“We’re delivering a bold content slate that’s proudly diverse and deeply engaging from global formats to bold, original storytelling that Australians won’t find anywhere else,” Palfreyman said on Wednesday.

Alone Australia heads to the Arctic

In 2026, 10 new participants head to the Northern Hemisphere winter where subzero temperatures, deep snows, frozen lakes and icy forests await. Contestants will have to rely on their wits and ingenuity to be the last person standing and take home the $250,000 prize.

The first season of the survival reality show dropped contestants in the Tasmanian wilderness, while the second season moved across the Tasman to New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park. After the third season returned to Tasmania, Alone Australia is taking on its most ambitious and intimidating location yet.

Sporting events that stop the world

SBS is also excited to announce exclusive access to the Tour de France Femmes through to 2030. As Australia’s undisputed home of cycling, SBS will once again deliver the world’s most iconic cycling events free and live to all Australians.

SBS will once again deliver the world’s most iconic cycling events, including the Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes and La Vuelta a España. Source: Supplied / Billy Ceusters

Documentaries that shift the conversation

SBS will continue to push the envelope with documentaries that tackle some of our biggest and most provocative questions. Three-part series The People vs Robodebt spotlights the people who took on a powerful system in one of Australia’s darkest chapters in recent history.

The People vs Robodebt is a political thriller at its core, telling the stories of individuals who took on the system over three episodes of the documentary-drama. Source: Supplied / Simon Morris

Shut Your Big Fat Mouth John Safran will see the author and documentarian take on the heated topic of censorship.

Meanwhile, two popular series will return for their second season:

• The Hospital: In the Deep End
• The Jury