The Box (1974)

Directed by

John Jacob, David Crossman, Gary Conway, Brian Crossley

Genre

soap opera

Country

Australia

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1970s Australian soap opera about the lives and scandals of people working at a television station. It focuses on their messy personal relationships and the drama behind the scenes.

dramaticfast-pacedglamorousseedymelodramaticcampydatedsensationalist

What happens

The Box is an Australian soap opera that ran on ATV-0 from 11 February 1974 until 11 October 1977 and on 0–10 Network affiliates around Australia. The Box was produced by Crawford Productions which at the time was having great success producing police procedurals series in Australia; accordingly, The Box titles parodied police drama, featuring Ken James as Tony Wild leaping from his car and firing a gun. The Box was Crawfords' first soap opera, and was launched to complement the enormous success of another adult soap opera Number 96. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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