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In the early 1990s, a Japanese samurai detective series was aired in Australia and became a cult success. Titled in Japan Ronin Suiri Tentai (meaning roughly Deductive Reasoning Ronin), it was soon known in the West as Top Knot Detective. The original series was legendary in Japan, a cultural train wreck led by Takashi Tawagoto, a crazy writer, producer, director and lead actor; one who could not act, fight or write at all.

An idealistic film student is drawn into a shadowy and intoxicating world when she befriends an enigmatic performance artist.

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most exhaustively filmed and studied tribe on the planet? Despite their "do no harm" creed and scientific aims, the small army of anthropologists that has studied the Yanomami since the 1960s has wreaked havoc among the tribe – and sparked a war within the anthropology community itself.

The incel community is a world that’s usually closed off to the outside - especially to women. Incels, short for 'involuntary celibates', are mostly lonely young men who can’t find a sexual or romantic partner – and resent women for it. In this two-part investigation, two female producers meet with current and former incels from around Australia to learn what it means to be an incel.

In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?

Jackie Chan is a true icon of Asian and Chinese culture. Over a 45-year-long career, he has carved a niche for himself as an actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter, but also singer and formidable businessman. After starring in almost 200 films, Jackie Chan has reconciled fans of genre film and Hollywood blockbusters, whilst bridging the gap between Asian and Western cinema. Through film excerpts, archive footage and images, and an offbeat approach inspired by the visual codes of the golden age of kung fu films, this documentary will take a look back at the creation of a popular hero who has come to be an icon for China, and for the entire Asian continent.

In 1889, Gustave Eiffel decides to attempt the impossible for the Universal Exhibition in Paris: to build the tallest tower in the world. Before this project, this pioneer and visionary had created more than 300 metal structures around the world.

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

For centuries Troy was believed to be a mythical city. Now, a leading team of American archaeologists have discovered an ancient thriving city, and evidence of a real Trojan War.

Lionel Rose, Australia's first Aboriginal world champion boxing hero - the man behind the myth

A short film that compiles the three SBS Station IDs, created by Anthony Lucas. They take place in his universe of The Shadowlands.

Kate is on a plane taking Warren, her 18 year old Torres Strait Islander foster son, to meet Flo, his birth mother, who is gravely ill in hospital in Brisbane. Flo hasn't seen Warren since she took him to the hospital on Thursday Island when he was a toddler and the white authorities took him away. But as Warren, Flo and Kate all prepare themselves for the reunion, unbeknown to them, Kate's Brisbane based parents, Keith and Dellmay, are planning a different kind of reunion.

Helena Rubinstein is rightly seen as one of the pioneers of a market worth millions - the female beauty market. Born in Krakow, Rubinstein started her career in the early years of the twentieth century in Australia, from where she quickly went on to conquer Europe and the United States. What began with twelve jars of her mother's beauty cream was to develop into a company with 100 branches in 14 countries and a workforce of 30,000 employees.

The Coming War on China is John Pilger's 60th film for ITV. Pilger reveals what the news doesn't - that the United States and the world's second economic power, China (both nuclear armed) are on the road to war. Pilger's film is a warning and an inspiring story of resistance.

A look at the history of America's multi-billion dollar missile defence system, from President Eisenhower to Reagan and Bush.

An all singing, all dancing fever dream musical about the Australian property market. Featuring first home buyers, boomer investors, predatory lenders and a real estate chatbot in the middle of an existential crisis. This is the story of love, money and negative gearing.

This true, astonishing story describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908. Under his control, Congo became a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Leopold posed as the protector of Africans fleeing Arab slave-traders but, in reality, he carved out an empire based on terror to harvest rubber.

A woman named Poppy helps her grandmother, Iris, fake her death to avoid entering a much-feared nursing home. With a deep connection to their coastal town, Iris and Poppy hide away by the ocean, guarding their secret until Iris' dementia escalates beyond the pair's control and suspicion starts to close in on their ploy.

Celia Pacquola is an award-winning actor and comedian. She also suffers from anxiety. She wants to help millions of Australians through their battle with anxiety by telling her story, challenging stigma and showing a way through it. She will meet those suffering from the condition, those on the road to recovery and those who are helping with the journey.

