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 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 show was made for Hepworth Productions.[2]

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

Premise edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  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