Dateline (AU)

Season 2018

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 Season 2018

38 Episodes

  • Internet Love in a Strange Land
    E1
    Internet Love in a Strange LandIn the remote Faroe Islands there is a shortage of women. Dateline reporter Bernadine Lim looks at how online dating is transforming the old Viking settlement into a new multicultural society. She dives in to the strange, cold, impenetrable Faroe culture to see if love can endure such an extreme culture clash.
  • Swapped from Manus to Missouri
    E2
    Swapped from Manus to MissouriSwapped from Manus to Missouri - Dateline meets the refugees swapped in a deal between Australia and the United States. Dateline takes a look at what it’s like arriving in Trump’s America after four years on Manus Island.
  • Sunny with a Chance of Gunfire
    E3
    Sunny with a Chance of GunfireCan one Australian woman make a difference in South Sudan’s brutal civil war? We meet the frontline aid worker who ‘thinks like a General’, in order to save lives.
  • Officer Ilona Reporting For Duty
    E4
    Officer Ilona Reporting For DutyWomen were banned from 450 jobs in Ukraine, but now the police force is leading the way on gender reform. They’re recruiting frontline female officers in a bid to change their brutal and bloody reputation.
  • Mexico’s Beach Wars
    E5
    Mexico’s Beach WarsEvery year hundreds of thousands of tourists travel to the white sand and aqua blue water of Cancún – but with increasing gang violence scaring locals and tourists alike, will people stop going?
  • Russia's 'Fake' Election
    E6
    Russia's 'Fake' ElectionOnly one person had a chance at winning the Russian election – so why did a former reality TV star challenge Vladimir Putin? And was she a Kremlin plant? We follow Ksenia Sobchak on the campaign trail.
  • Youth In Revolt
    E7
    Youth In RevoltMillennials across America are rising up against President Trump and taking over city hall. Can two millennial mayors beat old politics to save their struggling cities or will youth let them down?
  • The Children Of Agent Orange
    E8
    The Children Of Agent OrangeThe Vietnam War ended more than 40 years ago, but for many locals the effects of the conflict are felt every day. We investigate how the use of Agent Orange by American forces continues to impact Vietnamese children.
  • Princess and the Sex Slaves
    E9
    Princess and the Sex SlavesThousands of African women are trafficked to Italy and forced into sex work. How does a former sex slave who married one of her clients now rescue women from the clutches of human trafficking gangs?
  • China's Family Sacrifice
    E10
    China's Family SacrificeChinese New Year isn’t just a holiday - it's the largest annual human migration on Earth. We follow two workers as they travel across the country to their home town, the only time all year they’ll see their children.
  • City Without Water
    E11
    City Without WaterThis year, Cape Town has been on the verge of becoming the first major city to run out of water. Incredibly, they've managed to more than halve the amount of water they use – but will it be enough to save their city?
  • Yemen's Children of War
    E12
    Yemen's Children of WarWhat happens when three Yemeni kids under constant bombing attacks, are asked to report on the warzone they’re living in? An intimate and horrifying portrait of a community struggling to cope with the violence around them.
  • Exploring the Abyss
    E13
    Exploring the AbyssAs the world competes to explore the resource rich depths of the ocean, we’re given rare access to a team of Chinese scientists and four trailblazing women as they go on a perilous mission deep underwater.
  • Myanmar's Killing Fields
    E14
    Myanmar's Killing FieldsA special investigation into the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. The film examines evidence that Myanmar’s security forces used systematic rape and terror tactics to expel hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from the country.
  • Ireland's Abortion Debate
    E15
    Ireland's Abortion DebateIn Ireland women can go to jail for getting an abortion, even in cases of rape. As the country votes on whether to change its conservative abortion laws, we take the pulse of a nation divided down the middle.
  • The Vegan Wars
    E16
    The Vegan WarsWhat’s behind the rise of extreme vegan activists? This week we meet a third-generation dairy farmer who’s been called a rapist and a murderer and the Australian vegan activist kicking up a storm in the UK.
  • Made In China
    E17
    Made In ChinaChinese copy artist Zhao Xiaoyong has sold more than 90,000 Van Gogh reproductions. We follow him to the Netherlands see the real works of an artist who's consumed his life for decades.
  • How To Catch A Pimp
    E18
    How To Catch A PimpAn estimated 100,000 children in the Philippines are involved in prostitution. We go undercover with a Queensland dad who’s working with local police to track down the underground pimps of this criminal world.
