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Dateline (1984–present) on SBS
The answer: Currently airing — last episode May 26, 2026.
17seasons
443episodes
About Dateline
Dateline is currently between seasons on SBS; the most recent episode aired on April 7, 2026. There is no confirmed return date for the next season.
Dateline is an award-winning current affairs program that has been airing since its debut on October 19, 1984. The show explores daring stories from around the world, bringing viewers unexpected insights into global events and issues.
Each episode typically runs for about 30 minutes, providing in-depth reporting on significant and sometimes controversial topics.
Dateline episode schedule
443 aired
Aired · 443
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | S2026·E13 | The World's Most Remote Rescue? |
| May 19, 2026 | S2026·E12 | Greek Islands: Built Up & Booked Out |
| May 12, 2026 | S2026·E11 | Singapore's Toughest Prison |
| May 5, 2026 | S2026·E10 | Chateaux for Sale |
| April 28, 2026 | S2026·E9 | Peru's Love Cheats |
| April 21, 2026 | S2026·E8 | North Korean Matchmakers |
| April 14, 2026 | S2026·E7 | Grow Chocolate, Not Cocaine |
| April 7, 2026 | S2026·E6 | American Veterans: The War Within |
| March 31, 2026 | S2026·E5 | Glasgow: No Vacancy |
| March 24, 2026 | S2026·E4 | Slay Queens of South Africa |
| March 17, 2026 | S2026·E3 | Vienna: A Renters' Paradise |
| March 10, 2026 | S2026·E2 | Nepal's Gen Z Uprising |
| March 3, 2026 | S2026·E1 | Trump's ICE Crackdown |
| October 7, 2025 | S2025·E27 | Inside Israel: A Nation at War |
| September 30, 2025 | S2025·E26 | America's Autism Wars |
| September 23, 2025 | S2025·E25 | The Cult of Tradwives: Part 2 |
| September 16, 2025 | S2025·E24 | The Cult of Tradwives: Part 1 |
| September 9, 2025 | S2025·E23 | Chateaux For Sale |
| August 26, 2025 | S2025·E22 | Surviving My Father |
| August 19, 2025 | S2025·E21 | The Cost of Doing Business: Part 2 |
| August 12, 2025 | S2025·E20 | The Cost of Doing Business: Part 1 |
| August 5, 2025 | S2025·E19 | Killing For Healthcare |
| July 29, 2025 | S2025·E18 | Inside China: The Battle For Tibet |
| July 15, 2025 | S2025·E17 | Let's Talk About Sex, Habibi |
| June 24, 2025 | S2025·E16 | Afghanistan: Voice of the Resistance |
| June 17, 2025 | S2025·E15 | The Narcolands |
| June 10, 2025 | S2025·E14 | The World's Most Dangerous Job? |
| June 3, 2025 | S2025·E13 | Born Big |
| May 20, 2025 | S2025·E12 | Harrods: Delivered to a Predator |
| May 13, 2025 | S2025·E11 | The City Ruled by Gangs |
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| May 6, 2025 | S2025·E10 | America's Gay Rodeo |
| April 29, 2025 | S2025·E9 | Taiwan's Dementia Village |
| April 22, 2025 | S2025·E8 | El Salvador: Gangland to Safe Haven |
| April 15, 2025 | S2025·E7 | Venice's Tourist Overload |
| April 8, 2025 | S2025·E6 | Sweden's Flatpack Homes |
| April 1, 2025 | S2025·E5 | Inside Spain's Narco Submarines |
| March 25, 2025 | S2025·E4 | Lebanon: War, Peace and Hezbollah |
| March 18, 2025 | S2025·E3 | Britain's Woke History Wars |
| March 11, 2025 | S2025·E2 | Georgia's Stolen Children |
| March 4, 2025 | S2025·E1 | Singapore's Toughest Prison |
| October 8, 2024 | S2024·E29 | Murder In Afghanistan: Trouble With The Taliban |
| October 1, 2024 | S2024·E28 | Murder in Afghanistan |
| September 24, 2024 | S2024·E27 | Vietnam Veterans Reunited |
| September 17, 2024 | S2024·E26 | The Beast: Mexico's Deadliest Train |
| September 10, 2024 | S2024·E25 | A New Sheriff In Town |
| September 3, 2024 | S2024·E24 | India's Virginity Test |
