Blue Hills (radio serial)
- Blue Hills (radio serial)
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"Blue Hills", written by Gwen Meredith (1907-2006), was an Australian radio serial about the lives of families living in a typical rural Australian location. The serial is set in a town called Tanimbla. "Blue Hills" is the name of the residence of the town’s doctor.
"Blue Hills" was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) for 27 years, from 28 February 1949 to 30 September 1976. It ran for a total of 5,795 episodes, and was at one time the world's longest running radio serial. Each episode lasted 30 minutes.
Some of the actors who played long-running roles in Blue Hills included:
* Queenie Ashton
* Nigel Lovell
* Rod Taylor
* Nellie Lamport
* Gordon Grimsdale
* Gwen Plumb
* Philippa Baker
* Max Osbiston
* Grant Bailey
* Zachary Sykes
* Callum Ross.
ignature tune
The famous opening signature tune was taken from a short orchestral piece called "Pastorale" written by the British composer Ronald Hanmer. Until Hanmer moved to Australia in 1975, he had no idea that his work had been used by the ABC and had become so famous in Australia (although few Australians could have identified its composer). He later re-worked this short piece into a longer orchestral work titled "Blue Hills Rhapsody", which he recorded with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
References
* [http://www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/pdf/collectionguide_australianradioseries1930-1970.pdf Australian National Film and Sound Archive Collections Guide]
ee also
"The Archers" the present 'world's longest running soap opera' (its 15,000th episode was broadcast in 2006).
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