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Class of '74

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Class of '74
Developed byReg Grundy Organisation
StarringLeonard Teale
John Hamblin
Gordon Glenwright
Opening themeBrian Cadd
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes290 x 30 minute episodes
Production
Running time30 minutes (with adverts)
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release18 March 1974 (1974-03-18) –
1975 (1975)

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.[1] 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.[2]

Main cast

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Teachers, staff and adults

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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

Students

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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

Miscellaneous

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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 also

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References

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  1. ^ Mercado, Andrew (2004). Super Aussie soaps: behind the scenes of Australia's best loved TV shows. Pluto Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-86403-191-1.
  2. ^ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 117-118
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