' Men versus Women'
Another match between teams drawn from various parts of the British Master Spelling Isles , F. H. Grisewood
The programme arranged by Felix Felton
Following the Spelling Bee a fortnight ago, in which Age was victorious over Youth, another match has been arranged for this evening for which each BBC Region has again sent one representative for each side to fight the battle of Men versus Women. All the players will again be in a studio at Broadcasting House, London.
The rules of the Spelling Bee are by this time familiar to most listeners ; the player spelling a word right gains a point for his side; each player is allowed 30 seconds to answer, and is entitled to ask for a definition, and the winning side is that which has scored the most points at the end of the match.
In view of the criticisms received from listeners after the last match there will be two small modifications of procedure tonight: —
1. The Spelling Master will exercise his discretion whether the misspelt word shall, or shall not be passed on -to the corresponding member of the other side. That is to say, where the mis-spelling of a word makes the correct spelling obvious another word will be given.
'2. There will be a few seconds' pause before the competitors spell the word that has been given for the convenience of listeners who wish to write the words down.