The Strip

The Strip centres on Melissa Walker (Luanne Gordon, who went on to star in Interrogation), who sheds a legal career, leaves her partner and sets up a male strip revue. The award-winning show allowed audiences to ogle semi-naked men (warmed up by hit play Ladies Night and 1997 movie The Full Monty) while focusing on a female character, as Melissa juggles business, romance, friendship and raising a teenage daughter. Taking cues from Ally McBeal (with fantasy sequences to match), the Gibson Group show ran on TV3 for two seasons: season one ran 20 episodes, and the second ran for 16. The Strip also sold internationally.