Number 96

Number 96 is an Australian primetime soap opera that aired on 0-10 Network (the forerunner of what is now Network Ten) from 13 March 1972 to 11 August 1977, broadcast in the primetime slot of 8:30 pm every weeknight. Originally it aired from its inception in monochrome until 1975, with the switch over to colour television broadcasting in Australia The series was notable for breaking new ground introducing controversial subject matter. The premiere of the series was promoted heavily in media with newspaper advertisements that described it as "Tonight, Australian television loses its virginity" and it followed the lives of residents living in a four-storey city apartment block at the fictional 96 Lindsay Street, Paddington. The show was conceived by novelist David Sale (who also was a screenwriter, who worked on the series) and developed by production firm Cash Harmon Productionsthe series was originally commissioned by the then flagging network to make a soap opera with similar elements to the British series "Coronation Street, but a little racier".