Class of '74

1974 Australian TV soap opera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Class of '74 (and subsequently Class of '75) is 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.

Opening themeBrian Cadd
Country of originAustralia
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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)
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The series was set at a fictional secondary school called a Waratah High School with its 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

Teachers, staff and adults

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Leonard Tealeas Mr. Charles Ogilvy - School Principal
John HamblinMr. Donald Blair - Deputy Principal
Gordon GlenwrightHubbard (janitor)
Jeanie DrynanMary Dunstan
Vince MartinGary Evans / Jack Christiansen
Jan KingsburyMaureen Blair
Chuck DanskinGlen Turner
Allan LanderFather Paul Kennedy
Carol Vincent-SmytheBarbara Young
Phillip RossDavid Willard
Judy FerrisRuth Howard
Edward HowellJames Findlay
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Students

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John DiedrichBarry Collins
Anne Louise LambertPeggy Richardson
Megan WilliamsAnn Watson
Joanne SamuelSue Taylor
Carla HoogeveenJulie Armstrong
Kevin WilsonJohn Ward
Chris CummingsGreg Simpson
Barbara LlewellynNora Hayes
Adrian BernottiTony Bianco
Terry Peck
Sharon HigginsJackie Howard
Greg BepperDean Howard
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Miscellaneous

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Anne CharlestonFaith Adam
AbigailAngelique Dupree
Peta ToppanoGina Ferrari
Briony BehetsJorja Jones
Peter BensleyDennis Braithwaite
Angela Punch-McGregorJane Potter
Marty RhoneTom Carter
Peter FlettRick Harris
Bronwyn WinterLoretta Day
Patrick WardSam Wandsworth
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Cast members Teale, Hamblin and Glenwright continued the program's entire run.

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