Starting Out is an Australian television soap opera made for the Nine Network by the Reg Grundy Organisation in 1983. The series was the network's replacement for The Young Doctors, set at a medical college with an emphasis on young people getting their first experience of living away from home and leading independent lives.
The youthful cast included Gary Sweet, David Clencie, Nikki Coghill, Tottie Goldsmith and Peter O'Brien, whilst more experienced cast members complementing the young leads included Maurie Fields, Gerard Maguire, Jill Forster and Anne Phelan.
The series failed to gain sufficient ratings and was quickly cancelled and removed from the schedules after five episodes. The remaining eighty episodes were screened out-of-ratings in late 1983.
Raima is an independent and ambitious RJ who wants to make a name for herself in the industry. At work she gets the opportunity to interview her colleague Saad’s influential businessman uncle, Saif. Unexpectedly, Saif instantly falls in love with her and then uses all his influence and power to force Raima into marrying him.
Little does Raima know what awaits her at her new home? With little support from her own family and constant animosity from Saif’s household, Raima must now face every challenge alone. Will she ever be able to escape the atrocities inflicted by Saif and his family? Will her own family help her out in her time of need? Or will she look for help and support from unexpected sources?
Driving School is a docusoap that was broadcast on BBC One in the summer of 1997, which followed a group of learner drivers around Bristol and South Wales. Made on a reduced budget but shown in primetime, it created one of the first reality TV stars in Maureen Rees.
It was narrated by Quentin Willson, who would later present the similar Britain's Worst Driver.