Pride of the Pacific

Pride of the Pacific
Running time30 mins (7:30 pm – 8:00 pm)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SyndicatesBBC
StarringBill Kerr
Written byRex Rienits
Produced byVernon Harris
Original release1964 –
1965
No. of series2
No. of episodes13

Pride of the Pacific is a 1964 British radio serial by Rex Rienits about a trading schooner in the south seas.[1] "It's basically drama with lighter moments" said Rienits.[2]

Ian Wallace wrote in his memoir that it was a "long, happy series" and "I played Tanenui, the Tahitian first mate, speaking like a retarded brother of Paul Robeson and singing each week a Tahitian song... Each episode was complete in itself and there was never a bad one."[3]

It played on Australian radio in 1966 and 1967.[4]

The success of the series led to another adventure tale written by Rienits starring Kerr, Charter Pilot.

Cast

  • Bill Kerr as Johnny Pride, captain of the schooner
  • Ian Wallace as Tanenui, first mate
  • Duncan Mclntyre as Fergus MacBeath
  • Christina Gray as Liz Mostyn, owner
  • Geoffrey Lewis as Richard Wells
  • David Nettheim as Inspector

References

  1. ^ "TV and radio". The Birmingham Post. 10 January 1964. p. 32.
  2. ^ "New radio series". The Clydebank Press. 10 January 1964. p. 2.
  3. ^ Wallace, Ian (1975). Promise me you'll sing Mud! : the autobiography of Ian Wallace. p. 226.
  4. ^ "Radio". The Age. 24 November 1966. p. 35.
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