in Shropshire to help vintage vehicle loving Bethan and John turn a 1940s railway goods carriage into a unique B and B located in their back garden.
Saturday, 17 January 2026
10:00 am
NITV - Alick & Albert, Movie, PG
Even though they live worlds apart, Torres Strait artist and activist Alick Tipoti and His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco unite to help protect the Ocean.
11:10 am
SBS MAIN CHANNEL - Phase III Odyssey Series 1 (Ep.3), Documentary Series, PG
Epic weather and 'Cyclone Trevor' conditions don't stop the mission as Leo and David continue to drive through the stunning state, go to poetry readings, all whilst meeting incredible individuals.
7:05 pm
VICELAND - Abandoned Americana Series 3 (Ep.1), Documentary Series, M
Abandoned Americana seeks to tell the hidden history of the United States through its forgotten ruins and those who know their stories.
8:30 pm
WORLD MOVIES - The Great Escaper, Movie, M
Bernard Jordan escapes his care home to attend the D-Day anniversary in Normandy, a journey that reveals wartime trauma and celebrates his 60-year marriage to Rene and enduring love.