Class of 74

Class of '74
Developed by	Reg Grundy Organisation
Starring	Leonard Teale, John Hamblin, Gordon Glenwright.
Opening theme	Brian Cadd
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	290 x 30 minute episodes
Production
Running time	30 minutes (with adverts)
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Picture format	Black-and-white (1974) Color (1975)
Original release	March 1974 – 1975

Class of '74 (and later Class of '75) was a secondary school-based, daily soap opera produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and screened on the Seven Network in Australia starting March 1974. The main characters were a mix of teachers and other school personnel, and students. The series was aimed at a teenage audience. Each episode was 30 minutes; five episodes each week were broadcast, stripped across week nights in an early evening timeslot. The series was renamed Class of '75 for its second and final year. It also switched from black and white to colour during its second year on air.

Principal cast members included Leonard Teale, John Hamblin, Gordon Glenwright, Jeanie Drynan, Anne Louise Lambert, Megan Williams, Joanne Samuel, Carla Hoogeveen, John Diedrich, Jan Kingsbury, Vince Martin, Judy Ferris, Carol Vincent-Smythe, Kevin Miles, Mark Hollis; and in 1975 Abigail, Peta Toppano, Peter Bensley, Briony Behets, Angela Punch-McGregor, Peter Flett, Marty Rhone, Anne Charleston.

Cast members Teale, Hamblin and Glenwright continued the program's entire run.

See also

• List of Australian television series

External links

• Aussie Soap Archive: Class of '74 — Overview and review
• Class of '74 at IMDb
• Class of 74 at the National Film and Sound Archive

• Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 117-118