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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

The five night a week series was the network's replacement for The Young Doctors and 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. It debuted 18 April 1983.[1]

Regular cast

The youthful cast included Leander Brett, David Clencie, Nikki Coghill, Tottie Goldsmith, Rowena Mohr, Peter O'Brien, David Reyne, Yves Stenning, Gary Sweet . The more experienced cast members complementing the young leads included

Maurie Fields, Jill Forster, John Hamblin Gerard Maguire, Anne Phelan, Marie Redshaw, Colin Vancao, .

Cancellation

The series failed to gain sufficient ratings and was quickly cancelled and removed from the schedules by 20 May 1983. Some of the unscreened 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 episode go to air.[1]


  1. ^ a b Mercado, Andrew. Super Aussie Soaps, Pluto Press Australia, 2004. ISBN 1-86403-191-3 p 198-200