Autumn Affair

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Autumn Affair was an Australian television series made by the Seven Network. It premiered October 24, 1958 and continued until 1959. The series was the first ever Australian television soap opera.

The series went into production without a sponsor, as the station ATN7 wanted to gain experience in television drama production. Episodes were fifteen minutes in duration, shot on video in black and white, and were screened each weekday at 9.00 AM. The cast comprised just six regulars; the story focused on a woman, Julia (Muriel Steinbeck), a widow in a love triange situation with two men.

Many of the actors and writers involved in the production had previously worked on radio soap operas. Series ended in 1959 after 156 episodes.

Actors who appeared in the show included Queenie Ashton, Diana Perryman, Owen Weingott ^[1].

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• Autumn Affair at the Internet Movie Database
• Autumn Affair at the National Film and Sound Archive