Cirrus@Austlit

On a cold morning in the middle of country Victoria, two brothers arrive at the family home intent on murdering their step-father, Roger. Terry and Jeff’s motive is simple, killing their step-dad will render their dying mother’s plan to change her will in his favour, redundant. The staged suicide has been meticulously planned but there is one thing the boys didn’t take into account, spending an entire day together. Old grudges, different world views and a general troubled history will pit these two brothers against each other and by the end of the day, three people will be dead.' (Screen Australia)

'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.

'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, the head of the family, starts to plan his succession, a power struggle is sparked between brother and brother, wife and daughter. Under attack from ambitious bikies and mercurial PNG Raskols, the family must hold together through torture, assassination and imprisonment.'

Source: ABC1 website, http://www.abc.net.au/tv/thestraits/
Sighted: 30/01/2012

'The story of Australia's first and greatest home grown super star, whose show In Melbourne Tonight was made in Channel Nine's GTV studios in the 1950s and '60s.'

Source: Australian Film Commission website, http://afc.gov.au/default.aspx
Sighted: 21/05/2007