Blue Hills was, at one time, the world's longest running radio serial. It ran for 5,795 episodes over 27 years, and was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) from 28 February1949 to 30 September1976. It followed the lives of families living in a typical rural Australian location. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
Every episode was written by Gwen Meredith (18 November1907 - 3 October2006). November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar with 43 days remaining. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The famous opening theme tune was taken from an orchestral piece called "Pastorale" written by Ronald Hamner.
Some of the actors who played long-running roles in Blue Hills included:
Queenie Ashton.
See also
The Archers the present 'world's longest running soap opera' (its 15,000th episode will be broadcast some time in November 2006).
The Archers is a British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBCs main national spoken-word radio channel, Radio 4. ...
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