| August 27, 2024 | S2024·E23 | The K-Pop Dream Factory |
| August 20, 2024 | S2024·E22 | The Best Place To Have A Baby? |
| August 13, 2024 | S2024·E21 | Venice's Tourist Overload |
| August 6, 2024 | S2024·E20 | The American-Mexican Abortion Network |
| July 30, 2024 | S2024·E19 | Cambodia's Surrogacy Crackdown |
| July 23, 2024 | S2024·E18 | Sleuths of Seoul |
| June 25, 2024 | S2024·E17 | Alzheimer's: A Turning Point? |
| June 18, 2024 | S2024·E16 | Breaking Good: Mafia Kids |
| June 11, 2024 | S2024·E15 | Canada's Fentanyl Warning |
| June 4, 2024 | S2024·E14 | Timor-Leste's Paedophile Priest Scandal |
| May 28, 2024 | S2024·E13 | Bears Gone Wild |
| May 21, 2024 | S2024·E12 | Romania's Webcam Girls |
| May 14, 2024 | S2024·E11 | Activist Or Extremist? |
| May 7, 2024 | S2024·E10 | China: Secrets and Power |
| April 30, 2024 | S2024·E9 | Born Big |
| April 23, 2024 | S2024·E8 | Japans Cheap Homes |
| April 16, 2024 | S2024·E7 | Country Of Lost Children |
| April 9, 2024 | S2024·E6 | The Kid's Gambit |
| April 2, 2024 | S2024·E5 | Finding Yusuf - Part 2 |
| March 26, 2024 | S2024·E4 | Finding Yusuf - Part 1 |
| March 19, 2024 | S2024·E3 | Over Sharenting |
| March 12, 2024 | S2024·E2 | A Child Of Gaza |
| March 5, 2024 | S2024·E1 | Camp Coda: Children of Deaf Adults |
| October 17, 2023 | S2023·E30 | Making a Militant |
| October 10, 2023 | S2023·E29 | Adrift In Australian Waters |
| October 3, 2023 | S2023·E28 | Japan's Taken Children |
| September 26, 2023 | S2023·E27 | Sex Tourism: Predators In Paradise |
| September 19, 2023 | S2023·E26 | The Sámi Voice |
| September 12, 2023 | S2023·E25 | India's Population Explosion |
| September 5, 2023 | S2023·E24 | Japan's Cheap Homes |
| August 29, 2023 | S2023·E23 | Sex, Drugs And Bad Tourists |
| August 22, 2023 | S2023·E22 | Inside Little North Korea |
| August 15, 2023 | S2023·E21 | Indonesia's Vaping Addicts |
| August 8, 2023 | S2023·E20 | Being Queer In Putin's Shadow |
| August 1, 2023 | S2023·E19 | Beauty Kings |
| July 25, 2023 | S2023·E18 | Combat Medics |
| June 27, 2023 | S2023·E17 | The Best Place To Have A Baby? |
| June 20, 2023 | S2023·E16 | The School For Macho Men |
| June 13, 2023 | S2023·E15 | Italy's 1 Euro Homes |
| June 6, 2023 | S2023·E14 | Dealing With Debt |
| May 30, 2023 | S2023·E13 | Canada's Fentanyl Warning |
| May 23, 2023 | S2023·E12 | China's Underground Tutors |
| May 16, 2023 | S2023·E11 | Teen Mums: Pregnant And Trapped |
| May 9, 2023 | S2023·E10 | Bank Robbers |
| May 2, 2023 | S2023·E9 | Rat Hunters |
| April 25, 2023 | S2023·E8 | Teens, Love And War |
| April 18, 2023 | S2023·E7 | Children For Sale |
| April 11, 2023 | S2023·E6 | Love And Race In South Africa |
| October 25, 2022 | S2022·E29 | The World's Happiest Country |
| October 18, 2022 | S2022·E28 | The World's Oldest Influencers |
| October 11, 2022 | S2022·E27 | Japans Taken Children |
| October 4, 2022 | S2022·E26 | Senior Sex And The City |
| September 27, 2022 | S2022·E25 | Catching Scammers |
| September 20, 2022 | S2022·E24 | Footballs Racist Reputation |
| September 13, 2022 | S2022·E23 | Born Small |
| September 6, 2022 | S2022·E22 | Mexicos Deadly Coca-Cola Addiction |
| August 30, 2022 | S2022·E21 | Thailand Drugs Tourists And Prison Time |
| August 23, 2022 | S2022·E20 | Love And Race In South Africa |
| August 16, 2022 | S2022·E19 | Surviving The Circus |
| August 9, 2022 | S2022·E18 | Afghan Athletes On The Run |
| August 2, 2022 | S2022·E17 | Plan B: Abortion In America |
| June 28, 2022 | S2022·E16 | Storm Chasers |
| June 21, 2022 | S2022·E15 | Sweden's Gun Problem |
| June 14, 2022 | S2022·E14 | Waiting for a God |
