SBS celebrates Lunar New Year

All next month SBS is celebrating Lunar New Year 2016, the Year of the Monkey, with a host of Asian entertainment -including the Aussie specials of If You Are the One.

Spend your Valentines Day with cult Chinese dating program If You Are the One, with the premiere of two Australian Specials on Sunday 14 February and Sunday 21 February at 7.30pm on SBS 2. The world’s biggest dating show has upped the ante, featuring 10 Aussie boys and 16 Aussie girls, so strap yourself in and prepare for some cut-throat contestants and blunt dating advice.

There are movie seasons galore across the month, showcasing the very best of Asian cinema, starting with the Lunar New Year Movie Season 9.30pm Fridays starting 6 February on SBS, featuring crowd favourites Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Journey to the West, The Man of Thai Chi and Chinese Zodiac.

SBS’s new hit series The Family Law, based on Benjamin Law’s memoir, continues Thursdays at 8.30pm on SBS, with a subtitled version available on SBS On Demand. The Laws are a sprawling Chinese-Australian family who are unlike any you have ever seen on television before, yet might be more familiar than you’d expect.

Also on SBS, season’s one through three of Poh’s Kitchen 6pm weeknights and an Asia-focused Lost Worlds season of documentaries at 7:30pm on Sundays starting February 7 with China: Treasures of the Jade Empire, followed by The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story on February 14, New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors on 21 February and the two part Jungle Atlantis: Angkor Wat’s Megacity starting on 28 February.

SBS 2 is also celebrating with SBS PopAsia TV hosting a Lunar New Year program, from 9am Sunday 14 February, with exclusive coverage of the City of Sydney and Carriageworks’ K-Pop Party. The event features Korean boy bands Boyfriend and the Jackie Chan-formed JJCC with Australian-born member Prince Mak.

SBS On Demand will premiere the Australian/ Chinese documentary We Are Young, following the journey of Australian and Chinese High School students as they embark on an exchange program. The online platform will also run episodes of the classic South Korean variety/game show Running Man.

Coming soon to sbs.com.au/lny, you will also have the chance to hear a humorous take on your Lunar New Year Zodiac outlook, based on your year of birth, courtesy of SBS’s resident expert, Lee Lin Chin. The website also includes quizzes, recipes, a social wall, competitions and more.

 

The Food Network will bring Asian culinary delights with Ching’s Chinese New Year at 7:30pm Sunday 7 February, Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong season 2 at 7pm weeknights (except Thursday) 8 – 24 February, Cooking For Love at 6.30pm weeknights from Monday 8 February to Friday 12 February, and Happy Foodie New Year at 4.30pm Monday 8 February through to Saturday 13 February. (From tomorrow 21 January, Food Network will also be available on Foxtel Cable via Channel 143).

A full guide can be found here.