Autumn Affair | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Screenplay by | Richard Lane |
Directed by | |
Starring | Muriel Steinbeck |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 156 |
Production | |
Running time | 15 mins |
Original release | |
Network | ATN-7 |
Release | 20 October 1958 20 October 1959 | –
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Autumn Affair is an Australian television soap opera made by and aired by Network Seven station ATN-7, and also shown in Melbourne on Nine Network station GTV-9.[1] Television in Australia had only been broadcasting since 1956 and Seven Network was the first commercial station to make drama a priority.
It premiered on Monday 20 October 1958 and continued until 20 October 1959. The series was notable as being the first ever Australian produced television soap opera to air in that country. It was also the second regular Australian-produced dramatic television series of any kind, with previous locally produced drama consisting of religious series The House on the Corner, since other content drama that was produced locally.by the ABC was televised plays.