Based on Christos Tsiolkas's best-selling novel, The Slap is an eight-part drama series that traces the shattering repercussions of a single event upon a group of family and friends. It is a searing portrait of middle class life, and the mores and morality that shape modern, multicultural Australia. Stars Jonathan LaPaglia, Melissa George, Alex Dimitriades, Essie Davis, Sophie Okonedo, Lex Marinos, Sophie Lowe, Blake Davis, Diana Glenn.