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Practical help for the housewife.
Introduced by Joan Gilbert.

Family Affairs
A doctor explains to Josephine Douglas the reasons for some of the difficulties encountered when teaching children to feed themselves.

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

Basic Cookery
Janet Turner, an Easter bride, learns from Elinor Jones how to cook vegetables.
Arranged in association with Queen Elizabeth College, University of London

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Interviewee (Family Affairs):
A doctor [name uncredited]
Interviewer (Family Affairs):
Josephine Douglas
Arranged by (Family Affairs):
Julia Bull
Item presenter (Fruit and Vegetables):
Frances Perry
Guest (Basic Cookery):
Janet Turner
Cook (Basic Cookery):
Elinor Jones
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

Children's Newsreel

Absent-Minded Anna
by Mary Dunn.
Second performance: January 16

(to 17.50)

Contributors

Writer (Absent-Minded Anna):
Mary Dunn
Producer (Absent-Minded Anna):
Dorothea Brooking
Designer (Absent-Minded Anna):
Richard Wilmot
Anna Thomas:
Suzanne Betts
Peggy Thomas, her sister:
Penny Morrell
Mrs. Thomas, her mother:
Betty Cooper
Mr. Thomas, her mother:
Robert Raglan
The vicar:
Philip Lennard
Robin, a friend of Anna:
Christopher Carter
Mrs. Graham:
Enid Lorimer
Mrs. Merton, her charlady:
Kathleen St. John
Lady White:
Diana Beaumont
Mrs. Scott:
Barbara Greenhalgh
Mr. Scott:
Patrick Dowling
Juliet Scott, their daughter:
Pat Garwood

featuring Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
with Sonny Binick and Sally Brock, Ronnie King and Sheila Lawson, Desmond Ellison and Maisie Harrison, The Constance Grant Formation Team
Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson with Ruby Johnson and the Maurice Jay Formation Dancers
Hostess, Patti Morgan

Contributors

Musicians:
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Dancer:
Sonny Binick
Dancer:
Sally Brock
Dancer:
Ronnie King
Dancer:
Sheila Lawson
Dancer:
Desmond Ellison
Dancer:
Maisie Harrison
Formation dancers:
The Constance Grant Formation Team
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Victor Silvester
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Ruby Johnson
Formation dancers (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
The Maurice Jay Formation Dancers
Hostess:
Patti Morgan
Producer:
Richard Afton

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