Taurus Rising

Taurus Rising
Genre	Drama Soap Opera
Created by	Reg Watson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	21
Production company(s)	Reg Grundy Organisation
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	27 July 1982 – 1982

Taurus Rising is an Australian soap opera produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and Dixie Normus for the Nine Network in 1982. Originally intended by the network to be a replacement for The Sullivans, the series was one of a number of attempts to provide an Australian alternative to the glossy American supersoaps Dallas and Dynasty and featured two wealthy Sydney-based feuding families, the Brents and the Drysdales. To this end, it represented something of a stylistic departure for Grundy's. Unlike most other Australian soap operas which were recorded on videotape, Taurus Rising was shot entirely on film.

It cost $2 million to make.

Taurus Rising proved to be an expensive failure after it failed to win an audience and was cancelled after 21 episodes. The series did later prove popular in international markets and was subsequently sold to American cable television, marketed as a 21-part "miniseries".

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