The Slap is an Australian television drama show. It was broadcast on ABC1 from 6 October to 24. The show is predicated on The Slap, '' a 2008 winning book by author Christos Tsiolkas, which explores what happens when a person slaps a child, who is not related to himat a forehead that was suburban. The collection had been produced by Matchbox Pictures' Tony Ayres, Michael McMahon and Helen Bowden, with Penny Chapman serving as the executive producer. The supervisors. Jessica Hobbs, Tony Ayres, Matthew Saville and Robert Connolly, directed two episodes every day. The writing staff contained Emily Ballou, Alice Bell, Brendan Cowell, Kris Mrksa and Cate Shortland.