The Straits

The Straits

Beautiful One Day. Deadly the Next... Don't miss the feature-length premiere of ABC TV's edgy new drama The Straits, on Tuesday February 2 at 8.30pm on ABC1.

Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia's Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is an exotic, darkly humorous crime drama series.

The Montebellos are not your average Australian family. Modern day smugglers, their family business is transporting drugs into Australia, and guns and exotic wildlife out, making use of ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands. When Harry (Brian Cox – The Bourne Supremacy, Troy, Braveheart), the head of the family, starts to plan his succession he sparks a vicious family power struggle. However, under attack from ambitious bikies and mercurial Papua New Guinea raskols, the family must hold together through torture, assassination and imprisonment.

The Straits features a stellar cast including Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors), Aaron Fa'aoso (RAN, East West 101), Firass Dirani (Underbelly), Jimi Bani (RAN) and Susannah Bayes-Morton (The Jammed, All Saints). Support roles from Rachael Blake, Emma Lung, Dan Wyllie, Kim Gyngell.

Check out a preview here: http://youtu.be/lElDd_49DYk