Programme Index

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Introduced by Joan Gilbert.

The 'D' Scheme and You
Joan Robins explains how the 'D' scheme affects women.

Beauty Hint
Joane Edmunds gives advice on the care of the hands.

Fashions in Knitted Clothes
James Norbury displays some examples by well-known designers.

Roses
Virginia Hewett shows how to make artificial roses at home.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Item presenter (The 'D' Scheme and You):
Joan Robins
Item presenter (Beauty Hint):
Joane Edmunds
Item presenter (Fashions in Knitted Clothes):
James Norbury
Item presenter (Roses):
Virginia Hewett
Edited and produced by:
S. E. Reynolds

Sister Gold
A play about three robbers and a saint by Laurence Housman.
(Jeremy Spenser is appearing in 'The Innocents' at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)
Second performance next Sunday

Britain's Fastest Steam Engine
Stephen Wade has a look over (and under) the Class A4 locomotive Mallard, holder of the steam traction record of 126 miles an hour. He also sees how the driving wheels are removed from a tank engine.
From the Motive Power Yard, King's Cross

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Writer (Sister Gold):
Laurence Housman
Producer (Sister Gold):
Rex Tucker
St. Francis:
Peter Coke
Juniper:
Robert Rietty
First robber:
Barry Letts
Second robber:
Max Brent
Third robber:
Frank Foster
Miser:
Leonard Sharp
Goat boy:
Jeremy Spenser
Presenter (Britain's Fastest Steam Engine):
Stephen Wade
Presented by (Britain's Fastest Steam Engine):
John Cadell

A fortnightly review of films.
The programme includes scenes from 'Clash by Night', an RKO Radio Picture; 'We're Not Married', a Twentieth Century-Fox production; 'My Six Convicts', a Columbia picture; 'The Importance of Being Earnest', a J. Arthur Rank Organisation release; 'Mandy', an Ealing Studios production.
Introduced by John Fitzgerald.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Fitzgerald
Presented by:
W. Farquharson-Small

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