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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.

Round the Christmas Shops
Margot Lovell offers suggestions for your Christmas shopping.

Home-Made Sweets
Lawrence Martin shows how to make sweets for Christmas.

Timely Warning
W. P. Matthew explains the care to be taken when using electric lights on the Christmas tree.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Item presenter (Round the Christmas Shops):
Margot Lovell
Item presenter (Home-Made Sweets):
Lawrence Martin
Item presenter (Timely Warning):
W. P. Matthew
Edited and produced by:
S. E. Reynolds

Children's Newsreel

The Persian Kitten
by Verily Anderson.
Second performance: December 13

(to 17.40)

Contributors

Writer (The Persian Kitten):
Verily Anderson
Producer (The Persian Kitten):
Dorothea Brooking
Settings (The Persian Kitten):
Richard Wilmot
Mabel:
Dorothy Darke
John, her husband:
Meadows White
Tinker, their grandson:
William Simons
A policeman:
Harry Brunning
Mr. Clay, a tobacconist:
Jack Howarth
Mrs. King, a customer:
Kara Aldridge
The kitten:
By Himself

A fortnightly programme in which a panel of experts is challenged to identify a series of unusual objects.
The Experts include:
Sah Oved
Thomas Bodkin, Former Director of the Barber Institute and Professor of Fine Arts at Birmingham University
v. The Challenger: The Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge

Contributors

Expert:
Sah Oved
Expert:
Thomas Bodkin
Chairman:
Glyn Daniel
Presented by:
David Attenborough

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