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The Tender Heart

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The Tender Heart
ABC Weekly 25 Oct 1952
Genredrama serial
Running time15 mins[1] (11:45 am – 12:00 am)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
StarringMuriel Steinbeck
Written byAnthony Scott Veitch
No. of series1
No. of episodes52

The Tender Heart is a 1948 Australian radio serial by Anthony Scott Veitch. It starred Muriel Steinbeck. The serial debuted in 1948 and was repeated in 1952.

The show was made for Hepworth Productions.[2]

A copy of the serial is held by the National Film and Sound Archive.[3]

Premise

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According to The Sun, the series was "about an attractive and clever young nurse who is emotionally involved with a handsome doctor (naturally) and an artist."[4]

Cast

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  • Muriel Steinbeck
  • Alan White
  • Moray Powell
  • Frank Waters as Peter Thorpe[5]
  • Athol Fleming

References

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  1. ^ "NEW SOUTH WALES COMMERCIAL PROGRAMMES", ABC Weekly, 10 (26), ABC, 26 June 1948, retrieved 25 December 2023 – via Trove
  2. ^ "People Behind the Voices AUTHOR-PRODUCER BEGAN WORKING LIFE ON LAND", ABC Weekly, 10 (17), ABC, 24 April 1948, retrieved 25 December 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ The Tender Heart at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. ^ "Many new programs to be aired". The Sun. No. 13311. 7 October 1952. p. 26 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 25 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (27 March 1948), "People Behind the Voices BORN IN BROKEN HILL, BUT FOUND "SILVER" IN SYDNEY", ABC Weekly, 10 (13), ABC, retrieved 25 December 2023 – via Trove