The Strip is an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network. The series premiered on the Nine Network at 8:30pm on 4 September 2008 but was moved to a later 10:30pm timeslot from 13 November 2008. The show did not return for a second season, due to disappointing ratings.
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Overview
The Strip is a police detective drama series that follows investigations into crimes on the Gold Coast, Queensland, colloquially referred to as "The Strip". Visually, the program took much inspiration from CSI: Miami and was filmed with images of sparkling surf, aerial shots of buildings and golden sands, as well as similar post production filters and colouring. It had a budget of A$7.8 million.
Cast
Main
Aaron Jeffery as Detective Jack Cross
Vanessa Gray as Detective Frances "Frankie" Tully
Simone McAullay as Plain Clothes Constable Jessica McCay
Bob Morley as Plain Clothes Constable Tony Moretti
Frankie J. Holden as Inspector Max Nelson
Guests
Jay Laga'aia as Joe Tahoe / Frogman
Martin Sacks as Keith Boswell
Harold Hopkins as Bomber Davis
Indiana Evans as China Williams
Matthew Newton as Gregor Foxx
Gillian Alexy as Cherry Cunningham
Tahyna Tozzi as Cristal Cade
Matt Boesenberg as Bernie Bedford
Toby Truslove as Dayne Gibson
Alyssa-Jane Cook as Sam Gleeson
Fayssal Bazzi as Joe Abadi
DVD releases
The Strip was released on DVD on 4 July 2009.