Autumn Affair

Autumn Affair
GenreSoap opera
Screenplay byRichard Lane
Directed by
StarringMuriel Steinbeck
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes156
Production
Running time15 mins
Original release
NetworkATN-7
Release20 October 1958 (1958-10-20) –
20 October 1959 (1959-10-20)
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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.

  1. ^ "Monday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 14 May 1959. p. 9.