Bellbird (soap opera)
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- This article is concerned with bellbird as an Australian television soap opera; for other uses of the term see bellbird (disambiguation).
Bellbird was a country based daily soap opera screened for 15 minutes each night by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation before the evening news. The series followed the lives of the residents of the country town that gave the show's title. It ran from 1967 until 1977 and though ratings were moderate the show had a devoted following, especially in rural areas.
Principle cast members included Maurie Fields, Carl Bleazby, Lynette Curran, Elspeth Ballantyne, Gerda Nicolson, Peter Aanensen, Carmel Milhouse, Moira Charleton, Terry Norris, Robin Ramsay, Ian Smith, Anne Phelan, Dennis Miller.
External links
- Aussie Soap Archive: Bellbird (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/bellbird.html) — Overview and review