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First screened on ABC TV1 on 20 October 2011.

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Director: Matt Saville

Publisher: ABC Television ; Matchbox Pictures

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: ABC Television ; Matchbox Pictures , 2011 .

Extent: 55 minsp.

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Matt Saville won the 2011 AACTA Award for Best Direction in Television for this episode of The Slap.

Series: form y The Slap Tony Ayres , Australia : ABC Television Matchbox Pictures , 2011 Z1699408 2011 series - publisher film/TV Abstract 'The series starts at an Australian backyard BBQ. Amongst alcohol, friendship and a children's cricket game a man slaps a child who is not his son. The party comes to a sudden halt. The child's parents are so affronted they vow to take the man to court. As the series unfolds the police become involved and friends and family are forced to take sides. One cousin is forced to testify against another. Couples are caught in the crossfire. Beliefs are tested and relationships strained.

'The story is told through the points of view of eight characters as the court case proceeds, as affairs begin and end, as a pregnancy is decided and marriages morph and change. Each character's life is profoundly affected by "the slap", and each of the main character is metaphorically slapped as they are forced to face up to fundamental truths about themselves.'

Source: The Slap website http://www.abc.net.au/tv/theslap/about/ (Sighted 11/10/2011)
Number in series: 3

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Out of the Box : The Slap : Harry Dianne Butler , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 October 2011; (p. 10)
— Review of The Slap : Harry Brendan Cowell , 2011 single work film/TV

Free to Air Paul Kalina , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 October 2011; (p. 19)
— Review of The Slap : Harry Brendan Cowell , 2011 single work film/TV