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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.

Family Affairs: Having a Baby
Betty Lait receives advice from the doctor about her diet and shows some clothes specially designed for expectant mothers.

Christmas Cookery
Marguerite Patten describes her plans and anticipates some cooking queries.

Polish Up Your Knitting
James Norbury shows the method of pattern knitting in colour and beads.
(Arranged in association with the International Wool Secretariat)

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Item presenter (Family Affairs:
Having a Baby): Betty Lait
Expert (Family Affairs:
Having a Baby): The doctor [name uncredited]
Arranged by (Family Affairs:
Having a Baby): Julia Bull
Cook (Christmas Cookery):
Marguerite Patten
Item presenter (Polish Up Your Knitting):
James Norbury
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds
Source: Radio Times
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Quick on the Draw
A children's parlour game devised by Dorothea Brooking.
Chairman, Humphrey Lestocq

Children's Newsreel

The Television Puppet Theatre presents Oscar the Seal
A play by Tom Twigge based on the story 'Oscar on Roller Skates' by Mabel E. Neikirk.
The puppeteers are Audrey Atterbury, Molly Gibson, Gordon Murray, Elizabeth Thorndike.
Storytellers, Redvers Kyle and Molly Weir

(to 17.50)

Contributors

Devised by (Quick on the Draw):
Dorothea Brooking
Chairman (Quick on the Draw):
Humphrey Lestocq
Drawings (Quick on the Draw):
David Ghilchik
Writer (Oscar the Seal):
Tom Twigge
Based on the story 'Oscar on Roller Skates' by:
Mabel E. Neikirk
Puppeteer (Oscar the Seal):
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer (Oscar the Seal):
Molly Gibson
Puppeteer/designer (Oscar the Seal):
Gordon Murray
Puppeteer (Oscar the Seal):
Elizabeth Thorndike
Storyteller (Oscar the Seal):
Redvers Kyle
Storyteller (Oscar the Seal):
Molly Weir
Producer (Oscar the Seal):
Ursula Eason
Source: Radio Times
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See columns 3 and 4

by Henrik Ibsen.
Translated by R. Ellis Roberts.
At 8.15

Contributors

Author:
Henrik Ibsen
Translated by:
R. Ellis Roberts
Producer:
Royston Morley
Orchestra director:
Eric Robinson
Choreographer:
Michel de Lutry
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Assistant Producer:
Charles R. Rodgers
Peer Gynt:
Peter Ustinov
Herr Trumpeterstrale:
Bruno Barnabe
Monsieur Ballon:
Norman Claridge
Herr Von Eberkopf:
Frederick Schiller
Mr. Cotton:
Charles Farrell
An Officer:
Roger Gage
Anitra Rosalie Crutchley Solveig:
Josephine Crombie
Begriffenfeldt:
Carl Jaffe
Schafmann:
Frederick Schiller
Huhu:
Stuart Latham
Fellah:
Roger Gage
The Minister Hussein:
Ralph Nossek
The Captain:
Christopher Hodge
The Watch:
Ralph Nossek
The Mate:
Kevin Stoney
A Strange Passenger:
Frank Shelley
The Man in Mourning:
John Sharplin
A Woman:
Christine Lindsay
The Bailiff:
Reginald Hearne
The Button-moulder:
Clifford Evans
An Old Crooked Man:
Erik Chitty
A Preacher:
Norman Claridge
Dancing girls:
Joy Carter
Dancing girls:
Frances Crossley
Dancing girls:
Wendy Hyde
Dancing girls:
Jeanne Lusby
Dancing girls:
Mary Mojeska
Dancing girls:
Marjorie Woodhams
Lads, slaves and lunatics:
Mark Bering
Lads, slaves and lunatics:
Leslie Cooper
Lads, slaves and lunatics:
Robert Harrold
Lads, slaves and lunatics:
Michael Holmes
Source: Radio Times

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