Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.

Building a House
Daphne Padell reports progress.

In the Kitchen
Marguerite Patten shows how she is making her mince-pies.

Decorations
Gwenyth Clark and Joan Gilbert show how they are decorating their homes for Christmas.

For the very young
Charles E. Stidwill tells the story.
Sam and Elizabeth Williams make the pictures
(A BBC Television Film)
(to 16.15)

The fairy tale made into a play for television and produced by Rex Tucker.
Film sequences by the Television Film Unit
Second performance: December 20

Ann Hanslip plays the Princess in Rex Tucker's version of the fairy story which will be televised for the children today. The play begins with a scene outside the overgrown castle where the Princess lies asleep. Then the story of the spell cast upon her will be told.
(to 17.50)

The Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Q.C., M.P., Home Secretary and Minister for Welsh Affairs, answers questions put to him by members of the Press on matters of Welsh interest.
Questioners: George Viner, Dr. J. Gwyn Griffiths, J. C. Griffith Jones
Chairman, Sir Robert Webber
(Wenvoe, Holme Moss, and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 19.45)

A programme to commemorate the first flight of the Wright brothers from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.
Arranged in collaboration with the Royal Aeronautical Society and introduced by C. H. Gibbs Smith.
(A BBC telerecording)

Second performance: December 21
(Howell Glynne appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
George R. Foa writes on page 14

English version by Arthur Jacobs.
Adapted for television and produced by George R. Foa.
Narration written by Douglas Craig.
The action of the opera takes place in Italy during the year 1817.

Glyndebourne Opera Chorus
A section of the London Symphony Orchestra
(Led by William Armon).

People in the news challenge the newshawks
Pat Kirkwood, Helen Cherry, Michael Pertwee and a guest
Peter West is in the chair.
('Guess My Story' is from an idea by William Taylor)

(sound only)
followed by
Post Haste
Talk by Earl De La Warr, P.C., Postmaster-General
(Recording of broadcast in the Home Service at 6.20 p.m.)
(Sound only)