Searching for something shiny and new? From vampiric thrillers to enthralling dramas, here are the top new TV series premiering in August 2026. Discover what's coming to your screen and find your next binge-worthy favourite right here.
Watch every single moment of the Tour de France Femmes live and free with SBS On Demand, sink your teeth into something utterly divine with The Vampire Lestat and Interview with the Vampire and face the highs and lows of running a chaotic airport with SBS Original series The Airport Chaplain. Culinary journeys, comedies, crime series? No matter what you're craving, we have you completely covered in August.
Series coming to SBS On Demand in August
- Tour de France Femmes
- The Good Ship Murder, season 3
- Minx, seasons 1-2
- Matt Preston's Plating Locally
- Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey, season 2
- Nora Sand: The Pushover
- The Vampire Lestat
- Interview with the Vampire
- La Vuelta a Espana 2026
- After Us
- The Airport Chaplain
Tour de France Femmes
The Tour de France Femmes is a newer race than the men's edition, with the best female cyclists in the world also competing in the toughest and most high-profile race on the calendar. One thing doesn't change: how you can watch the race is via SBS and SBS On Demand from August 1.
The commentary team for the women's race will be led by Matthew Keenan, with Grace Brown and Emily Watts joining him in the booth to bring the action to life.
You can watch stages, replays, mini stages, highlights and must-see moments on SBS On Demand at the Tour de France 2026 Hub, Australia's home of the Tour de France 2026 and Tour de France Femmes.
The Tour de France Femmes Stage 1 premieres Saturday, August 1 at 11.45pm (AEST). The final stage, Stage 9, premieres Sunday, August 9 at 11.55pm (AEST).
For more details on how to watch every stage of the Tour de France, head here.
The Good Ship Murder - season 3
A mysterious woman with a life-changing illness, a mysterious priest, an acclaimed but outspoken auteur and a wellness guru with a disgruntled patient. These are just some of the many characters hopping on board the Good Ship in season 3, all with secrets they might just kill to keep.
Jack is back where he belongs - on board and by Kate's side. Reunited, the two investigate many a murder across the globe.
The Good Ship Murder season 3 premieres Friday 7 August at SBS On Demand.
Minx - seasons 1-2
In the 1970s Los Angeles, an earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.
Created by Ellen Rapoport and executive produced by Paul Feig (director of Bridesmaids), this moreish series stars Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson (New Girl).
Minx seasons 1-2 premiere Wednesday 12 August at SBS On Demand.
Matt Preston's Plating Locally
Hosted by acclaimed food writer and broadcaster Matt Preston, Plating Locally is a candid travel and food series that journeys across Australia, and into New Zealand, in search of the people and places behind some of the region’s most distinctive produce. Trading the city and the supermarket shelf for the reefs, paddocks, vineyards and red dirt that quietly feed the nation, Matt meets the farmers, foragers, winemakers, fishers and artisans who dedicate their lives to growing, raising and crafting exceptional food and drink.
The journey begins on the wild, sun-soaked coast of Margaret River in Western Australia, where abalone is farmed on living ocean reefs. From there Matt heads east through the old vines and cellar doors of South Australia, the Barossa Valley, the Fleurieu Peninsula, rugged Kangaroo Island and the ancient red soils of the Limestone Coast, before returning home to Victoria's Yarra Valley. The final leg carries the series across the Tasman, to the cool-climate Tamar Valley in Tasmania and on to Marlborough at the top of New Zealand's South Island.
In every region, Matt connects with the local characters who make each place taste like nowhere else, learns the history and dedication behind native and heritage ingredients, and then does what he loves most, cooking. Plating up generous, soulful dishes that celebrate each ingredient at its source, with a picturesque, ever-changing landscape as his backdrop.
This is the story of a country and its food, told one remarkable ingredient at a time.
Matt Preston's Plating Locally premieres Wednesday 12 August at SBS Food and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS Food starting Wednesday 12 August at 8.30pm.
Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey S2
The new season of Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey sees Shaun Micallef accompany six prominent Australians back to the places their ancestors once called home. Armed with historical research, misplaced confidence and a passport, Shaun helps uncover family stories that have lain hidden for generations. Along the way, there are remarkable discoveries, unexpected detours, laugh-out-loud moments and conversations that quietly change how each guest sees the people who came before them. Because the past has a habit of refusing to stay there. Fortunately for us.