The popular cook, author and TV presenter is joined each night by two food loving friends for a half hour of good fun and conversation as they cook up a variety of dishes centred around a nightly theme. Whether it’s an ingredient, a style of cuisine or cultural inspiration, Adam whips up his dish first before his guests follow suit with easy to follow recipes and tips for viewers to follow at home in time for dinner. There will be celebrities, culture, food, and lots of laughs in a series that will provide everyday inspiration for foodies and non-foodies alike.

Follows the theft of a multi-million-dollar necklace and the women from different walks of life who come together to ensure that justice is served.

Shaun Micallef joins six beloved comedians as they undertake transformative journeys around the world, diving deep into their culture, history and identity

In the Bendigo Goldfields in 1855, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp suddenly finds himself struggling to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers and authorities when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links with the Chinese community.

The fast-paced comedy panel show will see each country’s greatest comedian’s pitted against each other to find out who knows their country best, with our host the only thing keeping them apart.

Through the eyes of 14-year-old Benjamin, and set over the course of a long, hot, Queensland summer, the Law family navigate a series of sometimes disastrous events which become memorable milestones, and serve as a reminder that at the end of the day family can sometimes feel more like a sentence than a choice.

Carla Cametti PD is a six-part Australian television crime series that was announced in April 2008 and first screened on SBS TV on 8 January 2009. The series of six episodes is produced by Buon Giorno Productions Pty Ltd. The show revolves around a young female Italian-Australian private detective named Carla Cametti who is investigating her own mafia family. Carla is played by Diana Glenn. The DVD has been released in Region 4 only.

An anthology of Australian horror stories from the Korean diaspora about their plight to overcome the evil that lives amongst them.

Frank and Sarah two strangers with cerebral palsy become entrenched in each other's dysfunctional lives after witnessing their able bodied friends in an awkward situation at a bar.

Six students from Australia's largest Islamic school swap places with six students from Catholic colleges and a secular state high school to bridge cross-cultural divides.

Silvia Colloca visits three regions of Italy that are close to her heart - Abruzzo, Le Marche and Molise - to re-discover authentic 'cucina povera' (peasant cuisine), meet locals and share the true Italian secret of cooking. Every episode sees Silvia meet locals, cooking in their kitchens and allowing viewers a peek inside the true Italian secret of la dolce vita. She will meet chefs and cooks, who open up their Pandora box of culinary delights for viewers.

Slice of life tales told in five-minute episodes. In each instalment the Volkswagen Golf is hired by a different driver, whose reason for renting a car unravels the story.

Always Afternoon is a 1988 Australian mini series about German internees in Australia. It was a co production between Germany and Australia. It inspired a series of paintings by Ross Watson.

An animated anthology adapting a unique story from different countries around the world, with each episode featuring a different art style. It was the largest co-production in the history of broadcast television, involving 39 countries.

Catch up with Poh and her larger-than-life crew of fun-loving family and friends as they navigate life in the Adelaide suburbs with lots of laughs, an abundance of food and a few secret family recipes.

Films the extraordinary food cultures and cuisines of Papua New Guinea. Jennifer Baing takes us on a unique culinary journey experiencing the land of more than 800 tribes and healthy food recipes!

A once hot-mess, now just a mess, Harriet is about to learn that grief gives zero fucks about playing by any rules - and soon, neither will she.

An Australian remake of the BBC dark comedy about two feuding siblings who are forced to work together when an accidental hit-and-run death spirals wildly out of control in their hometown, Fremantle.

Hosts Adam Liaw, Renee Lim and Lily Serna embark on a road trip around Australia and meet passionate growers, celebrated chefs and local food heroes. Every episode features a batch of inspiring recipes, reflecting the seasons, the regions and the diversity of Australia's wonderful food culture.

Follows a suburban Australian psychologist and the ups and downs of her patients as they explore love, loss, anxiety, obsession and the uncertain future ahead. It celebrates the mess and melancholy of life with elements of unexpected magical realism.