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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Griffiths.

Handyman
W. P. Matthew shows a cheap and simple way of transforming a panel door into a flush door.

Jewish Cookery
Evelyn Rose demonstrates the way to make Holishkes and Lokshen pudding.
(Recipe: see column 4)

Round the Shops
Margot Lovell reports.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Griffiths
Handyman:
W. P. Matthew
Cook (Jewish Cookery):
Evelyn Rose
Reporter (Round the Shops):
Margot Lovell
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

Children's Newsreel

The Smith Family
A play with music written and composed by John Hunter Blair.
Produced by the author
(Marion Studholme and Owen Brannigan appear by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)
(Second performance: Sunday August 22)

(to 17.50)

Contributors

Music written and composed by/Producer (The Smith Family):
John Hunter Blair
Director (The Smith Family):
Shaun Sutton
Designer (The Smith Family):
John Cooper
Sheila:
Carol Wolveridge
Tony:
William Simons
Grandfather:
John Stuart
Aminta:
Marion Studholme
The Captain:
John Kentish
The Bear:
Denis Ramsden
The Bear Keeper:
Owen Brannigan

Fourth in the play cycle entitled "The Promised Years" by Iain MacCormick.
The action takes place in the farmhouse in Italy, which we have already seen in "The Liberators".
The time is Spring 1954.
(Second performance: previously broadcast on Sunday at 8.55 p.m.)

Contributors

Writer:
Iain MacCormick
Producer:
Alvin Rakoff
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Lucia:
Ingeborg Wells
Papa Valbella:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Mama Valbella:
Ina de la Haye
The 'Old Man':
Toke Townley
Alfredo:
Harry Ross
Poldari:
John Sharplin
Kent:
Simon Lack
Seppi:
Jack Rodney
Vincente:
Laurence Payne
Mara:
Pamela Alan

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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