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A soap opera set in the fictional Waratah High, Class of '74 was Grundy's first excursion into what would be their most successful genre.
Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, notes
If Cash-Harmon had properly initiated the modern soap opera on Channel Ten two years earlier, it was the genius of Grundy's to recognise that a young segment would be a vital part of the overall audience for soap opera. By originating a serial at Waratah High and by concentrating on the older school kids as much as teachers, parents and other adult figures, Class was including what would be a vital element of the genre.
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To accommodate the fact that the program was about that year's graduating class, the title changed from Class of '74 to Class of '75 in 1975.
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