Dateline (AU)

Season 2020

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 2020

27 Episodes

  • Vietnam's Hard Knocks Kitchen
    E1
    Vietnam's Hard Knocks KitchenAdam Liaw reports from Vietnam to see if a love of food can help the country’s street kids and orphans find a brighter future. An Australian-run cooking school in Hanoi is training some of Vietnam’s most disadvantaged young people to become five-star chefs. But can the students Adam meets handle the heat in the kitchen? Adam also ventures into Hanoi’s underbelly to meet the 'Children of the Dust' - kids living on the streets in conditions that leave him shocked.
  • Who Will Take On Trump
    E2
    Who Will Take On TrumpDateline goes inside the Iowa caucus at the start of the Democratic race to the White House. We ask why this sleepy state is given so much political power, and whether it represents wider America.
  • Fiji's High Tide
    E3
    Fiji's High TideIn Fiji, reporter Evan Williams gains exclusive access to law enforcement officials, drug dealers and social workers on the frontline of Fiji’s drug war, exploring the devastating impact from this multi-billion-dollar illegal trade.
  • What Happened To The New Zealand Dream?
    E4
    What Happened To The New Zealand Dream?New Zealand is in the grip of a housing crisis. Dateline meets the struggling families living in one of the world’s most unaffordable cities, and the man helping the homeless become home owners.
  • Where Chocolate Comes From
    E5
    Where Chocolate Comes FromAt Easter Australians spend around $200 million on chocolate. Dateline meets cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast to see if are they getting a fair deal
  • Saving LA's Homeless
    E6
    Saving LA's HomelessDateline follows a reverend and his crew as they endeavour to help the homeless community in LA cope with COVID-19. Reverend Andy Bales is getting them off the streets and into shelters, implementing social distancing inside the shelter, setting up santisation stations, and enlisting volunteers to feed the homeless and provide medical care. Andy and his team of staff and volunteers are risking their own health to try and prevent the virus spreading amongst the homeless.
  • How Italy Has Changed
    E7
    How Italy Has ChangedTourist hotspot Venice is now a ghost town. The water’s clearer, but businesses are going bust. We go inside northern Italy's COVID-19 crisis to see how the area has changed and how locals are coping.
  • The People's Peace Talks
    E8
    The People's Peace TalksCan ordinary Israeli's and Palestinians succeed where politicians have failed by negotiating a solution for Middle East peace? Will COVID-19 bring solidarity instead of division to the table?
  • Machu Picchu: When The Tourists Left
    E9
    Machu Picchu: When The Tourists LeftOver half a million tourists visit Machu Picchu in Peru each year. What happens when COVID 19 locks them out? Dateline meets the locals adapting to isolation and a tourist drought.
  • How Coronavirus Overwhelmed Spain
    E10
    How Coronavirus Overwhelmed SpainSpain has had more than 25,000 COVID-19 deaths and endured one of the harshest lockdowns in the world. Dateline looks at how the nation has coped and whether it’s really ready to ease restrictions.
  • Paris: A Tale of Two Cities
    E11
    Paris: A Tale of Two CitiesAs Paris starts to emerge from a COVID-19 lockdown, Dateline looks at how the pandemic has amplified divisions between the rich and poor.
  • Birmingham Under The Knife
    E12
    Birmingham Under The KnifeBefore the world went into lockdown, the UK was swamped by a knife crime epidemic. Dateline investigates why Birmingham has seen a 20% rise in fatal stabbings over the last year.
  • China's Obesity Crisis
    E13
    China's Obesity CrisisChina's other health crisis is obesity, with one in five children severely overweight. Dateline meets the kids battling the bulge at military style weight loss camps.
  • China's Grey Race
    E14
    China's Grey Race
  • From Russia With No Immunity
    E15
    From Russia With No ImmunityAs COVID-19 shuts borders, one Australian with MS is trying to get to Russia for a stem cell transplant, another has just had treatment and can't get home. Dateline follows their remarkable journeys.
  • Pandemic Farming: Apples and Oranges
    E16
    Pandemic Farming: Apples and OrangesDateline investigates how COVID-19 is disrupting food production in Australia, the UK, and Germany. Are there enough workers to ensure crops are harvested and food makes it the table?
  • Zoo Troubles
    E17
    Zoo TroublesZoos have been forced to close during COVID 19 with many on the brink of collapse. Dateline meets UK zookeepers fighting to protect animals locked up during lockdown and asks if zoos have a future.
  • Welcome to Lesbos
    E18
    Welcome to LesbosThe Greek island of Lesbos needs summer tourists for its COVID-19 recovery, but it's also home to Europe's biggest refugee camp. Dateline meets the locals torn between welcoming tourists, or refugees.
  • Schools Under Siege
    E19
    Schools Under SiegeIn 2019, 300 children were shot and killed on the streets of Cape Town thanks to escalating gang violence. Dateline meets the teachers and students from a primary school caught in the crossfire.
  • Finland's Climate Warriors
    E20
    Finland's Climate WarriorsFinland has pledged to do what Australia says it can’t; become carbon neutral by 2035. Dateline meets the climate warriors working towards this ambitious goal.
  • Nirvana For Sale
    E21
    Nirvana For SaleDateline investigates Thailand's most controversial Buddhist sect: the Dhammakaya. Followers say it's Buddhism for the modern age, but critics say it's a money obsessed cult.
  • Trump's Deterrence Strategy
    E22
    Trump's Deterrence StrategyAn investigation by Britain’s Channel 4 News alleges Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign targeted 3.5 million Black Americans in battleground states to deter them from voting.
  • Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 1)
    E23
    Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 1)Dateline investigates how 128 passengers and crew aboard the Australian Greg Mortimer cruise ship became infected with COVID-19, and how Uruguay came to their rescue.
  • Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 2)
    E24
    Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 2)It started out as the holiday of a lifetime and quickly turned into a ship in lockdown, searching for a port in a COVID-19 storm. Dateline charts the story of the MV Greg Mortimer cruise ship that left Argentina three days after coronavirus was declared a pandemic.
  • Thailand On The Brink
    E25
    Thailand On The BrinkWith unprecedented access to the leaders of Thailand's protest movement, Dateline follows their risky campaign for change. Why are thousands challenging the King, and why are some risking jail time?
  • Asian Americans Decide
    E26
    Asian Americans DecideDateline travels to Republican heartland Texas to meet Asian American voters. Can the fastest growing ethnic group in the US swing the election by flipping Texas for the Democrats?
  • Alaskan Cold War Family Reunion
    E27
    Alaskan Cold War Family ReunionWhen two Inupiat communities in the Bering Strait come together, they find they have a remarkable connection, despite decades of separation under the so-called 'Ice Curtain' of the Cold War.

 

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