Bellbird (TV series)

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Bellbird
Genre	Soap opera; Serial;
Created by	Barbara Vernon
Written by	Barbara Vernon; Alan Hopgood; Michael Wright;
Directed by	James Davern; Oscar Whitbread
Starring	See cast list
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	1,697
Production
Producer	Brett Porter
Running time	Episodes 1–1508 (15 minutes (excluding commercial)); Episodes 1509–1592 (1 Hour); Episodes 1563–1697, (3x half-hour weekly);
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	28 August 1967 –; 23 December 1977
Related
	Country Life (film version)

Bellbird is an Australian soap opera serial broadcast by the ABC created and co-written by Barbara Vernon, it screened for 10 seasons between 1967 and 1977, and spanned 1,697 episodes. The series centered around the residents of the small fictional Victorian rural township of the series title.

Bellbird has the distinction of being the longest-running soap opera/serial ever produced by the ABC. It ended the same year as commercial broadcast series Number 96 and The Box, which had run for six and four years respectively.

Bellbird

Genre	Soap opera Serial
Created by	Barbara Vernon
Written by	Barbara Vernon Alan Hopgood Michael Wright
Directed by	James Davern Oscar Whitbread
Starring	See cast list
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	1,697
Production
Producer	Brett Porter
Running time	Episodes 1–1508 (15 minutes (excluding commercial)) Episodes 1509–1592 (1 Hour) Episodes 1563–1697, (3x half-hour weekly)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	28 August 1967 (1967-08-28) – 23 December 1977 (1977-12-23)
Related
Country Life (film version)