  • The Beautiful Game For Girls
    E19
    The Beautiful Game For GirlsAll eyes are on the men’s football World Cup, but what about women who play the game? This week we go to three continents, and hear firsthand stories of their passion and struggle for the beautiful game.
  • Defending Gender: Part 1 - Proud Boys
    E20
    Defending Gender: Part 1 - Proud BoysIn part one of Dateline’s two-part gender special meet the Proud Boys, a group of men who say they are speaking up for a new class of minority: the disenfranchised young male.
  • Defending Gender: Part 2 - The Best Place to be a Woman
    E21
    Defending Gender: Part 2 - The Best Place to be a WomanThe Viking nation of Iceland has become a feminist utopia. We look at how the island country became the best place on earth to be a woman, and why that also means it’s the best place to be a man.
  • Saving China's Pandas
    E22
    Saving China's PandasChina’s dwindling panda population has come back from the brink of extinction. Dateline embeds with conservation groups to find out how their furriest celebrities are faring in the limelight.
  • Children Caught in the Crossfire
    E23
    Children Caught in the CrossfireThis week on Dateline, we meet the young journalists trying to unite Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through a news site, started by a local when he was just 11 years old
  • Trump's Zero Tolerance
    E24
    Trump's Zero ToleranceIs Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy violating human rights? In the days following Trump’s U-turn, Dateline follows one family’s fight to get their 7-year-old son back, after he was taken away at the border.
  • From Pariah to Messiah
    E25
    From Pariah to MessiahDateline travels to Kenya to meet an intersex preacher making ripples among a conservative Christian population. How has he overcome the stigma surrounding his sex to give voice to the ‘third gender’?
  • India's Hospital Train
    E26
    India's Hospital TrainAll aboard the Lifeline Express - the hospital train using India's railway network to deliver medical care and life changing operations to the country's most vulnerable.
  • What the FARC?
    E27
    What the FARC?How do some of the world's most notorious guerrilla fighters integrate back into society after putting down their guns? Colombia's FARC rebels are attempting to make their hills a tourist haven, and using a YouTube channel to tell their stories.
  • Un Sex Abuse Scandal
    E28
    Un Sex Abuse ScandalWhat happens when the peacekeepers meant to protect people, become the most feared? This week Dateline follows the trail of sex abuse left behind by UN peacekeepers, and hears from their victims.
  • The World's Dirtiest Air
    E29
    The World's Dirtiest AirIn Mongolia’s capital, people are literally dying to breathe. This week we visit a city with some of the dirtiest air in the world.
  • The Kids Are Not Alright
    E30
    The Kids Are Not AlrightNew Zealand’s Maoris are famed the world over for their warrior culture. But in a country with the highest teen suicide rate in the world, why are Maori boys barely holding on?
  • Korea's Dog Fight
    E31
    Korea's Dog FightDo dogs belong on the dinner plate? South Korea is in the midst of a war over a cultural practice as the younger generation defends canines in a battle against customs and tradition.
  • It's A Match
    E32
    It's A MatchTinder has turned the dating game on its head. But for one young woman, a simple swipe right would go on to save her life.
  • Prison With No Locks
    E33
    Prison With No LocksLast year, 138 prison inmates were killed in Brazil’s overcrowded and violent system. But could those on the inside be trusted to keep law and order if they were handed the keys?
  • Evil In Paradise
    E34
    Evil In ParadiseHow has the Dominican Republic, famed for its Caribbean lifestyle, become a hotbed for sex tourism with underage boys and girls, and what is being done to stop it?
  • From Melbourne To Mati
    E35
    From Melbourne To MatiMelbourne’s Greek community leapt to action when wildfires killed 99 people in the Greek seaside town of Mati. Dateline follows their search for answers and their quest to help the fire ravaged town.
  • US Midterms: Voters Verdict
    E36
    US Midterms: Voters VerdictAs voters hit the polls for the US mid-term elections Dateline heads to Iowa, a swing state that could stall President Trump’s agenda.
  • India's Beautiful Minds (Rpt)
    E37
    India's Beautiful Minds (Rpt)It’s believed 5 million children in India have genius IQs, but are never discovered. We follow two children from the slums who are as smart as Neil Armstrong and are fighting to achieve their dreams.
  • Saudi's Freedom Test Drive
    E38
    Saudi's Freedom Test DriveAs news of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder breaks, Dateline is on the ground in Saudi Arabia investigating the Kingdom’s new reforms for women. But are the reforms genuine? And do they go far enough?

 

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