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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Margot Lovell.

Fruit and Vegetables
What to buy this month
Advice from Frances Perry.

Foreign Cookery
Else Forster shows Marguerite Patten the traditional German way of making Apfelkuchen.

Snowy
D. L. Martin reports.

Contributors

Presenter:
Margot Lovell
Item presenter (Fruit and Vegetables):
Frances Perry
Cook (Foreign Cookery):
Else Forster
Item presenter (Foreign Cookery):
Marguerite Patten
Reporter (Snowy):
D. L. Martin
Producer:
S. E Reynolds

Kings of Speed
Barrie Edgar at Silverstone, introduces racing drivers who will be competing in the R.A.C Grand Prix Meeting on Saturday in some of the fastest cars in the world.

Children's Newsreel

The Old Grad
A play by Robert Finch.
(Arthur Lowe is appearing in "Pal Joey" at the Princes Theatre, London)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Presenter (Kings of Speed):
Barrie Edgar
Presented by (Kings of Speed):
David Martin
Writer (The Old Grad):
Robert Finch
Designer (The Old Grad):
Richard Henry
Producer (The Old Grad):
Rex Tucker
Vince Brady:
Arthur Lowe
Joey:
Jimmy Verner
Charley:
Michael Partridge

[Starring] Terry-Thomas, Nat Jackley, Anne Shelton, The Kordites, Arthur Worsley, Jeffrey Lenner, The Falcons, The Voices of Vernons
Introduced by Marianne Lincoln.
Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
From the Spanish Hall, Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

(Terry-Thomas is appearing in "Happy Holiday" at the Winter Gardens Pavilion; Nat Jackley, Marianne Lincoln, Jeffrey Lenner, and The Falcons are appearing in "Off the Record" at the Queen's Theatre; Anne Shelton is appearing in "On With the Show" at the North Pier Pavilion; The Kordites and Arthur Worsley are appearing in "Modley's Merrymakers" at the Central Pier)
See 'Television Diary' on page 13

Contributors

Comedian:
null Terry-Thomas
Comedian:
Nat Jackley
Singer:
Anne Shelton
Singers:
The Kordites
Ventriloquist:
Arthur Worsley
Comedian:
Jeffrey Lenner
Dancers:
The Falcons
Singers:
The Voices of Vernons
Presenter:
Marianne Lincoln
Musicians:
Northern Variety Orchestra
Conductor:
Alyn Ainsworth
Producer:
Barney Colehan

Third in the play cycle entitled 'The Promised Years' by Iain MacCormick.
(Second performance)

Contributors

Writer:
Iain MacCormick
Producer:
Julian Amyes
Father Riley:
John Welsh
Sister Annehse:
Lilly Kann
Captain Feng:
Alec Mango
Mary English:
Joyce Cummings
Mr. Hargreve:
Walter Fitzgerald
Nadia:
Delphi Lawrence
Sam:
Lionel Ngakane
Thompson:
Rupert Davies
Sophie:
Mei Ling Lee
Sgt. Little:
Douglas Blackwell

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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