| The Box | |
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Ian Jones - Tom Hegarty |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 611 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minute premiere, 474 x 30 minutes - 128 60 minutes |
| Production company | Crawford Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ATV |
| Release | 11 February 1974 – 11 October 1977 |
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The Box is an Australian soap opera that ran on ATV-0 from 11 February 1974 until 11 October 1977 and on 0–10 Network affiliates around Australia.
The Box was produced by Crawford Productions who at the time was having great success producing police drama series in Australia. The Box was Crawford's first soap opera, and was launched as a reaction to the enormous success of the rival adult soap opera Number 96.[1]