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'''''Starting Out''''' is an [[Australia]]n [[television]] [[soap opera]] made for the [[Nine Network]] by the [[Reg Grundy Organisation]] in 1983.
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'''''Starting Out''''' is an Australian [[television]] [[soap opera]] made for the [[Nine Network]] by the [[Reg Grundy Organisation]] in 1983.

==Background ==
==Background ==
The five-night-a-week series was created by [[Reg Watson]] as the network's replacement for ''[[The Young Doctors]]''. It was produced by [[Sue Masters]] who had also been the producer of ''The Young Doctors''. It was set at a medical college with an emphasis on young people getting their first experience of living away from home and leading independent lives. ''Starting Out'' debuted 18 April 1983 and aired in an early evening slot before the network's news service.<ref name="MercadoA-pp198-200">Mercado, Andrew. ''Super Aussie Soaps'', Pluto Press Australia, 2004. ISBN 1-86403-191-3 p 198-200</ref>
The five-night-a-week series was created by [[Reg Watson]] as the network's replacement for the long-running serial ''[[The Young Doctors]]''. It was produced by [[Sue Masters]] who had also been the producer of ''The Young Doctors''.
It was set at a medical college with an emphasis on young people getting their first experience of living away from home and leading independent lives. ''Starting Out'' debuted on 5 April 1983 in Melbourne and 18 April 1983 in Sydney. It aired in an early evening slot of 6pm week night’s before the network's news service.<ref name="MercadoA-pp198-200">Mercado, Andrew. ''Super Aussie Soaps'', Pluto Press Australia, 2004. {{ISBN|1-86403-191-3}} p 198-200</ref>


==Cast ==
==Cast ==
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The youthful cast included
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Leander Brett,
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The youthful cast included:
David Clencie,
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[[Nikki Coghill]],
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[[Tottie Goldsmith]],
Rowena Mohr,
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[[Peter O'Brien (actor)|Peter O'Brien]],
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[[David Reyne]],
Yves Stenning,
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[[Gary Sweet]].


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* [[Leander Brett]] – Aggie Dean
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The more experienced cast members complementing the young leads included
* [[Antoinette Byron]] – Laurel Adams
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[[Maurie Fields]],
* [[David Clencie]] – Ben McNamara<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114074158/starting-slowly/|title=Starting slowly|last=Brown|first=Jenny|date=7 April 1983|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=4 December 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
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[[Caroline Gillmer]],
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* [[Nikki Coghill]] – Margot Fallon-Smith
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[[Jill Forster]],
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* [[Tottie Goldsmith]] – Trixie Sheldon
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[[John Hamblin]],
* [[Rowena Mohr]] – Michelle Rivers
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[[Gerard Maguire]],
* [[Julie Nihill]] – Tessa Staples
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[[Anne Phelan]],
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* [[Peter O'Brien (actor)|Peter O'Brien]] – Craig Holt
Marie Redshaw,
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* [[David Reyne]] – Paul Harding
Colin Vancao.
* [[Yves Stenning]] – Will Brodie
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* [[Gary Sweet]] – Rod Turner
* [[Paul Williams (Australian actor)|Paul Williams]] – Peter Nolan

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The more experienced cast members complementing the young leads included:

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* [[Maurie Fields]] – Mac Rankin
* [[Suzy Gashler]] – Yvonne Rivers
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* [[Caroline Gillmer]] – Eleannor Harris
* [[John Grant (Australian actor)|John Grant]] – Dr. Greg Munro
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* [[Jill Forster]] – Dr. Judith Holt
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* [[John Hamblin]] – Dr. James Holt
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* [[Gerard Maguire]] – Dr. John Rivers
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* [[Anne Phelan]] – Mrs. De Soosa
* [[Marie Redshaw]] – Mrs. Lynch
* Colin Vancao – Russell Dean

