person or book cover
Graveside feuding in Possession (screen cap)
form y separately published work icon Possession series - publisher   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Possession
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Another Grundy soap opera, Possession was, like the ill-fated Taurus Rising, designed to challenge the American soaps Dynasty and Dallas, in that it was (to use Moran's description from his Guide to Australian TV series) 'nicely set to gravitate betweem motifs of material wealth and unbalanced, emotionally wrought behaviour'.

Like Taurus Rising, the program was unsuccessful, and was pulled from its 7:30pm slot early in its run, to run out the rest of its episodes in a late-night slot. Moran notes that the program was 'one of a long series of misses' for Channel Nine, as they struggled to find a replacement for The Sullivans and The Young Doctors.

Moran also notes, 'For industry watchers--the serial was producer Eric Taylor's first dip in the waters of commercial television after many years' flotation in ABC TV Drama'.

Notes

  • A short section of an early episode of Possession is available to watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SfZPIlIFG4 (Sighted: 24/11/2011)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1985 .
      person or book cover
      Title screen for Possession (screen cap)
      Extent: 52x60min. episodesp.
      Description: Produced on film; colour
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