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Australia’s longest-running international current affairs show Dateline returns to SBS Tuesdays from 4 March at 9.30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand.
Dateline is back following its Walkley Award-winning 40th season and this year we’re bringing you powerful stories from Egypt, El Salvador, Lebanon, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the US and beyond.
In an Australian first, Dateline’s 2025 season premiere sees celebrated chef, presenter and former lawyer Adam Liaw (The Cook Up with Adam Liaw) go inside Singapore’s Changi prison.

Gaining rare access to a maximum-security wing, Liaw examines how the facility’s harsh conditions and strict disciplinary measures contribute to its remarkably low 22 per cent recidivism rate.

Adam Liaw in a blue over shirt looks concerned as he looks into a cell by a light blue cell door.

Adam Liaw meets prisoners who describe the the facility’s harsh conditions.

Featuring interviews from inmates, prison staff, and activists, the episode examines the ethics of Singapore’s criminal justice system, including its use of the death penalty for non-violent offences such as drug possession.

Has Singapore’s tough stance on crime gone too far, or is its strict system the key to success?
Watch Singapore’s Toughest Prison, Tuesday 4 March at 9.30pm AEDT on SBS and SBS On Demand

Also airing this season:

Britain’s Woke History Wars, 18 March

Karla, with long blonde hair and wearing a black suit, hands together, stands before a large stately home in sandstone.

Karla Grant examines the debate around Britain’s grand estates and how some visitors and stakeholders shy away from their history with the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Grand country estates were once celebrated symbols of the British Empire’s wealth and power, but now they are at the centre of a heated cultural battle.

Institutions such as the National Trust are reevaluating the stories they tell, reframing history through the lens of colonialism and slavery.
Britain’s Woke History Wars exposes this ongoing debate and asks: Is this a long-overdue reckoning, or is Britain’s heritage under attack?

Reporter Karla Grant (Living Black) takes viewers inside Britain’s historic homes and museums to see and hear the stories of artefacts such as statues of enslaved Africans and looted Benin Bronzes. She investigates whether Britain is finally ready to confront the darker chapters of its past — and what impact this culture war is having on the nation’s pride and identity.

Sweden’s Flatpack Homes

 A woman in a black, long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans stands before stylish furniture in warm tones.

Abbie O’Brien visits Sweden, the home of Ikea, to see if flatpack housing can solve Australia’s housing crisis.

Journalist Abbie O’Brien travels to Scandinavia to investigate how Sweden is tackling its housing shortage with an innovative approach: prefabricated, factory-built homes that are affordable, sustainable, and quick to assemble.

As Australia’s housing crisis reaches breaking point, can the country that brought us IKEA and flatpack furniture help Australia build homes faster?
with subtitles in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
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