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==Cancellation ==
==Cancellation ==
The series failed to gain sufficient ratings and was quickly cancelled and removed from the schedules by 20 May 1983. Some of the unaired episodes were screened sporadically out-of-ratings in late 1983. Not until a late night repeat run several years after production did all of the 85 produced episodes go to air.<ref name="MercadoA-pp198-200"/>
The series failed to gain sufficient ratings and was quickly cancelled and removed from network schedules by 20 May 1983. Some of the unaired episodes were screened sporadically out-of-ratings in late 1983. Not until a late night repeat run during the later half of 1989 several years after production did all of the 85 produced episodes go to air.<ref name="MercadoA-pp198-200"/>

==Reception==
Robert Fidgeon of the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' named ''Starting Out'' as one of "Australia's All-time Top 50 TV Turkeys". He stated "For some reason Peter O'Brien said yes to this dumb soap about dumb teen medical students living in a boarding house. Planned 17-week run lasted three."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A86198811/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=cb8576be|title=Top of the flops|last=Fidgeon|first=Robert|date=15 May 2002|work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=11 March 2024|via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fidgeon's colleague Fiona Byrne included ''Starting Out'' in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off."<ref name="Byrne">{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A632926541/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=fde4ac46|title=Truly terrible TV shows that flopped|last=Byrne|first=Fiona|date=19 August 2020|work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=4 October 2024|via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Summing it up, she wrote "It debuted on Channel 9 in April 1983 with little fanfare. It was pulled from the network's schedule after little more than a month and naturally there was not a second season."<ref name="Byrne"/>


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0289827|title=Starting Out}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0289827|title=Starting Out}}
*[http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A493544;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''Starting Out'' at the National Film and Sound Archive]
*[http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A493544;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''Starting Out'' at the National Film and Sound Archive]


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[[Category:1983 Australian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1983 Australian television series endings]]
[[Category:1983 Australian television series endings]]
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Latest revision as of 04:35, 4 October 2024

For other uses, see Starting Out (disambiguation).

Starting Out
GenreSoap opera
Created byReg Watson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes85
Production
ProducerSue Masters
Production companyReg Grundy Organisation
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release5 April 1983 (1983-04-05) –
1983 (1983)
Related
The Young Doctors

Starting Out is an Australian television soap opera made for the Nine Network by the Reg Grundy Organisation in 1983.

Background

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The five-night-a-week series was created by Reg Watson as the network's replacement for the long-running serial The Young Doctors. It was produced by Sue Masters who had also been the producer of The Young Doctors.

It was set at a medical college with an emphasis on young people getting their first experience of living away from home and leading independent lives. Starting Out debuted on 5 April 1983 in Melbourne and 18 April 1983 in Sydney. It aired in an early evening slot of 6pm week night’s before the network's news service.[1]

Cast

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Cancellation

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The series failed to gain sufficient ratings and was quickly cancelled and removed from network schedules by 20 May 1983. Some of the unaired episodes were screened sporadically out-of-ratings in late 1983. Not until a late night repeat run during the later half of 1989 several years after production did all of the 85 produced episodes go to air.[1]

Reception

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Robert Fidgeon of the Herald Sun named Starting Out as one of "Australia's All-time Top 50 TV Turkeys". He stated "For some reason Peter O'Brien said yes to this dumb soap about dumb teen medical students living in a boarding house. Planned 17-week run lasted three."[3] Fidgeon's colleague Fiona Byrne included Starting Out in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off."[4] Summing it up, she wrote "It debuted on Channel 9 in April 1983 with little fanfare. It was pulled from the network's schedule after little more than a month and naturally there was not a second season."[4]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Mercado, Andrew. Super Aussie Soaps, Pluto Press Australia, 2004. ISBN 1-86403-191-3 p 198-200
  2. ^ Brown, Jenny (7 April 1983). "Starting slowly". The Age. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  3. ^ Fidgeon, Robert (15 May 2002). "Top of the flops". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via Gale.
  4. ^ a b Byrne, Fiona (19 August 2020). "Truly terrible TV shows that flopped". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 October 2024 – via Gale.
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