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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.

Training the Pup
MacDonald Daly introduces his new puppy, and prescribes his training and diet. In a month's time the progress of the puppy will be reported.

Home Nurses
A doctor and a nursing sister of the British Red Cross Society offer advice on the special treatment required for patients suffering from long illnesses.

Waistcoat
Gwyneth Clark completes the making of a felt waistcoat.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Item presenter (Training the Pup):
MacDonald Daly
Item presenter (Waistcoat):
Gwyneth Clark
Item presenter (Home Nurses):
A doctor [name uncredited]
Item presenter:
A nursing sister of the British Red Cross Society [name uncredited]
Edited and produced by:
S. E. Reynolds

by Priscilla Ussher.
Another adventure about the Spencer family at the Wood House.
See 'Talk of the Week'
(to 18.00)

Contributors

Writer:
Priscilla Ussher
Production:
Dorothea Brooking
Mrs. Spencer:
Jean Anderson
Her children:
Susan: Jill Coates
Her children:
Patty: Margaret McCourt
Her children:
Wing: Colin Campbell
Aunt Clara:
Nancy Roberts
Doctor Martin:
John Stuart
Primrose:
Grace Rigby
Joey:
Thomas Moore
Mrs. Smithers:
Patience Collier
Constable Collar:
Frederick Gordon
Dan Dodge:
Philip Guard
Maitland, the cat:
null Popocatepetl

See above and page 37
(Charles Mackerras, Marion Studholme, and Sheila Rex appear by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
Second performance next Monday

A fairy opera from the story by the Brothers Grimm.
The action takes place in a forest in Germany.
Scene one, The Broom-Maker's hut
Scene two, The forest
Scene three, The Witch's House
Chorus of Children sung by girls of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School
Adapted for television and produced by George R. Foa.
At 8.15

Contributors

Authors:
The Brothers Grimm
Libretto:
Adelheid Wette
Music:
null Humperdinck
Singers:
Girls of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Settings and costumes:
Stephen Bundy
Adapter/producer:
George R. Foa
Peter, a broom-maker:
Edmund Donlevy
Gertrude, his wife:
Kate Jackson
Their children:
Hansel: Gertrude Holt
Their children:
Gretel: Marion Studholme
Rosina Daintymouth, the witch who eats children:
Sheila Rex
Sandman:
David Keir
Dew-Fairy:
Elizabeth Boyd

Television's newest game with Marcus Dick laying the clues and Marghanita Laski, Elizabeth Gray, Paul Jennings, and Michael Pertwee finding the letters.

Contributors

Presenter:
Marcus Dick
Panellist:
Marghanita Laski
Panellist:
Elizabeth Gray
Panellist:
Paul Jennings
Panellist:
Michael Pertwee
Clues and phrases provided by:
Hubert Phillips
Programme devised by:
Polly S. Cowan
Programme devised by:
Louis G. Cowan
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

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