SBS On Demand will add a new exclusive from June 12, 2026, when the six-part British thriller Coldwater begins streaming live and free. Andrew Lincoln leads the cast as John, a man who heads to the Scottish highlands for a fresh start and finds the past is not ready to let him go.

The timing matters because viewers searching sbs on demand now have a date to pin to the release and a clear sense of what is coming. Alongside Lincoln, the series stars Indira Varma as Fiona, Eve Myles as Rebecca and Ewen Bremmer as Tommy, with Lorn Macdonald as Angus Gillespie, whose death drives much of the story. The village is not slow to notice the newcomers, and John’s arrival with his family immediately draws attention.

John is not just running from London in search of cleaner air and quieter streets. He is haunted by a traumatic encounter in a London playground and by the guilt of abandoning his daughter during the chaos, a burden that follows him north even as Fiona hopes the move will help the family rebuild and open up new career possibilities.

That hope does not last long in Coldwater. Tommy quickly suspects that John is hiding something about his past, and the suspicion lands in a village already unsettled by the mysterious death of local troublemaker Angus Gillespie. What first looked like a tragic accident is later found to be foul play, a shift that turns ordinary unease into something sharper and far more dangerous.

For SBS On Demand, the series gives the platform another exclusive British thriller with a built-in hook: a family trying to start over, a neighbour who will not look away, and a death that refuses to stay explained. Coldwater begins streaming on June 12, and the question left hanging is not whether John can settle in, but how long he can keep his past from catching up with him.