Emergency – Ward 10 Emergency – Ward 10 Emergency – Ward 10 is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like "The Grove Family", a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, "Emergency – Ward 10" is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas. The series was made by the ITV contractor ATV and set in a fictional hospital called Oxbridge General. Growing out of what was originally intended to be no more than a six-week serial (entitled "Calling Nurse Roberts"), the series became ITV's first twice-weekly evening soap opera. "Emergency –
The Box (TV series) The Box (TV series) The Box is an Australian soap opera that ran on ATV-0 from 11 February 1974 until 11 October 1977 and on 0-10 Network affiliates around Australia. "The Box" was produced by Crawford Productions who at the time was having great success producing police drama series in Australia. "The Box" was Crawford's first soap opera, and was launched as a reaction to the enormous success of the rival adult soap opera "Number 96". "The Box" was a drama set in fictional television station UCV Channel 12. It featured elements that satirised the Australian television industry. Characters in