''Class of '74'' (and subsequently ''Class of '75'') was a soap opera that screened on the

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and produced by

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, with Peter Maxwell as EP and sometime director, the series was created by John Edwards, a former employee of

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and devised by Alan Coleman and broadcast in

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starting March 1974. Marist Singers of Eastwood provided back-up singing for the school choir. The series was set at a fictional

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called a ''Waratah High School'' with it's characters being a mix of teachers, staff and students. The series was aimed at a teenage audience. Running for 290 x 30 minutes episodes; five episodes each week were broadcast, stripped across week nights in an early evening 7pm timeslot. The series was renamed ''Class of '75'' for its second and final year. Although originally produced in black and white, it switched to colour broadcasting during its second year of production.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 117-118

Main cast

Teachers, staff and adults

Students

Miscellaneous

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

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