How to watch all the action of 'Alone Australia'

Here's how and when to catch every moment of the Australian version of the global hit series.

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Ten Australian survivalists are dropped in the remote wilds of Western Tasmania/ lutruwita, completely isolated from the world and each other, stripped of modern possessions, contact and comforts. Challenged by the merciless forces of nature, hunger and perhaps the toughest challenge of all, loneliness, who will survive the longest? 

There are no camera crews, no help from the production team - each of the ten participants self-documents their experience. The ten must rely on themselves for food, water, shelter and warmth, using nothing but what’s in their pack and what the habitat around them provides, during an unrelentingly cold and wet Tasmanian West Coast winter. 

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How to watch

New episodes of the groundbreaking 11-part documentary series Alone Australia premiere each Wednesday exclusively on SBS and SBS On Demand, ending with a double episode finale on 24 May.  

Alone Australia episodes will also be available to stream on SBS On Demand with subtitles in five languages: Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese and Korean. The series will also be available with audio description for blind or vision-impaired audiences. 

If you haven't watched content at SBS On Demand before, all you need to do to stream a wide range of documentaries, movies, TV series, news – and Alone Australia when it starts – is create a free account. (If you have questions about accessing SBS On Demand, the SBS Help Centre has answers to a range of questions here.)

What to do now you are ready to watch

1.     Check that your SBS On Demand app is up-to-date

2.     Log into SBS On Demand on your device/s

3.     Add Alone Australia to Your Favourites

4.     Subscribe to our newsletters so you keep up with any articles about Alone Australia and other great content

5.     Enable Push Notifications on your device so we can notify you when a new episode has landed at SBS On Demand

Meet the participants

L-R: Michael, Duane, Gina, Peter, Jimmy, Chris, Kate, Beck, Rob and Mike. Source: SBS

During their time in the wild, the ten have no idea how everyone else is doing. With zero information about the other participants, and no knowledge of how many still remain, participants will push themselves for as long as they can. Only when they reach their absolute personal or physical limits will they 'tap out', one by one, until only one survivalist remains. So who are the brave cohort and what skills do they bring to their attempt to outlast the wilderness, and each other?

Alone, around the world

Over the past eight years, the idea of hardy individuals or teams of two going it 'alone' in the wilderness has captured interest across the globe. Alone is a worldwide sensation with series set in remote parts of Canada, the US, Argentina, Patagonia, Mongolia, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Do you need to watch any of these before you watch Alone Australia? No, you don't – it's a fantastic stand-alone series. But there are many hours of gripping television waiting for anyone who hasn't yet discovered the appeal of Alone. 

You can discover it all with the US Alone seasons 1–8 and Alone: The Beast, plus Alone Denmark, Alone Norway and Alone Sweden all now streaming at SBS On Demand.

 

New episodes of Alone Australia premiere at 7:30pm Wednesdays exclusively on SBS and SBS On Demand. The season will end with a double episode finale on 24 May. SBS Learn will release teacher resources to accompany the series.

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