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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.

I'm Building a House
Daphne Padell explains how she is equipping her kitchen.

Accidents in the Home
A doctor of the British Red Cross Society explains the nature of common poisons used in the home and advises on first-aid treatment.
(Programme arranged in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Casualties Union)

Round the Shops
Margot Lovell reports.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Item presenter (I'm Building a House):
Daphne Padell
Item presenter (Accidents in the Home):
A doctor of the British Red Cross Society [name uncredited]
Reporter (Round the Shops):
Margot Lovell
Edited and produced by:
S. E. Reynolds

Children's Newsreel

Twelve to Sixteen
A visit to Hamilton, Lanarkshire, to see a display of spring and summer suits and dresses for the younger generation.

Railways
Maxwell Taylor tells you something about underground railways and how they work.

(to 17.45)

Contributors

Commentator (Twelve to Sixteen):
Margo Banister
Presented for television by (Twelve to Sixteen):
Noble M. Wilson
Presenter (Railways):
Maxwell Taylor

by St. John Ervine.
[Starring] Joseph Tomelty

The action takes place in Donaghreagh, a small village in Northern Ireland.
(Second performance)

(R.H. MacCandless and Elizabeth Begley appear by arrangement with the Ulster Group Theatre)

Contributors

Author:
St. John Ervine
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Settings Designer:
James Bould
Andy Haveron, a young boy:
Robin Graham
Andrew Boyd, a grocer:
Joseph Tomelty
Agnes Boyd, his daughter:
Sheila Manahan
John Haslett, a newcomer to Donaghreagh:
Harry Towb
Andrew Boyd's customer - Miss McClurg:
Maureen Pryor
Andrew Boyd's customer - Mrs. McBratney:
Aithna Gover
Andrew Boyd's customer - Mrs. Clotworthy:
Elizabeth Begley
Andrew Boyd's customer - Miss Logan:
Dorothy Casey
The Rev. Ernest Dunwoody, M.A., a young Presbyterian Minister:
Robin Bailey
Carrie, the Boyds' maidservant:
Veronica Turleigh
The Rev. Arthur Patterson, Minister of Donaghreagh First Presbyterian Church:
R.H. MacCandless

with Roy Rich in the chair and Elizabeth Gray, Patricia Cutts, Paul Jennings and Kenneth Horne finding the letters.

Contributors

Chairman:
Roy Rich
Panellist:
Elizabeth Gray
Panellist:
Patricia Cutts
Panellist:
Paul Jennings
Panellist:
Kenneth Horne
Special effects:
Alfred Wurmser
Game devised by:
Polly S. Cowan
Game devised by:
Louis G. Cowan
Presented by:
Dicky Leeman

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