Match the documented subtitle case
The Fetch help identifies missing English text during dialogue in languages other than English in certain programmes, including Safe Home, The Old Man and Paris Has Fallen. This is a specific playback limitation described by SBS, rather than a statement that the entire platform lacks translations. Check whether that is the actual symptom before changing a general language preference for every programme.
Open Fetch’s accessibility menu during playback
Start the video, press Up on the Fetch remote and move right to the Accessibility icon. SBS then directs using the paw button to open the Subtitle menu. From Subtitles, move down to ENGLISH (Forced) and confirm with the paw button. The side menu closes after selection. Use that exact supplied option instead of expecting the translated passages to appear merely because the interface is English.
Keep full captions as a separate requirement
SBS’s general caption guidance identifies a CC badge on programme details and offers the caption control after playback begins. Its Fetch route also starts with Up and the Accessibility icon. A viewer needing captions for the wider programme should inspect that documented caption option as well, rather than assuming a forced-translation selection supplies every sound cue or all English dialogue.
Check the affected passage after selection
Return to a section containing the foreign-language speech and inspect the resulting text. A passage spoken in English is a poor test of the specific forced-subtitle workaround. If the option or promised translation is still absent, retain the programme and Fetch details with that precise observation. The workaround does not create an otherwise unavailable language edition or establish that every programme has the same track.