Lightning Point

Lightning Point
Also known asAlien Surf Girls
Genre
Created byJonathan M. Shiff
Written by
  • Simon Butters
  • Sam Carroll
  • Carine Chai
  • Max Dann
  • David Hannam
  • Anthony Morris
  • Chris Roache
Directed by
  • Colin Budds
  • Evan Clarry
Starring
Theme music composerPete Dacy & Jason Bond
Composers
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • Jonathan M. Shiff
  • Julia Adams
  • Nicole Keeb
  • Arne Lohmann
  • Cherrie Bottger
ProducerJonathan M. Shiff
Production locationsGold Coast, Queensland, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Running time25 minutes
Production companyJonathan M. Shiff Productions
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release22 June (2012-06-22) –
14 December 2012 (2012-12-14)
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Lightning Point is an Australian television teen drama set in the modern day with fantasy elements. It was filmed on location at the Gold Coast and Byron Bay in 2011. The half-hour series is produced by Jonathan M. Shiff for Network Ten in association with Nickelodeon and German public broadcaster ZDF. It was re-broadcast on Network Ten in Australia on 22 June 2012, and again on the same network from 5 July 2014.

The series premiered on TeenNick in the United States under its international title of Alien Surf Girls on 29 May 2012,[1] and aired on Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom from 23 July 2012 also as Alien Surf Girls.[2]

It was announced by co-star Jessica Green that the series would not return for a second season.[3]

  1. ^ "TeenNick to Add "H2O", "Alien Surf Girls" in May" (Press release). TeenNick. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2016 – via The Futon Critic.
  2. ^ Linden, Shaun (3 July 2012). "Nickelodeon to Screen Alien Surf Girls". atvtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. ^ Jess Green [@JessGreen2] (13 January 2013). "@AnnaJessGreen heyy sorry girl no season two :(" (Tweet) – via Twitter.