Premiering Tuesday 18 August on SBS and SBS On Demand, the six-part series opens in Italy, where Shaun joins award-winning actor and television personality Pia Miranda. Together Pia and Shaun retrace her Nonno’s footsteps. uncovering a family history shaped by resilience, hardship, and migration. In Vulcano, Pia searches for the home where her Nonna once lived and the church where she was married. Emotional reunions with relatives prompt reflections on identity, belonging and the life she may have lived had her family’s story unfolded differently.
Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey season 2 premieres Tuesday 18 August on SBS and SBS On Demand. New episodes of the six-part series air weekly at SBS starting Tuesday 18 August at 7:30pm.
Season 1 of Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey is now streaming at SBS On Demand.
Nora Sand: The Pushover
In an upscale neighbourhood in North Zealand, Denmark, a woman is found dead in a pool. Suspicion falls on her boyfriend, Tom, a notorious con artist. When he unexpectedly turns himself in, he admits to fraud but insists her death was an accident. Veteran investigator Morten Stark is convinced he is lying, and lacking hard evidence, he plays a dangerous game to expose him. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, journalist Nora Sand digs through a former colleague’s research and uncovers multiple past fraud cases against Tom. As her team trace his past, they uncover a chilling web of fraud and lies.
Nora Sand: The Pushover is a gripping story of deception and manipulation, where those who come too close risk becoming pawns in a deadly game.
Nora Sand: The Pushover premieres Thursday 20 August at SBS On Demand.
Nora Sand: Fatal Crossing is now streaming at SBS On Demand.
The Vampire Lestat
Lestat de Lioncourt is setting the record straight after the release of Interview with the Vampire with a raw album and documentary. As his many past lives are revealed, Lestat’s undying fans will witness the rise and fall of an immortal icon.
The Vampire Lestat premieres Friday 21 August at SBS On Demand.
Interview with the Vampire
Journalist Daniel Molloy interviews the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac. Beginning in 1910 New Orleans, Louis' story tells of his relationship with the vampire Lestat, the fledgling Claudia, and their family's attempt to survive immortality together.
Interview with the Vampire premieres Friday 21 August at SBS On Demand.
La Vuelta a Espana 2026
As the Tour de France wraps up, the cycling world shifts focus to the final Grand Tour of the year, offering riders one last shot at glory. La Vuelta e Espana returns from 22 August to 13 September, bringing three weeks of world-class cycling as the top riders in the men's peloton battle for 'La Roja' - the coveted leader's jersey. This year's race will take place in Monaco, France, Andorra and Spain. All 21 stages will be available live on SBS2 and SBS On Demand, with full replays, daily extended highlights, 25-minute mini recaps and key winning moments also available on SBS On Demand.
La Vuelta a Espana Stage 1 premieres Saturday 22 August at 12.05am (AEST).
After Us
While the heads of Europe’s largest corporations launch a forum in the Alps claiming to fight global warming and save a glacier, the Phoenix group swings into action: across the continent, six young activists simultaneously kidnap the executives' children. Their goal: to expose the corporate greenwashing and force the leaders to keep their promises before it is too late.
After Us premieres Sunday 23 August at SBS On Demand.
The Airport Chaplain
Led by Hugo Weaving (Slow Horses, Love Me) and Shabana Azeez, breakout star of the Emmy® and Golden Globe Award®-winning drama series The Pitt, the eight-part series takes audiences inside the high-stakes world of a bustling international airport, told through the struggles, triumphs and unexpected connections of the workers who keep it running.
At the centre of The Airport Chaplain is Tobias Wallace (Hugo Weaving), a fast-moving fixer with a constantly ringing phone, pockets full of cash and an unorthodox approach to the daily crises of an airport. Convinced the airport couldn’t run without him, Tobias has never encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets his formidable new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez), who sees Tobias as less saviour to the masses and more a walking liability.
Double episodes will air on SBS at 8:30pm Wednesdays, with all eight episodes available to stream on SBS On Demand. from 26 August.
The Airport Chaplain premieres Wednesday 26 August at SBS and SBS On Demand. The first two episodes will premiere on SBS at 8.30pm on 26 August, with double episodes continuing to air weekly on Wednesdays at 8:30pm.
