Number 96 - Volume 3 - The Beginning and the Bomb - 4-DVD Set ( Number Ninety Six - Volume Three )

Number 96 - Volume 3 - The Beginning and the Bomb - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Number Ninety Six - Volume Three
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
450 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Brian Phillis
Peter Benardos

Written By:
Derek Strachan
Johnny Whyte

Actors:
Bunny Brooke ..... Flo Patterson (10 episodes, 1972-1977)
Mike Dorsey ..... Reg McDonald (10 episodes, 1974-1977)
Wendy Blacklock ..... Edie McDonald (10 episodes, 1974-1977)
Pat McDonald ..... Dorrie Evans (9 episodes, 1972-1977)
Chard Hayward ..... Dudley Butterfield (8 episodes, 1973-1977)
Elaine Lee ..... Vera Collins (8 episodes, 1972-1976)
Sheila Kennelly ..... Norma Whittaker (7 episodes, 1972-1977)
Ron Shand ..... Herbert Evans / ... (7 episodes, 1972-1977)
Jeff Kevin ..... Arnold Feather / ... (6 episodes, 1972-1977)
James Elliott ..... Alf Sutcliffe (6 episodes, 1972-1975)
Elisabeth Kirkby ..... Lucy Sutcliffe (6 episodes, 1972-1975)
Frances Hargreaves ..... Marilyn MacDonald (6 episodes, 1975-1977)
Pamela Gibbons ..... Grace 'Prim' Primrose (6 episodes, 1975-1976)
Gordon McDougall ..... Les Whittaker / ... (5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Kit Taylor ..... Warwick Thompson (5 episodes, 1975-1976)
Johnny Lockwood ..... Aldo Godolfus (4 episodes, 1972-1975)
Joe Hasham ..... Don Finlayson (4 episodes, 1972-1977)
Peter Adams ..... Andy Marshall (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Margaret Laurence ..... Liz Chalmers Feather (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
Scott Lambert ..... Miles Cooper (4 episodes, 1975)
Natalie Mosco ..... Tanya Schnolskevitska (4 episodes, 1975)
Philippa Baker ..... Roma Godolfus (3 episodes, 1972-1975)
Bettina Welch ..... Maggie Cameron (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Paula Duncan ..... Carol Finlayson (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Pamela Garrick ..... Patti Olsen Feather (2 episodes, 1974)
Chantal Contouri ..... Tracey Wilson (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Mike Ferguson ..... Gary Whittaker (2 episodes, 1975)
Thelma Scott ..... Claire Houghton (2 episodes, 1974-1977)
Judi Farr ..... Alderman Mrs April Bullock (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Suzanne Church ..... Jane Chester (2 episodes, 1975-1977)
Dina Mann ..... Debbie Chester (2 episodes, 1975-1977)
Peter Flett ..... Michael Bartlett / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Gordon Glenwright ..... Arthur Partridge (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Vince Martin ..... David Palmer (2 episodes, 1975)
Arianthe Galani ..... Maria Panucci (1 episode, 1976-1977)
Abigail ..... Bev Houghton (1 episode, 1972-1976)
Anya Saleky ..... Jaja Gibson (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Paul Weingott ..... Bruce Taylor (1 episode, 1972)
Carol Raye ..... Baroness Amanda von Pappenburg (1 episode, 1973-1974)
Michael Howard ..... Grant Chandler (1 episode, 1976-1977)
Harry Michaels ..... Giovanni Lenzi (1 episode, 1976-1977)
Max Osbiston ..... Sargeant Murphy (1 episode, 1972-1975)
Sheila Bradley ..... Freda Fuller (1 episode, 1974-1975)
Ken Fraser ..... Dt. Sgt. Short / ... (1 episode, 1974-1975)
Brian Moll ..... Ian Buchanan (1 episode, 1974-1975)
Tom Oliver ..... Jack Sellars (1 episode, 1974)
Norman Yemm ..... Harry Collins (1 episode, 1974)
Patti Crocker ..... Eileen Chester (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Robert Davis ..... Scott Taylor (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Rowena Wallace ..... Muriel Thompson (1 episode, 1975-1976)
Jan Adele ..... Trixie O'Toole (1 episode, 1975)
Kevin Golsby ..... Trevor Banks (1 episode, 1975)

Synopsis:

In 1972, NUMBER 96 exploded onto screens with a sex bomb called Abigail and then became front page news in 1975 when a bomb blast killed several characters. It was one of the most groundbreaking series in the history of television and to celebrate its 40th anniversary, see the provocative early episodes that shattered every taboo of the era including nudity, homosexuality and interracial romance. Those original residents included virginal Bev (Abigail), gay student Don (Joe Hasham), bisexual boyfriend Bruce (Paul Weingott) and his married lover Maggie Cameron (Bettina Welch). There was Vera (Elaine Lee) being raped by Harry (Norman Yemm) and pregnant Helen (Brioney Behets) discovering her husband in bed with Rose Godolfus (Vivienne Garrett). Hippies were stripping in the laundrette, bikies were running amok and Dorrie Evans (Pat McDonald) was forever snooping around in search of gossip. For three years, NUMBER 96 was the top rating show in Australia but with the advent of colour TV, something big was needed. Now you can re-live its gritty beginnings and the jaw-dropping bomb explosion that stopped the nation.

Drama examining the lives of residents of a Sydney apartment block. Initial storylines focused on adultery, drug use, frigidity, rape, gossip, homosexuality, marriage problems, racism. The building's ground floor delicatessen run by Hungarian Jew Aldo Godolfus and the nearby laundrette provided central meeting places for characters. Original residents included busty blonde virgin Bev Houghton who fell in love with her neighbour, homosexual lawyer Don Finlayson. Don's flatmate lover was Bruce Taylor, a photographer who was secretly being kept financially by his employer, the bitchy and sardonic Maggie Cameron. Friendly Vera Collins read tarot cards for a living; her husband had deserted her and she would be perpetually unlucky in love. In flat 8 lived immigrants from Lancashire, whining Alf Sutcliffe and his salt of the earth wife Lucy, who worked in the laundrette. Interfering, malaproping gossip Dorrie Evans was the building's self-appointed 'conserge'; her husband was the more friendly Herb. Lovable rogue and ladies man Jack Sellars romanced Bev, Aldo had the problems of his rebellious daughter Rose before she got married and moved away, and Aldo's new wife Roma Lubinski joined him in his comedy attempts to use modern Australian idiom. Also coming to work at the deli was new resident, the bookish young Arnold Feather. A wine bar opened in the building, run by bubbly Norma Whittaker. She and her amateur inventor husband Les moved in to live in flat 1. Camp young movie fan Dudley Butterfield arrived to work in the wine bar, and Dorrie's old friend and now lodger was the no-nonsense Flo Patterson: a perfect foil for snobbish Dorrie. Maggie Cameron later became part owner of the building, frequently making unsuccessful attempts to evict the residents. The regimented Reg 'Daddy' McDonald, has dizzy wife Edie 'Mummy' McDonald and their ebullient daughter Marilyn later moved in the flat 5. An early storyline was the dreaded 'knicker snipper', a devious intruder who ransacked the women's bedrooms and cut holes in their panties and bras. Later comedy storylines were added, while 1974 saw more crime with the horrific panty-hose strangler killing off two young women residents, and attacking one other. 1975 saw four major stars killed off in the infamous bomb-blast episode: a failed attempt to boost the show's by then declining ratings. Australia's first full frontal nude scene was added during the later episodes in 1977 but nevertheless, ratings waned and the series eventually ended, with Dorrie, Herb and Don the only original characters still around at the end.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 29 July, 2012.

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