Bellbird
30m
Running Time
Plot.
Bellbird was an Australian soap opera set in a small Victorian rural township. The series was produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation at its Ripponlea TV studios in Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria.
The series was produced between 28 August 1967 and December 1977. It was Australia's first successful soap opera; the show's ratings were modest but it had a devoted following, especially in rural Australia. During its 10 year run, 15 minute episodes of Bellbird screened from Monday through to Thursday nights during the lead in to the 7 pm evening news bulletin. In 1976 the series was screened as one one-hour episode each week, before switching to three half-hour installments per week during its final season.
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Cast & Crew.
Barbara Vernon
Creator
Carmel Millhouse
Marge Bacon (1967-1977)
Carl Bleazby
Col. Emerson
Peter Aanensen
Jim Bacon (1967-1976)
Maurie Fields
John Quinney (1969-1977)
Brian Hannan
Roger Green
Terry Norris
Joe Turner (1969-1977)
Lynette Curran
Rhoda Lang Wilson Greene (1967-1974)
Details.
StatusEnded
Running Time30m
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Wiki.
Bellbird is an Australian soap opera serial broadcast by the ABC created and co-written by Barbara Vernon, it screened for 10 seasons between 1967 and 1977, and spanned 1,697 episodes. The series centered around the residents of the small fictional Victorian rural township of the series title.
Bellbird has the distinction of being the longest-running soap opera/serial ever produced by the ABC. It ended the same year as commercial broadcast series Number 96 and The Box, which had run for six and four years respectively.