1972 in Australian Television - 1972 Australian Television Series Debuts, 1972 Australian Television Series Endings, Number 96 (Paperback)

Chapters: 1972 Australian Television Series Debuts, 1972 Australian Television Series Endings, Number 96, the Aunty Jack Show, the Graham Kennedy Show, the Curiosity Show, Birds in the Bush, Fat Cat and Friends, Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go, Boney, Bandstand. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Number 96 was a revolutionary Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill Harmon produced the series for Network Ten, which requested a Coronation Street-type serial, and specifically one that explored adult subjects. The premise, original story outlines, and the original characters were devised by David Sale who also wrote the scripts for the first episodes and continued as script editor for much of the show's run. The series proved to be a huge success, running from 1972 until 1977, and became famous for its sex scenes and nudity, and for its comedy characters. Number 96 was launched on 13 March 1972 with a simple promotional campaign - each night for several weeks before its debut, the message "Number 96 Is Coming" would appear on screen during Network 10's advertisements. No explanation was given, and it stimulated curiosity. When the series premiered viewers were presented with a level of titillation and taboo subjects that had never been seen on Australian television before, and the event came to be known as "the night Australian television lost its virginity." Storylines of the series explored the relationships of the residents of a small, inner-city apartment block named Number 96, after its fictional street address, 96 Lindsay Street, Paddington (actually Moncur Street, Woollahra). Stories focused on topics such as racism, drug use, rape, marriage problems, adultery and homosexuality, along with more prosaic romantic a...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23050