NEW NUMBER 96 DVD REVEALED

Here's your first look at the cover for the third NUMBER 96 DVD AFTERMATH OF MURDER which will be released on March 13, the 38th anniversary of the serie's premiere, also referred to as "the night Australian TV lost its virginity". With very few stills remaining from the show, the covers are always designed with screen grabs from the actual show. So here we have Vera (Elaine Lee) finding a naked cyclist in her bathroom, Tania (Natalie Mosco) and Andy (Peter Adams), Michael (Peter Flett) and Marilyn (Frances Hargraeves), Trixie (Jan Adele) and the TC (Brian Moll) while Dorrie (Pat McDonald) is avoiding knives in the centre image. Other characters to feature in this colleciton include Maggie Cameron (Bettina Welch), Aldo (Johnny Lockwood) and Roma (Philippa Baker) so here's a scene with them as Trixie O'Toole discusses the finer points of 70's discrimination, Aussie style. ONe thing has really struck me watching these episodes - so many shows from this era are dated, with overly long scenes and set-ups. But the pace in NUMBER 96 never lets up, constantly moving between flats and cr5ackling dialogue - check it out ...