Your guide to the best ‘Insight’ and ‘Dateline’ episodes you need to watch

Have you heard the news? Understanding again The date line are returning with new seasons in 2026, packed with new episodes that explore national issues and connect audiences with the stories of First Peoples from across Australia.

Understanding returns to SBS again SBS Wanted Tuesday March 3rd at 8:30pm, and hosted by the always brilliant Kumi Taguchi. This year, Taguchi will guide us through important, thought-provoking discussions, including whether the art of debate is disappearing in public life, if jealousy and envy can be embraced and channeled with positive results, and if we are finding the right balance as gender-affirming health care continues to evolve.

Award-winning international documentary series The date line returns on Tuesday 3 March at 9:30pm, and will bring a new series of cutting-edge international investigative stories with extraordinary characters.

You can broadcast 24/7 Understanding again The date line with Live channelsnow available on SBS Wanted.

As we patiently await new episodes from both of these episodes, let’s take a look back at some of the most sensational episodes that had the nation talking, now streaming on SBS On Demand.

You can find each of these episodes and more in the Best Collections below.

Cost of Doing Business – Day to Day

Dateline investigates the collapse of Mosaic Brands and the beloved labels Noni B, Rivers and Katies in this two-part episode directed by Walkley. From Australia to overseas, we meet suppliers who say they were sent under bad business.

In the second part of the investigation, we hear from Chinese suppliers who owe millions. The date line you ask – was it a cashless trade?

The Cost of Doing Business: Part 1 and 2 is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

Cost of Doing Business: Part 2

Uncommon Relationships – Understanding

Multiple partners, age gap relationships, and height differences. What happens when love challenges entrenched social norms? Understanding explores the tensions of illicit relationships, asking: Why do some relationships make us uncomfortable, and who decides what is acceptable?

Taboo Relations was the most popular episode Understanding last year. Have you seen it?

Taboo Relations is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

The Cult of Tradwives – Dateline

In the United States, an investigation into social media ‘parents’ takes an unexpected turn, leading to The date line in the so-called ‘cult’ world.

In part two, the Dateline team travels to Waco, Texas to investigate the Homestead Heritage religious group. Leaders say they are reviving human life, but former members call it a ‘cult’ full of sexual abuse and cover-up.

This thrilling and revealing documentary became the most watched episode The date line last year. Read more about this fascinating cult-like world with both episodes today.

Cult of Tradwives: Part 1 and 2 is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

The Cult Of Tradwives: Part 1

The Cult Of Tradwives: Part 2

Cutting Ties – Insight

If your best friend falls in love with your partner, what should you do? If you spend more time insulting a family member than enjoying time with them, should you end the relationship? Understanding it looks at what makes us cut ties and asks if it’s always a good idea.

Cutting Ties is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

Swedish Flatpack Homes – Dateline

The country that brought us IKEA and flatpack furniture now builds flatpack homes in less than a week. Could Swedish prefabricated houses be the answer to Australia’s housing supply crisis?

Sweden’s Flatpack Homes is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

Dividing Family Assets – Insight

Dealing with family can be difficult enough. Throw money into the mix, and it can be a recipe for disaster. Understanding examines the best way to deal with separation, divorce, inheritance, and succession, asking who gets the cash and is conflict inevitable?

Separating Family Assets is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

Chateaux For Sale – Dateline

Australians Felicity Selkirk and her partner Tim Holding, a former Victorian politician, are restoring a château in western France. it wasn’t always in the cards. But since Tim left his political career in 2013, moving to Paris represented a change of pace.

After months of looking at properties in France, the couple fell in love with a property that cost less than a house in Sydney.

They bought Château de Purnon, a 105-room château on 24 hectares in 2020 – for $1.2 million. That’s below Sydney’s median house price, which will hit $1.7 million by 2025, according to one of Domain’s latest house price reports.

Kumi Taguchi goes to France to meet the people who save its castles. With many properties cheaper than the average Aussie home, The date line investigates the true cost of keeping them alive.

Chateaux For Sale is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

Not lost – Understanding

Most of the 50,000 people reported missing each year in Australia are found within three months; about 5 percent remained missing beyond that.

What’s going on when someone disappearsand what questions do they leave behind? Understanding it examines why some may be lost, while asking what it is like for those who are left wondering.

Gone Missing is now streaming on SBS On Demand.

To report a missing person, visit misspersons.gov.au.

If you or someone else is in danger, call 000.

If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, call 1800 RESPECT. For advice, counseling and support for men with anger, relationship or parenting problems, call the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766 491.

For addiction support, contact the National Alcohol and Drug Helpline (1800 250 015).

For serious and psychological help, get in touch Lifeline (13 11 14), ISANE Australia (1800 187 263) or 13 Rope (139 276), a 24/7 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander crisis support line.

Read more about important news on SBS News’ The date line again Understanding pages.