Pride of the Pacific
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Running time30 mins (7:30 pm – 8:00 pm)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SyndicatesBBC
| Running time | 30 mins (7:30 pm – 8:00 pm) |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Syndicates | BBC |
| Starring | Bill Kerr |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Produced by | Vernon Harris |
| Original release | 1964 – 1965 |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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.