Dateline
Dateline

Dateline is an award-winning international documentary series. In 2024, Dateline marks its 40th year on air as Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. Each week Dateline scours the globe to bring you special characters and a world of daring stories.

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The landmark 40th season will explore global issues that expand our understanding of the world around us, with this year's line-up featuring stories from Gaza, Syria, Romania, Venezuela, Germany, Japan, the United States, and beyond.

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Watch America's Autism Wars: Dateline - SBS

Watch America's Autism Wars: Dateline

Watch America's Autism Wars for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

SBS News

Dateline: Inside North Korea

Tonight's Dateline has an exclusive Australian screening of the BBC's controversial undercover investigation into the realities of life in North Korea.

2 min read

SBS News

David O'Shea

Video journalist David O'Shea joined Dateline in 1998 and says he's been privileged to see so much history in the making.

1 min read

SBS News

The Intern Diaries: Robot Love in Japan

Dateline reporter Dean Cornish discusses travelling to Japan to report on the country's love of robots, with Dateline intern Samuel Yang.

2 min read

Watch Inside China: The Battle For Tibet: Dateline - SBS

Watch Inside China: The Battle For Tibet: Dateline

Watch Inside China: The Battle For Tibet for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

SBS News

Bali Nine: Dateline's Sukumaran and Chan interviews

As Bali Nine drug smugglers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan face execution, Mark Davis recalls getting the first interviews with the pair for Dateline in 2010.

1 min read

Watch Daughter Of Sierra Leone: Dateline - SBS

Watch Daughter Of Sierra Leone: Dateline

Watch Daughter Of Sierra Leone for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

SBS News

Are forest kindergartens a good idea?

Dateline's story on Denmark's forest kindergartens has had a huge response, but is being able to run free in the forests a good way for children to learn? Or should there be greater concern for their safety?

1 min read

SBS News

Inside Singapore's elite education system

Dateline travels to Singapore to find out why its education system tops the global leader board. We look at high-stakes testing, and ask if the culture of competition puts too much pressure on kids.

7 min read

SBS News

Paul Murphy

Paul Murphy was Dateline's first host, presenting the series from its inception in 1984 until 1996.

1 min read

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As Australia’s most diverse broadcaster, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) holds a unique place in the Australian media landscape, inspiring all Australians to explore, respect and celebrate our diverse world and in doing so, contributes to an inclusive and cohesive society.

Today, SBS is a modern, multiplatform media organisation with a free-to-air TV portfolio spanning six distinctive channels in SBS, NITV, SBS VICELAND, SBS Food, SBS World Movies and SBS WorldWatch; an extensive radio network providing over 60 communities with services in their own language; and an innovative digital offering, including SBS On Demand, available to audiences anytime and anywhere.