How many episodes are in The Airport Chaplain?

The Airport Chaplain has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does The Airport Chaplain premiere?

The Airport Chaplain premieres on 2026-08-25.

Is The Airport Chaplain a new series?

The Airport Chaplain is a new series (Season 1).

NEW

The Airport Chaplain(2026)

Archived · SBS On Demand

M8 eps

S01

Drama

ON AIR: AUG 25Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Tobias Wallace is a chaplain who treats the airport as his personal parish, intervening in crises well outside any job description and doing it with enough conviction that it is hard to argue he is entirely wrong. Each episode brings a new pressure point, and Tobias meets it by ignoring whatever boundary stands between him and the person who needs help, which keeps his position permanently precarious.

Mira Ansari-Cole arrives wanting him gone, and the show builds its drama from that specific professional standoff: two people who are both competent, both certain they are right, and completely unable to coexist. Tobias is simultaneously effective and infuriating, which makes Mira's frustration entirely reasonable even when you are rooting against her. The comedy and the genuine feeling come from the same place, a man whose methods are indefensible and whose results are hard to dismiss.

Best for

workplace rivalry, rule-breaking hero and Drama

Story lane

Drama

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

SBS On Demand

Official Premise

Airport Chaplain Tobias Wallace has an unorthodox approach to solving the daily crises of an airport, constantly overstepping boundaries and putting him on a collision course with new boss Mira Ansari-Cole. Mira wants him fired but Tobias isn't giving up his beloved chaplaincy without a fight.

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