| June 7, 2022 | S2022·E13 | Bangla Surf Girls |
| May 31, 2022 | S2022·E12 | Going Off-Grid |
| May 24, 2022 | S2022·E11 | Japan's Wartime Sex Slaves |
| May 17, 2022 | S2022·E10 | Sri Lanka's Organic Dream |
| May 10, 2022 | S2022·E9 | Putin's Child Soldiers |
| May 3, 2022 | S2022·E8 | South Korea's Musical Prodigies |
| April 26, 2022 | S2022·E7 | Surviving Terror In Norway |
| April 19, 2022 | S2022·E6 | Italy's 1 Euro Homes |
| April 12, 2022 | S2022·E5 | Butterflies v. Cartels |
| April 5, 2022 | S2022·E4 | India's Street Kids: Telling Their Own Story |
| March 29, 2022 | S2022·E3 | Moldova: Putin's Next Target? |
| March 22, 2022 | S2022·E2 | Murder in Malta |
| March 15, 2022 | S2022·E1 | Missing in China |
| November 9, 2021 | S2021·E31 | China's Rainbow Families |
| November 2, 2021 | S2021·E30 | Desperately Seeking Sperm |
| October 26, 2021 | S2021·E29 | Back to School With Delta |
| October 19, 2021 | S2021·E28 | Sex, Drugs and Bad Tourists |
| October 12, 2021 | S2021·E27 | Scottish Independence: Union In Trouble |
| October 5, 2021 | S2021·E26 | Women of Everest |
| September 21, 2021 | S2021·E25 | Germany's Neo-Nazis and the Far Right |
| September 14, 2021 | S2021·E24 | Escape from Afghanistan |
| September 7, 2021 | S2021·E23 | The China Dream - Tensions with Taiwan (Part 2) |
| August 31, 2021 | S2021·E22 | The China Dream: Tensions With Australia (Part One) |
| August 24, 2021 | S2021·E21 | Russia's Military Kids |
| August 17, 2021 | S2021·E20 | Paralympics: the Fight for Fairness |
| August 10, 2021 | S2021·E19 | Korea's Online Gaming Addicts |
| August 3, 2021 | S2021·E18 | Sumo Nation |
| July 27, 2021 | S2021·E17 | Poles Apart |
| July 20, 2021 | S2021·E16 | Eritrea: The Secret State |
| June 22, 2021 | S2021·E15 | Going Off-Grid |
| June 15, 2021 | S2021·E14 | The World's Happiest Country |
| June 8, 2021 | S2021·E13 | Myanmar's Spring Revolution |
| June 1, 2021 | S2021·E12 | Winning the War on Drugs |
| May 25, 2021 | S2021·E11 | Battle for the Vaccine Hesitant |
| May 18, 2021 | S2021·E10 | Escape Through the Alps |
| May 11, 2021 | S2021·E9 | The Fight for America's Soul |
| May 4, 2021 | S2021·E8 | Dying to Divorce |
| April 27, 2021 | S2021·E7 | Japan's Junior Idols and Their Adult Male Fans |
| April 20, 2021 | S2021·E6 | Born Small |
| April 13, 2021 | S2021·E5 | Covid-19: Fashion's Great Unravelling |
| April 6, 2021 | S2021·E4 | China's Grey Race |
| March 30, 2021 | S2021·E3 | London's Cabbie Crisis |
| March 23, 2021 | S2021·E2 | The People vs. Agent Orange |
| March 16, 2021 | S2021·E1 | Digital Predators |
| November 17, 2020 | S2020·E29 | Internet Love In A Strange Land 2018 Rpt |
| November 10, 2020 | S2020·E28 | Alaskan Cold War Family Reunion |
| November 3, 2020 | S2020·E27 | Asian Americans Decide |
| October 27, 2020 | S2020·E26 | Thailand On The Brink |
| October 20, 2020 | S2020·E25 | Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 2) |
| October 13, 2020 | S2020·E24 | Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 1) |
| October 6, 2020 | S2020·E23 | Trump's Deterrence Strategy |
| September 29, 2020 | S2020·E22 | Nirvana For Sale |
| September 22, 2020 | S2020·E21 | Finland's Climate Warriors |
| September 15, 2020 | S2020·E20 | Schools Under Siege |
| September 8, 2020 | S2020·E19 | Welcome to Lesbos |
| September 1, 2020 | S2020·E18 | Zoo Troubles |
| June 16, 2020 | S2020·E17 | Pandemic Farming: Apples and Oranges |
| June 9, 2020 | S2020·E16 | From Russia With No Immunity |
| June 2, 2020 | S2020·E15 | China's Grey Race |
| May 26, 2020 | S2020·E14 | China's Obesity Crisis |
