Class of '74
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Class of '74 (and subsequently Class of '75) was a soap opera that screened on the Seven Network in Australia and produced by Reg Grundy Organisation, with Peter Maxwell as EP and sometime director, the series was created by John Edwards, a former employee of Crawford Productions and devised by Alan Coleman and broadcast in black-and-white starting March 1974.<ref name="Super Aussie soaps">Template:Cite book</ref> Marist Singers of Eastwood provided back-up singing for the school choir.
The series was set at a fictional secondary school called a Waratah High School with it's characters being a mix of teachers, staff and students. The series was aimed at a teenage audience. Running for 290 x 30 minutes episodes; five episodes each week were broadcast, stripped across week nights in an early evening 7pm timeslot. The series was renamed Class of '75 for its second and final year. Although originally produced in black and white, it switched to colour broadcasting during its second year of production.<ref name="moran">Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 117-118</ref>
Main castEdit
Teachers, staff and adultsEdit
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Leonard Teale | as Mr. Charles Ogilvy - School Principal |
| John Hamblin | Mr. Donald Blair - Deputy Principal |
| Gordon Glenwright | Hubbard (janitor) |
| Jeanie Drynan | Mary Dunstan |
| Vince Martin | Gary Evans / Jack Christiansen |
| Jan Kingsbury | Maureen Blair |
| Chuck Danskin | Glen Turner |
| Allan Lander | Father Paul Kennedy |
| Carol Vincent-Smythe | Barbara Young |
| Phillip Ross | David Willard |
| Judy Ferris | Ruth Howard |
| Edward Howell | James Findlay |
StudentsEdit
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| John Diedrich | Barry Collins |
| Anne Louise Lambert | Peggy Richardson |
| Megan Williams | Ann Watson |
| Joanne Samuel | Sue Taylor |
| Carla Hoogeveen | Julie Armstrong |
| Kevin Wilson | John Ward |
| Chris Cummings | Greg Simpson |
| Barbara Llewellyn | Nora Hayes |
| Adrian Bernotti | Tony Bianco |
| Terry Peck | |
| Sharon Higgins | Jackie Howard |
| Greg Bepper | Dean Howard |
MiscellaneousEdit
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Anne Charleston | Faith Adam |
| Abigail | Angelique Dupree |
| Peta Toppano | Gina Ferrari |
| Briony Behets | Jorja Jones |
| Peter Bensley | Dennis Braithwaite |
| Angela Punch-McGregor | Jane Potter |
| Marty Rhone | Tom Carter |
| Peter Flett | Rick Harris |
| Bronwyn Winter | Loretta Day |
| Patrick Ward | Sam Wandsworth |
Cast members Teale, Hamblin and Glenwright continued the program's entire run.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Aussie Soap Archive: Class of '74 — Overview and review; Archived 19 April 2020
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