Dateline (AU)
Season 2015
Dateline is an Australian television current affairs program broadcast on SBS One. Since its debut at 8:00 pm on Friday 19 October 1984, it has focused largely on international events, often in developing or warring nations. Since 2000, Dateline reporters have travelled by themselves without a camera crew or sound engineers. It remains the longest-running international current affairs program in Australia.
Where to Watch Dateline (AU) • Season 2015
35 Episodes
- Gunned Down
E5Gunned DownIn December 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and killed 26 children and adults with a Bushmaster rifle before taking his own life with a handgun. The tragedy shocked the United States, sparking an outpouring of grief and widespread calls from the public for politicians to ‘do something’ about guns. The moment, it seemed, was ready for gun control advocates to seize, but like many times before, they ran into intense opposition from a powerful political force: the National Rifle Association (NRA). Drawing on interviews with leading voices on both sides of the gun regulation debate, Gunned Down goes inside one of the country’s greatest divides to illuminate how the NRA reinvented itself from a group of gun enthusiasts and sportsmen with minimal political focus, to a powerful lobbying force opposing any perceived infringement of the constitutional right to bear arms. It traces the emergence of one of the NRA’s top leaders, Wayne LaPierre, and explores how he has activated the group’s influential base in the wake of mass shootings. And with firsthand accounts of school killings in Newtown and Columbine, as well as the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Gunned Down examines why Washington hasn’t acted. - Nepal's Nightmare: Tales of grief and survival
E12Nepal's Nightmare: Tales of grief and survivalCould Nepal have done more to prepare for the predicted earthquake? Dateline hears the personal stories amid the devastation and looks at the political faultlines that the disaster has opened up. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/nepals-nightmare-tales-grief-and-survival - Vaccination Vigilantes: Fighting Polio and the Taliban
E13Vaccination Vigilantes: Fighting Polio and the TalibanThe subject of whether children should be vaccinated is controversial in Australia and around the world, but in Pakistan health workers are being killed for carrying out immunisations. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/vaccination-vigilantes-fighting-polio-and-taliban - Cora's Pet Project: Healing South Africa, one animal at a time
E14Cora's Pet Project: Healing South Africa, one animal at a timeCora Bailey ventures into some of South Africa’s most deprived townships to treat people’s animals, but she also has to confront the even more urgent needs of their owners. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/coras-pet-project-healing-south-africa-one-animal-time - Unwelcome Everywhere: The Rohingya Story
E16Unwelcome Everywhere: The Rohingya StoryShunned by their home Myanmar, and facing an increasingly hostile reception elsewhere, Dateline hears the personal stories of the outcast Rohingya Muslims. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/unwelcome-everywhere-rohingya-story - The Death of Ageing: Will we soon be living forever?
E17The Death of Ageing: Will we soon be living forever?Is the secret to living forever about to be found? Dateline explores the secretive research centres trying to cheat death and asks what is the real price of this possibility. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/death-ageing-will-we-soon-be-living-forever - Children of the Dirty Gold
E18Children of the Dirty GoldIt’s called Dirty Gold, because it’s not just shoppers who are paying a high price for it. Dateline gets rare access to film the children forced underground and even underwater to mine the precious metal. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/children-dirty-gold - Rhino Angels: World’s first female anti-poaching unit
E20Rhino Angels: World’s first female anti-poaching unitThese women were so appalled by the mutilation and killing of rhinos that they decided to fight back - they call themselves the Black Mambas. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/rhino-angels-worlds-first-female-anti-poaching-unit - Shades of Bad? The changing face of NZ gang culture
E21Shades of Bad? The changing face of NZ gang cultureCan New Zealand’s notorious gangs be a positive force in their communities? From making sandwiches for needy children to having an older and wiser view of life, Dateline asks if they’re now coming of age. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/shades-bad-changing-face-nz-gang-culture - Deal or No Deal: Greece’s impossible choice
E22Deal or No Deal: Greece’s impossible choiceAs Greece reaches a crucial point in deciding its economic future, Dateline meets three generations of its people to ask what it means for them. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/deal-or-no-deal-greeces-impossible-choice - Lycra in Africa: A cycling dream come true
E23Lycra in Africa: A cycling dream come trueTen years ago, having an African cycling team was just a dream. Now, they’ve reached their first ever Tour de France. Dateline follows the trials and triumphs on their remarkable journey. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/lycra-africa-cycling-dream-come-true - Meet the Terrorists: The Bali bereaved search for answers
E24Meet the Terrorists: The Bali bereaved search for answersIn part one of Dateline's Meet the Terrorists special, three people who lost loved ones in Bali face the man who trained the bombers, Nasir Abbas. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/meet-terrorists-bali-bereaved-search-answers - Meet the Terrorists: Bali bomber says sorry and offers to come to Australia
E25Meet the Terrorists: Bali bomber says sorry and offers to come to AustraliaBali bomber Ali Imron says sorry during his first ever meeting with the victims’ loved ones and offers to come to Australia, in the concluding part of Dateline’s Meet the Terrorists special. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/meet-terrorists-bali-bomber-says-sorry-and-offers-come-australia - Thailand's Moment of TruthE28
Thailand's Moment of TruthAustralian journalist Alan Morison and his Thai colleague Chutima Sidasathian exposed the plight of the Rohingya, so why are they now on trial and facing seven years in a Thai jail for reporting the truth? sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/thailands-moment-truth - Allow Me To DieE31
Allow Me To DieImagine choosing to die when you don’t have a terminal illness. Is it a choice we should have? A powerful Dateline special gets rare access to film the journeys of two people in Belgium – going behind the most liberal euthanasia laws in the world. http://sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/allow-me-die - China's SupermumsE32
China's SupermumsImagine giving birth, then relaxing while someone else does all the hard work. Staying indoors for the first month is a tradition for Chinese mums, but now hiring supermums is big business and taking it to a whole new level. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/chinas-supermums
