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Close to Home - 40 Years On

It's now been more than 40 years since pioneering soap opera Close to Home first beamed into Kiwi living rooms. For just over eight years, the life and times of Wellington’s Hearte clan screened each Monday and Tuesday night. Toast the Heartes with the first and final episodes, plus a special compilation of ScreenTalk interviews. May your glass be fuller than Vivian’s at Grandad Hearte’s 78th birthday (in the first episode). Vivian (Ilona Rodgers) moans to Tom (John Bach): “you’ve drunk all my cooking sherry”. Then she proceeds to tenderise the beef with the empty bottle.