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Introduced by Joan Gilbert.

Gertrude Lawrence
Richard Aldrich, her husband, recalls memories of this famous actress.

Crochet
Muriel Hope Robins shows how to make motifs and the uses to which they can be put.

Canadian Cookery
Helen Burke makes two popular Canadian sweets: Lemon Meringue Pie and Pineapple Chiffon Pudding.

Growing Fur Coats
R. J. Williams gives a beginner's guide to keeping rabbits suitable for producing good quality pelts.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Speaker (Gertrude Lawrence):
Richard Aldrich
Crocheter/item presenter (Crochet):
Muriel Hope Robins
Cook (Canadian Cookery):
Helen Burke
Item presenter (Growing Fur Coats):
R. J. Williams
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

(See columns 1 and 2 and page 15)

Fiftieth edition of a series of programmes in which the panel of experts is challenged to identify some unusual objects.
The experts:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Professor of Archaeology University of London
Thomas Bodkin, Former Director of the Barber Institute and Professor of Fine Arts at Birmingham University
Adrian Digby, Keeper of the Department of Ethnography British Museum
The challenger Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
At 9.15

Contributors

Expert:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Expert:
Thomas Bodkin
Expert:
Adrian Digby
Chairman:
Glyn Daniel
Presented by:
Paul Johnstone

A comedy by Gordon Daviot.
The action of the play takes place in the home of Lucas Bilke-about thirty miles from London.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on March 22)

Cornelia comes from the wilds of Labrador to share a settled, sheltered, cultured existence with Lucas Bilke, a bachelor who is wealthy and set in his ways. Her effect on Bilke and his household is pretty shattering...

Contributors

Writer:
Gordon Daviot
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Designer:
John Clements
Lucas Bilke:
Griffith Jones
Andrew Wylie, his friend and solicitor:
Walter Hudd
Cornelia Taft, a young girl from Labrador, Bilke's ward:
Andree Melly
Lady Binnacle:
Marian Spencer
Sebastian, Lord Binnacle, her son:
Philip Guard
Parkin:
David Markham

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