Name: The Strip
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2002-03-05
Rating: 2.3
Cast: Luanne Gordon, Jodie Rimmer, Renée Ellwood, Robbie Magasiva, Janice Finn

Your husband cheats with a man, so you open... a strip club? Girl math.

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Latest Episode

Season 2 • Episode 20

Latest

A Moment of Madness

Nov 4, 2003

Overview

Comedy Drama

The Strip is the story of corporate lawyer Melissa Walker, who decides her life needs a new direction and quits her job after finding her husband in bed with his male lover. She opens a male strip club, catering especially for women...

Content warning

reinvention after betrayalfemale gaze commodificationchosen familyclass and respectability

Standout Aspects

Production

Peak early-2000s Australian soap aesthetic—saturated, chaotic, alive.

Acting

Luanne Gordon commits fully to the premise with chaotic sincerity.

Best for:Solo·Binge

Heads up:Sexual Content

Creator

Alan Brash

First AiredMar 5, 2002

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feelmedium

Seasons2·Episodes40

Top Cast

Luanne Gordon

Melissa Walker

Jodie Rimmer

Kathryn Moore

Robbie Magasiva

Adam Lima

David Fane

Jack Sione

Michelle Langstone

Tre

Craig Hall

Clint

Mike Edward

Finn

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Robbie Magasiva later starred in Power Rangers and The Brokenwood Mysteries, making this his most unexpected origin story.

Cultural

Aired when Australia's film industry was briefly obsessed with 'Aussie women behaving badly'—think Kath & Kim's dramatic cousin who took a wrong turn.