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It was the first soap opera to screen in prime time five nights a week, and later became the first Australian TV series to inspire a US remake. Number 96 became infamous for its groundbreaking depictions of taboo subjects of the time, exploring issues such as homosexuality, abortion, rape, interracial romance, drug usage, pregnancy in later ...
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- 13 March 1972 –, 11 August 1977
Number 96, Soap Opera. Language. English. Drama examining the lives of residents of a Sydney apartment block. Initial storylines focused on adultery, drug use, frigidity, rape, gossip, homosexuality, marriage problems, racism. The building's ground.
Number 96: Created by Bob Ellison, Barry Kemp, David Lloyd. With Sharon Spelman, Barry Bartle, Betsy Palmer, Terry Kiser. Soap opera of the lives of a group of residents at Number 96 Pacific Way and their dealings with sex, gossip and many personal problems.
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- 1980-12-10
- Comedy
- 60
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February 16, 2023 - 9:46AM. On March 13, 1972, a new show aired on Australian TV. In that very first episode – still in black and white – were characters whose very appearance would be a world first. And yet, it’s likely the millions of people who settled down at 8.30pm to watch soap Number 96 had no idea what they were witnessing.
1218 x 30 minute episodes episodes. Number 96 debuted on Monday 13 March 1972, with the proclamation, “Tonight at 8.30 pm, television loses its virginity”, and became the most popular programme on Australian TV within one year, screening every weeknight in all capital cities and on almost every regional station.
Number 96. Seasons. Years. 1. S1.E1 ∙ Roger Moves In. Wed, Dec 10, 1980. Number 96 Pacific Way is a Southern California apartment building that shelters as many sexual shenanigans and personal peccadilloes as it does tenants.
