It's Never Too Late to Mend is a 1936 Australian radio serial from the George Edwards Players based on the novel It's Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade. It was written by Maurice Francis. [1]
The serial was one of several successful radio serials from Edwards. However most of these were set outside in Australia - It's Never Too Late had an Australian setting. [2]
The serial aired Monday to Thursday at 8.30 p.m. [3] It ended in June 1936. [4]
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