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A play by John Van Druten
(Aubrey Mather appears by permission of Stephen Mitchell)
(to 16.30)

Contributors

Author:
John van Druten
Production:
Michael Barry
Birkinshaw:
Lewis Stringer
Eric Brewer:
Martin Walker
Miss Hooper:
Lucille Lisle
Miss Janus:
Barbara Couper
Pat Milligan:
Pamela Standish
Miss Willesden:
Margaret Watson
Hec Hammond:
Desmond Tester
Miss Bufton:
Sandra Lawson
Mr. Walker:
Aubrey Mather

A programme in which the contemporary American scene will be described in speech and picture.
Sir Frederick Whyte, K.C.S.I., Director of the English Speaking Union, will contribute a portrait of President Roosevelt and will introduce among others J.B. Priestley, Susan Ertz, S.P.B. Mais, Cedric Belfrage, Graham Hutton, and A. Lloyd James.
Documentary film from America and pictures by contemporary American artists will supplement personal reactions to the New Deal, American literature and language, the mixture of races, and the varied scene which is America.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sir Frederick Whyte
Guest:
J.B. Priestley
Guest:
Susan Ertz
Guest:
S.P.B. Mais
Guest:
Cedric Belfrage
Guest:
Graham Hutton
Guest:
A. Lloyd James
Presentation:
Mary Adams

A demonstration of black and white Boxing by Jack 'Dusty' Miller and Company Sergeant-Major Wheeler of the Army School of Physical Training at Aldershot.
Commentary by Major D.S. Lister, Amateur Heavyweight Champion, 1925

Contributors

Boxer:
Jack 'Dusty' Miller
Boxer:
Company Sergt.-Major Wheeler
Commentator:
Major D. S. Lister

A demonstration by a team of international women players - Miss Elizabeth Corke, Mrs. Pat Cohen, Mrs. Niel Furse, Miss Kathleen Salmons. The experiment conducted by Hubert Phillips.
(to 22.30)

Contributors

Bridge player:
Elizabeth Corke
Bridge player:
Mrs. Pat Cohen
Bridge player:
Mrs. Niel Furse
Bridge player:
Kathleen Salmons
Presenter:
Hubert Phillips

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