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Hart of the Territory

1951 Australian radio serial

Hart of the Territory is a 1951 Australian radio serial by Anthony Scott Veitch and produced by Colin Cragin. It was set in the Northern Territory. Sydney John Kay wrote the music.[1] Extensive research went into the scripts.[2]

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ABC Weekly 27 October 1951

The show aired Monday to Thursday nights with episodes going for fifteen minutes.[3]

The show ran until late 1952.[4]

The Adelaide Mail said "the virility of Hart of the Territory is a welcome change after a surfeit of soap operas."[5]

The Daily Telegraph said "The script is so admirably laconic, and the acting held in such restraint; that the story concerning enemy spies in the Rum Jungle – becomes mighty convincing."[6]

The series was repeated in 1956.[7]

Premise

Gil Hart, a city man, inherits a station in the Territory.

Cast

  • Charles Tingwell as Gil Hart
  • Ken Wayne
  • Margaret Christensen as Leslie Winters
  • Dinah Shearing
  • Lloyd Berrell
  • Brian Wright (narrator)
  • Frank Waters
  • Wendy Playfair
  • Alfred Bristowe
  • Ron Whelan

References

  1. [1]
    "Hart of the Territory". Maryborough Chronicle. No. 24, 853. Queensland, Australia. 12 October 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    "2WL Radio Round-Up by Guy Crittenden". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. LI, no. 79. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1951. p. 2 (South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus Feature Section). Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    "Hart of Territory". Barrier Miner. Vol. LXIV, no. 17, 585. New South Wales, Australia. 12 October 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "Another star role for English actress". The Sun. No. 13, 371. New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1952. p. 26 (Late Final Extra). Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "Radio Round-up". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 41, no. 2, 055. South Australia. 20 October 1951. p. 28. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    "Around the Dial". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XVII, no. 168. New South Wales, Australia. 4 October 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. [7]
    "No title", ABC Weekly, 18 (47), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 24 November 1956, nla.obj-1321553752, retrieved 19 December 2023 – via Trove
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