- Autumn Affair
"Autumn Affair" was an
Australia ntelevision series made by theSeven Network . It premieredOctober 24 1958 and continued until1959 . The series was the first ever Australian televisionsoap opera .The series went into production without a sponsor, as the station
ATN7 wanted to gain experience in television drama production. Episodes were fifteen minutes in duration, shot on video in black and white, and were screened each weekday at 9.00 AM. The cast comprised just six regulars; the story focused on a woman, Julia (Muriel Steinbeck ), a widow in a love triange situation with two men.Many of the actors and writers involved in the production had previously worked on radio soap operas. Series ended in 1959 after 156 episodes.
Actors who appeared in the show included
Queenie Ashton ,Diana Perryman ,Owen Weingott [Moran, Albert. "Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series", Allen & Unwin, 1993. ISBN 0642184623 p 65] .Notes
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* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A138189;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Autumn Affair at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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