Pride of the Pacific


Pride of the Pacific is a 1964 British radio serial by Rex Rienits about a trading schooner in the south seas. "It's basically drama with lighter moments" said Rienits.
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."
It played on Australian radio in 1966 and 1967.
The success of the series led to another adventure tale written by Rienits starring Kerr, Charter Pilot.

Cast

  • Bill Kerr as Johnny Pride, captain of the schooner
  • Ian Wallace as Tanenui, first mate
  • Duncan Mclntyre as Fergus MacBeath
  • Christina Gray as Liz Mostyn, owner
  • Geoffrey Lewis as Richard Wells
  • David Nettheim as Inspector