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The Television Outside Broadcasts Unit stationed in the South Bank Exhibition looks at some of the striking architecture to be seen there.
While the television cameras show some of the salient features of the Exhibition, Hugh Casson, Director of Architecture for the Festival of Britain, discusses with V. J. Glassborow outstanding examples of modern architecture to be seen and explains the aims behind the design.

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh Casson
Speaker:
V. J. Glassborow

Television presents some of the promising young ballet dancers who are studying in provincial centres in Great Britain today and who have been brought to London specially for this occasion from Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester, and Edinburgh.
The programme introduced by Madame Lydia Sokolova.
The small ballets to be danced show how students are encouraged to express their own ideas, and also how carefully their teachers regulate work to meet their varying abilities.
(John Lanchbery appears by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)

Contributors

Presenter:
Madame Lydia Sokolova
Commentary:
Felicity Gray
Orchestra conducted by:
John Lanchbery
Presented by:
Philip Bate

A fortnightly survey of the traditional dishes for which Britain is famous. Today Philip Harben makes Cornish Pasty (Plain, Special, and 'Star-Gazy')
He is assisted by Elsie Julyan, of Carthew, near St. Austell
(in co-operation with the Television Film Unit)
Introduction to this series of programmes on facing page

Contributors

Cook/Presenter:
Philip Harben
Assisted by:
Elsie Julyan
Producer:
S.E. Reynolds

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