Number 96
Produced by Cash-Harmon Productions
Executive Producer: Bill Harmon
Aired: March 1972–December 22, 1977
Groundbreaking serial featuring high camp dramatics, sex, sin, nudity, and hilarious comic relief. Set in a block of eight flats in inner suburban Sydney, storylines dealt with the residents of the flats while the ground floor wine bar and delicatessen, and near-by Laundrette provided central meeting places for characters. Early storylines detailed the sex and sin aspects, with crime, rapes, murders and nudity. An early storyline was the dreaded 'knicker snipper', a devious intruder who ransacked the women's bedrooms and cut holes in their panties and bras. Later comedy storylines came to dominate though 1974 saw more crime with the horrific 'panty-hose' strangler killing off four young women residents, and 1975 saw four major stars killed off in the infamous 'bomb-blast' episode: a failed attempt to bolster the sagging ratings. Australia's first full frontal nude scene was added during the later episodes but nevertheless, ratings waned and the series eventually ended, with Dorrie and Don the only original characters still around at the end. - R. Lindsay
Starring | as | appeared |
Abigail | Bev Houghton | (1972-1973) |
Peter Adams | Andy Marshall | (1974-1975) |
Jan Adele | Trixie O'Toole | (1974-1977) |
Tony Allyn | Miles Cooper | (1975) |
Ronne Arnold | Chad Farrell | (1972) |
Philippa Baker | Roma Godolfus | (1972-1975) |
Briony Behets | Helen Eastwood | (1972) |
Wendy Blacklock | Edie McDonald | (1974-1977) |
Bunny Brooke | Flo Patterson | (1972-1977) |
Chelsea Brown | Henri P Cobb | (1977) |
Anne Charleston | 'Mad' Stella | (1975) |
Suzanne Church | Jane Chester | (1975-1977) |
James Condon | Sir Arnold Ashton |
Chantal Contouri | Tracy Wilson | (1974-1975) |
Patti Crocker | Eileen Chester | (1975-1976) |
Max Cullen | Ralph Finlayson |
Lorrae Desmond | Marion Carlton | (1972) |
Mike Dorsey | Reg McDonald | (1974-1977) |
Carmen Duncan | Helen Sheridan | (1973) |
Paula Duncan | Carol Finlayson | (1974-1975) |
James Elliott | Alf Sutcliffe | (1972-1975) |
Stuart Finch | Ian Chester | (1976) |
Peter Flett | Michael Bartlett | (1974-1975) |
Jill Forster | Helen Sheridan | (1973-1974) |
Arianthe Galani | Maria Panucci |
Vivienne Garrett | Rosa Godolfus | (1972) |
Vincent Gil | Cliff Stevens | (1972) |
Ashley Grenville | Kerry Braddon | (1975-1977) |
Robyn Gurney | Janie Somers | (3/1972 - 9/1972) |
Frances Hargreaves | Marilyn McDonald | (1974-1975, 1977) |
Martin Harris | Mark Eastwood | (1972) |
Joe Hasham | Don Finlayson | (1972-1977) |
Mark Hashfield | Alan Cotterell | (1972) |
Chard Hayward | Dudley Butterfield | (1973-1977) |
Lynda Keane | Anne Spencer | (1972) |
Sheila Kennelly | Norma Whittaker | (1972-1977) |
Jeff Kevin | Arnold Feather | (1972-1977) |
Elizabeth Kirkby | Lucy Sutcliffe | (1972-1975) |
Margaret Laurence | Liz Chalmers | (1975) |
Elaine Lee | Vera Collins | (1972-1976) |
Joanna Lockwood | Ros Halliday |
Johnny Lockwood | Aldo Godolfus | (1972-1975) |
Dina Mann | Debbie Chester | (1975-1977) |
Charne Marshall | Bernadette | (1975) |
Ingrid Mason | Mandy Ward | (1976) |
Pat McDonald | Dorrie Evans | (1972-1977) |
Gordon McDougall | Les/Andrew Whittaker | (1972-1977) |
Diana McLean | Dorothy Dunlop |
Julieanne Newbould | Theresa |
Tom Oliver | Jack Sellars | (1972-1974, 1975) |
John Orcsik | Simon Carr |
Susannah Piggott | Georgina Carter | (1972) |
Lynn Rainbow | Sonia Vansard | (1972) |
Penny Ramsay | Babs | (1972) |
Carol Raye | Amanda von Pappenburg | (1974) |
Candy Raymond | Jill Sheridan | (1973) |
Vicki Raymond | Bev Houghton | (1973) |
Tristan Rogers | Cain Carmichael | (1974) |
Justine Saunders | Rhonda Jackson | (1976) |
Thelma Scott | Claire Houghton |
Ron Shand | Herb Evans | (1972-1977) |
Kit Taylor | Warwick Thompson | (1975-1976) |
Malcolm Thompson | Toby Buxton | (1977) |
Rowena Wallace | Muriel Thompson | (1975-1976) |
Paul Weingott | Bruce Taylor | (1972, 1973) |
Bettina Welch | Maggie Cameron | (1972-1975) |
Norman Yemm | Harry Collins |
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