The Straits

The Straits

NR 2012 · 1 season · 10 eps · ★ 6.2 · Drama, Crime

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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.

Directed by Peter Andrikidis · Written by Nick Parsons

Network: ABC TV

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