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Prudence Kitten
with Annette Mills (who writes the songs) assisted by George Fry.

5.15 Children's Newsreel

5.30 Cartoonist's Corner
Harry Rutherford sketches some London types.

5.40-6.0 Ballet for Beginners Junior Edition: 1: Legs and Feet
A series of six monthly programmes on the art of ballet.
Felicity Gray explains the steps.
Examples from classical ballet re-created by Stanislas Idzikowski.
At the piano: Henry Bronkhurst

Contributors

Presenter/songwriter (Prudence Kitten):
Annette Mills
Puppeteer (Prudence Kitten):
George Fry
Sketcher (Cartoonist's Corner):
Harry Rutherford
Presenter (Ballet for Beginners):
Felicity Gray
Dancer (Ballet for Beginners):
Stanislas Idzikowski
Pianist (Ballet for Beginners):
Henry Bronkhurst
Presented by:
Philip Bate
Presented by:
Naomi Capon

from Richmond Ice Rink.

Figure and Free Skating
Some of the basic movements explained by Arnold Gerschwiler, coach to three world champions, and demonstrated by his nephew, Hans Gerschwiler, a former world champion.

Ice Hockey
With the advent of this year's ice hockey season players from the Earls Court Rangers show viewers their equipment, and demonstrate some of the rules and techniques of the game.

Horse Racing
Peter Dimmock discusses with two experts questions on breeding. John Hislop and Quintin Gilbey discuss whether in view of the many French successes in English classic races their methods of blood stock breeding are superior to those used in this country.

Introduced by Max Robertson.

Contributors

Speaker (Figure and Free Skating):
Arnold Gerschwiler
Skater (Figure and Free Skating):
Hans Gerschwiler
Presenter (Horse Racing):
Peter Dimmock
Panellist (Horse Racing):
John Hislop
Panellist (Horse Racing):
Quintin Gilbey
Presenter:
Max Robertson

A play with music based on the famous American ballad.
[Starring] Marion Harris and Walter Crisham

Contributors

Script and songs:
Spike Hughes
Incidental music:
Frank Cordell
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Dialogue direction:
Douglas Moodie
Producer:
Christian Simpson
Frankie:
Marion Harris
Johnny:
Walter Crisham
Nelly Bly:
Mavis Villiers
Piano player:
Felix King
The Sheriff:
Sidney Keith
The Colonel:
Peter Madden
The bartender:
Glyn Lawson
Sam:
George Margo

A well-known man or woman becomes the subject for a series of tests. You are asked to:
Judge the truth of the old adage that you don't know a person until you have lived with him.
See a phrenologist as he outlines the personality of the subject.
Watch as a graphologist studies the subject's hand-writing.
Witness a brief demonstration of one of the processes used in modern psychology.

Contributors

Devised and produced by:
John Irwin

BBC Television

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About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More