| May 19, 2020 | S2020·E13 | Birmingham Under the Knife |
| May 12, 2020 | S2020·E12 | Paris: A Tale of Two Cities |
| May 5, 2020 | S2020·E11 | How Coronavirus Overwhelmed Spain |
| April 28, 2020 | S2020·E10 | Machu Picchu: When The Tourists Left |
| April 21, 2020 | S2020·E9 | The People's Peace Talks |
| April 14, 2020 | S2020·E8 | How Italy Has Changed |
| April 7, 2020 | S2020·E7 | Saving LA's Homeless |
| March 31, 2020 | S2020·E6 | Where Chocolate Comes From |
| March 24, 2020 | S2020·E5 | What Happened To The New Zealand Dream? |
| March 17, 2020 | S2020·E4 | Sweden's Crisis Preppers (2019 Rpt) |
| March 10, 2020 | S2020·E3 | Fiji's High Tide |
| March 3, 2020 | S2020·E2 | Who Will Take On Trump |
| February 25, 2020 | S2020·E1 | Vietnam's Hard Knocks Kitchen |
| November 19, 2019 | S2019·E28 | Dying For Medicine In America |
| November 12, 2019 | S2019·E27 | Restoration Mosul |
| November 5, 2019 | S2019·E26 | Human Cargo |
| October 29, 2019 | S2019·E25 | Italy's Migrant Boot Camp |
| October 22, 2019 | S2019·E24 | 30 Lost Years |
| October 15, 2019 | S2019·E23 | Why Singapore is Top of the Class |
| October 8, 2019 | S2019·E22 | Florida's Mental Health Crisis |
| October 1, 2019 | S2019·E21 | When the Immigrants Leave |
| September 24, 2019 | S2019·E20 | Return to Timor-Leste |
| September 17, 2019 | S2019·E19 | Behind the Frontline |
| September 10, 2019 | S2019·E18 | Can Love Save Spain |
| September 3, 2019 | S2019·E17 | America's Measles Comeback |
| June 25, 2019 | S2019·E16 | How to Catch a Witch Doctor |
| June 18, 2019 | S2019·E15 | America's War on Abortion |
| June 11, 2019 | S2019·E14 | Mafia Showdown |
| June 4, 2019 | S2019·E13 | Trump's Poverty Line |
| May 28, 2019 | S2019·E12 | Sweden's Crisis Preppers |
| May 21, 2019 | S2019·E11 | Thailand's Child Fighters |
| May 14, 2019 | S2019·E10 | Japan's Secret Shame |
| May 7, 2019 | S2019·E9 | Sulawesi's Extinction Business |
| April 30, 2019 | S2019·E8 | Malaysia's Fish Bombers |
| April 23, 2019 | S2019·E7 | The Best Place to Be a Woman |
| April 16, 2019 | S2019·E6 | Forced to Be Fat |
| April 9, 2019 | S2019·E5 | Hong Kong's Crazy Rich and Mega Poor |
| April 2, 2019 | S2019·E4 | Brexit's Irish Border Troubles |
| March 26, 2019 | S2019·E3 | Brazil's President vs. The Amazon |
| March 19, 2019 | S2019·E2 | New Zealand's Darkest Day |
| March 12, 2019 | S2019·E1 | Denmark's Dementia Village |
| November 20, 2018 | S2018·E37 | Saudi's Freedom Test Drive |
| November 6, 2018 | S2018·E36 | US Midterms: Voters Verdict |
| October 30, 2018 | S2018·E35 | From Melbourne to Mati |
| October 23, 2018 | S2018·E34 | Evil in Paradise |
| October 16, 2018 | S2018·E33 | Prison with No Locks |
| October 9, 2018 | S2018·E32 | It's a Match |
| October 2, 2018 | S2018·E31 | Korea's Dog Fight |
| September 25, 2018 | S2018·E30 | The Kids Are Not Alright |
| September 18, 2018 | S2018·E29 | The World's Dirtiest Air |
| September 11, 2018 | S2018·E28 | Un Sex Abuse Scandal |
| September 4, 2018 | S2018·E27 | What the FARC? |
| August 28, 2018 | S2018·E26 | India's Hospital Train |
| August 21, 2018 | S2018·E25 | From Pariah to Messiah |
| August 14, 2018 | S2018·E24 | Trump's Zero Tolerance |
| August 7, 2018 | S2018·E23 | Children Caught in the Crossfire |
| July 31, 2018 | S2018·E22 | Saving China's Pandas |
| July 10, 2018 | S2018·E21 | Defending Gender: Part 2 - The Best Place to Be a Woman |
| July 3, 2018 | S2018·E20 | Defending Gender: Part 1 - Proud Boys |
| June 26, 2018 | S2018·E19 | The Beautiful Game for Girls |
…and 213 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.