Top new series in May 2022

Get set for the return of loved series and brand new favourites from all around the world. And sing up a storm with the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. May has it all.

All new titles in May 2022

(L–R) ‘Eurovision Song Contest’, ‘Sisi’, ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ season 4, ‘Holding’. Source: SBS On Demand

Fear The Walking Dead

This enormously popular series returns with season 4. Survival remains the aim of the game, and with our disparate crew of folks wandering round town, it’s a scene, man. Zombie apocalypses are like that. Like season 3, season 4 brings us 16 episodes. Fans can hardly get enough.  

Season 4 of Fear The Walking Dead premiered with a double episode at 9.15pm on SBS VICELAND, with double episodes airing weekly. The full season 4 is also now streaming  from Sunday 1 May. Seasons 1–3 are also streaming for catch-up. (Seasons 1 and 2 leave on 30 June.) Dive into season 4:

Cobra

Starring Victoria Hamilton (The Crown) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) as the PM, COBRA is the British government’s crisis team, put together in response to a natural disaster. As the crisis unfolds, the group of senior civil servants, military and intelligence personnel do their best to manage the event, while dealing with the ongoing dramas in their personal and professional lives.

Cobra premieres at 9.30pm on SBS and on Wednesday 4 May. Episodes air weekly.

Holding

Based on Graham Norton’s acclaimed novel, this darkly comic Irish series is set in a small West Cork village where life seems to seep away from its inhabitants. To cope, Sergeant PJ Collins hides away with comfort food, mother of two, Brid, has become an alcoholic, and elegant Evelyn Ross believes her life a waste. But when human remains are found, a community’s worth of anger, resentment and regret are also unearthed. And PJ has to unravel the case of his life.
Holding premieres exclusively in Australia at 9.30pm on SBS and on Thursday 12 May. Episodes air weekly.

Sisi

Nicknamed Sisi, Bavarian Princess Elisabeth fell in love with the Emperor of Austria, thrusting her into the Habsburg court and a life in Vienna that was nothing like she expected. It was the end of the 19th century, and Sisi knew who she was, and had influence and ideals of her own. But she had to fight against the strict and even cruel regime to live on her own terms. Fans of period drama will enjoy this German-language series and watching Sisi, at the time considered a ‘tomboy’, come of age.

Sisi premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming .

Dramaworld

Full of whimsy, we can’t wait for this one. Australian Liv Hewson (Homecoming Queens) plays 20-year-old American college student, Claire, who’s more than a little obsessed with Korean drama ‘Taste of Love’ and its leading man, the dreamy Joon Park (Sean Dulake). To escape her boring work and school life, she watches the show every moment she gets, fantasising about Joon Park walking through her door one day. But one day, she walks through his – through her smartphone, she gets sucked into ‘Taste of Love’, and now, she is not only watching the drama unfold for herself, she is also a part of it. Featuring Korean and English languages.

Dramaworld premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming .

Doc

Based on a true story, this Italian medical drama continues with part 2 of season 2. After Andrea suffers a traumatic brain injury, he’s lost the memories from the last 12 years of his life. Where his loved ones have become strangers, new relationships forgotten and medical achievements lost, the hospital is the only place he feels truly at home. It’s where he rebuilds his life, as a patient, husband, father and ultimately, a doctor.

Find out why Doc is the most watched show on Italian TV in the past 13 years.

Season 2 Part 2 – which comprises episodes 9–16 – of Doc premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming . (Season 1 and season 2 eps 1–8 are also streaming.)  

Threesome

Young Swedish couple David and Siri have been together since high school. They’ve settled down together in London, convinced of their solid relationship. But an impulsive threesome with a French art student shakes their foundations more than they’d care to admit. In Swedish and English languages, this drama is sexy and has substance: just the combination we love.

Threesome premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming .

Live Streaming: Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2022
‘Eurovision Song Contest’. Source: SBS
It’s here! The world’s biggest live music event! Winner of Eurovision – Australia Decides, Sheldon Riley will be representing Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, live from Turin, Italy. Hosted by our fabulous dynamic duo, Joel Creasey and Myf Warhurst, the Contest will be held over three big days. Hardcore fans can live stream all the glittery action with early morning broadcasts, or catch up in the evenings:

Semi-final 1: LIVE Wednesday 11 May at 5am/LATER Friday 13 May at 8.30pm.

Semi-final 2: LIVE Friday 13 May at 5am/LATER Saturday 14 May at 8.30pm.

Grand Final: LIVE Sunday 15 May at 5am/LATER Sunday 15 May at 7.30pm.

Live stream the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on SBS and at SBS On Demand from Wednesday 11 May, continuing to Sunday 15 May.   

Christian

Is Christian a thug, sinner or saviour? In his inner-city life, Christian earns a crust by doing the dirty work of local crime boss, Lino. But when stigmata appear on his hands, he’s physically unable to carry out the job. He’s discovered newfound mysterious healing powers, too. While he prepares for a fight against Lino, he’s also being tracked by Matteo, a Vatican postulator in search of confirmations of a miracle that changed his own life as a child. Christian could bring him too close to a truth that could not only upset his own life, but that of the world.

This Italian-language series has a touch of the supernatural, alongside its criminal edge.  

Christian premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming .

Alone Denmark

Eight more participants have signed up to meet the challenge of wilderness survival. We return to northern Norway for the second season of Alone Denmark. If you’ve never watched a Scandinavian version of this show, venture forth with the Danes.

Season 2 of Alone Denmark premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming . ( is also streaming.)
 

Missing Angel

Suzanne Brunet’s 17-year-old daughter Julie goes missing in June 2012. Eight years later, Suzanne spots a newspaper photograph of protestors in Tence, a tiny village hundreds of kilometres from Bordeaux, from a year and half before. The young woman in the photograph is seen from the back, but she’s wearing the same shirt Julie was wearing when she vanished. It’s the first sign Suzanne has had, giving her a tremendous boost of hope. A compelling four-part French-language series, the performances will glue you to the screen.

Missing Angel premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming .

Shoresy

From the creators of smash-hit Canadian comedy Letterkenny comes six-part comedy spin-off, Shoresy. Starring co-creator and writer of both shows, Jared Keeso, Shoresy is on a quest never to lose again when he joins a senior triple hockey AAA team in Northern Ontario. With the entire season fast-tracked from the US, we’re keen beans for this one.

Shoresy premieres exclusively in Australia and is now streaming . The six-part series airs weekly on SBS VICELAND at 9.30pm from Wednesday 8 June. 

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Published 28 April 2022 9:14am
Updated 21 February 2023 5:59pm
By SBS Guide
Source: SBS

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