Programme Index

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Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.

Family Affairs
Dr. Winifred de Kok deals with more problems submitted by viewers.

Butter
F. Adams, Vice-Chairman of the Butter Makers and Packers Association, explains the points to look for when buying butter.

Knitting
A selection of prize-winning entries in the 'Knit for Britain' section of the world competition arranged by the International Wool Secretariat.

Snowy
D. L. Martin reports.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Item presenter (Family Affairs):
Dr. Winifred de Kok
Arranged by (Family Affairs):
Julia Bull
Item presenter (Butter):
F. Adams
Reporter (Snowy):
D. L. Martin
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

Children's Newsreel

The Cat and the Coin
A comedy by Elisabeth Beresford and produced by Pamela Brown.
Second performance: November 28

(to 17.40)

Contributors

Writer (The Cat and the Coin):
Elisabeth Beresford
Producer (The Cat and the Coin):
Pamela Brown
Patience Repton:
Diana Day
Barry Repton:
Bunny May
Minna:
Gisela Birke
Old Tim:
Jefferson Clifford
Mr. Theobald:
Vernon Smythe
Fireman:
Leonard Williams
Cat:
null McCarthy

A fortnightly programme in which a panel of experts is challenged to identify a series of unusual objects.
The Experts:
G. H. S. Bushnell, Curator of the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Cambridge
Philip Corder, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute
Norman Cook, Keeper of the Guildhall Museum
v.
The Challenger: Hastings Museum
Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge

Contributors

Expert:
G. H. S. Bushnell
Expert:
Philip Corder
Expert:
Norman Cook
Chairman:
Glyn Daniel
Presented by:
Paul Johnstone

Outside broadcast cameras take you to the Carlton Rooms, London, for a television version of the popular radio programme of old-time dancing with the Sydney Thompson Olde-Tyme Orchestra.
Master of Ceremonies, Sydney Thompson
Introduced by Katie Johnson.

Contributors

Musicians:
The Sydney Thompson Olde-Tyme Orchestra
Master of Ceremonies:
Sydney Thompson
Presenter:
Katie Johnson
Producer:
Cecil Petty

A series of documentary films on world problems that are the urgent concern of the United Nations.

There are ten million homeless people in the world, the victims of war and persecution. Who are they, and what is being done for them?

Produced by Norman Swallow in collaboration with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and the U.N. Films Division
(Previously televised on October 8)

Contributors

Script:
Michael Orrom
Photographed by:
Edward Wooldridge
Editor:
Ian Callaway
Narrator:
James McKechnie
Producer:
Norman Swallow

BBC Television

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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