SBS on Demand: The Bureau, Mama’s Story.

Updated: More international dramas are being added to SBS on Demand on Thursday, 2015 French political thriller The Bureau and Israeli drama Mama’s Story.

The Bureau
Creating these ‘legends’ takes months of work, and maintaining them takes unwavering discipline. It is this combination of dedication and danger that gives the branch its name – The Bureau of Legends.

‘Malotru’, a French intelligence officer from the Bureau who has been undercover in Syria for six years, is suddenly called back home. Back in Paris, he faces the difficulty of forgetting his undercover identity, the disappearance of a colleague in Algeria, and having to take on the training of a young female recruit.

To make matters more complicated, he learns that the woman he fell madly in love with in Damascus is actually in Paris. Reassuming his undercover identity to be with her, Malotru begins a dangerous crossover between his two worlds – his reality, and his legend.

Thursday, 7 September (season 1 – all 10 episodes available On Demand)
Thursday, 14 September (season 2 – all 10 episodes available On Demand)
Thursday, 21 September (season 3 – all 10 episodes available On Demand)

Mama’s Story
A mother’s world is shattered when she discovers the body of her young son under a desecrated war memorial in a wealthy Tel Aviv suburb.

Yael Tamir (Sharon Shtark), a prison therapist, has her life turned upside down when her son is found dead on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. On the same night, an 18-year-old Ethiopian military service ditcher Rafa (Yoni Meles) is caught vandalising the memorial – and subsequently captured and charged for the murder.

CSI expert Na’ama (Vered Feldman), meanwhile, is dealing with her own troubles. She’s just come out of surgery following a breast cancer scare and returns to a mishandled investigation – she begins to suspect the prosecution have the wrong person.

Mama’s Angel follows the lives of those affected as the ensuing police investigation unfolds.

Thursday, 14 September (season 1 – all 10 episodes available)

Note: Berlin Station will be added later this year.