Programme Index

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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Jasmine Bligh.

Fred Streeter suggests the work to be done now in the flower and vegetable beds.

Macdonald Daly brings Jasper back to show what a six-months-old puppy should look like.

R. J. Williams shows how to select hens for winter egg production.

Weather permitting, the programme today will take place in the television garden.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jasmine Bligh
Gardener:
Fred Streeter
Item presenter:
Macdonald Daly
Item presenter:
R. J. Williams
Edited and produced by:
S. E. Reynolds

Olive Shapley talks about some new books you might like for your holidays.

Children's Newsreel

Billy Bean and his Funny Machine
The first programme of a new series.
(Programme devised by Chuck Luchsinger and presented by arrangement with Monty Bailey-Watson)

Contributors

Book reviewer:
Olive Shapley
Script (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Lisa Lincoln
Puppetry (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Jane Tyson
Voice (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Dick Vosburgh
Voice (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Gaylord Cavallaro
Drawings (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Reginald Jeffryes
Set and puppets made by (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
John Wright
Producer (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
David Boisseau
Programme devised by (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Chuck Luchsinger

A fortnightly programme in which a panel of experts is challenged to identify a series of unusual objects.
The Experts:
Hugh Shortt, Curator, Salisbury Museum
Professor Stuart Piggott, Abercromby Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
Clare Fell, Assistant Curator, University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge
Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge

Contributors

Chairman:
Glyn Daniel
Expert:
Hugh Shortt
Expert:
Professor Stuart Piggott
Expert:
Clare Fell
Producer:
Paul Johnstone
Director:
David Attenborough

BBC Television

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