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Home Dressmaking: 2 - Skirt-making and lining
Norman Hartnell gives advice to home dressmakers, with demonstrations by Diana Crutchley.

Interview
Joan Gilbert interviews Robert Gibbings, the author and artist.

Cookery
Jean Watmough makes apple cheese crisp.

Preview
Godfrey Baseley provides a preview of next week's Dairy Show.

Introduced by Joan Gilbert.

Contributors

Item presenter (Home Dressmaking):
Norman Hartnell
Dressmaker (Home Dressmaking):
Diana Crutchley
Interviewer (Interview)/presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Interviewee (Interview):
Robert Gibbings
Cook (Cookery):
Jean Watmough
Item presenter (Preview):
Godfrey Baseley
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

[Starring] George Burns and Gracie Allen in the film Fan Mail

Gracie and Harry von Zell receive a large fan mail, but there is none for George. Gracie gets Blanche Morton to write a letter, under an assumed name, and complications follow.
(Previously televised on Sept. 30)

Contributors

Himself:
George Burns
Herself:
Gracie Allen
Himself/Announcer:
Harry von Zell
Blanche Morton:
Bea Benaderet

Meet the Penguins: Mother's and Father's Day Out
Story by J. M. Smith Wright.

Children of the Commonwealth
Angela Christian shows you how children work and play in the sunny jungles and towns of the African Gold Coast.

Children's Newsreel

On the Track: 4: Through the Carriage Window
Raymond Baxter and John Heazell suggest how to make your model railway more realistic.

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Writer (Meet the Penguins):
J. M. Smith Wright
Pictures (Meet the Penguins):
Sam Williams
Pictures (Meet the Penguins):
Elizabeth Williams
Music (Meet the Penguins):
John Hooper
(Music) played by (Meet the Penguins):
Tom McCall
Voices (Meet the Penguins):
Madi Hedd
Voices (Meet the Penguins):
Kenneth Connor
Special effects (Meet the Penguins):
Alfred Davis
Special effects (Meet the Penguins):
Douglas Mair
Presented by (Meet the Penguins):
Peter Newington
Presenter (Children of the Commonwealth):
Angela Christian
Presenter (On the Track):
Raymond Baxter
Presenter (On the Track):
John Heazell

Yn ystod ei arhosiad ym Mhatagonia ym mis Ebrill a Mai, manteisiodd W. R. Owen ar y cyfle i wneud ffilm yn Nyffryn Camwy a Chwm Hyfryd. Heno bydd yn y stiwdio i gyflwyno'r darluniau ac i ddweud tipyn o hanes y trefydd a'r mannau eraill sydd yn gysylltiedig a hanes cychwyn y Wladfa naw deg o flynyddoedd yn 6. Cewch weld asado ' yn Nhir Halen a'r Cymry yn yfed ' 'mate '-dau o arferion y wlad; cip ar brydferthwch llynnoedd yr Andes; a'r datblygiadau diweddar ar lannau'r
Camwy Ffotograffwyd y ffilm gan Luis Choucino (staff Hysbysebu Llywodraeth Ariannin) a W. R. Owen
Golygwyd y ffilm gan
James Colina
Cynhyrchwyd y rhaglen gan
Selwyn Roderick
(Welsh film about Patagonia)
(Wenvoe, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 18.45)

Contributors

Unknown:
W. R. Owen
Unknown:
Nyffryn Camwy
Unknown:
Nhir Halen
Unknown:
Camwy Ffotograffwyd
Unknown:
Luis Choucino
Unknown:
R. Owen
Unknown:
James Colina
Unknown:
Selwyn Roderick

A comedy of woe by Denis Cannan.
[Starring] Noelle Middleton Laurence Payne and Charles Victor
See facing page

Contributors

Author:
Denis Cannan
Producer/Designer:
Hal Burton
Cornelia:
Noelle Middleton
Adam:
Laurence Payne
Romilda:
Marilyn James
Prosper:
George Woodbridge
Dr. Vince:
Gordon Bell
Carlo Bombas:
Charles Victor
Julius Ring:
Robert Beaumont
Other parts played by:
Michael J. Harrison
Other parts played by:
John Maxwell
Other parts played by:
Dermot MacMahon
Other parts played by:
Hugh Morrison
Other parts played by:
Norman Taylor

[Starring] Bob Monkhouse, not forgetting Denis Goodwin featuring Alma Cogan with Bill Fraser, June Whitfield, Irene Handl.

Contributors

Script:
Bob Monkhouse
Script:
Denis Goodwin
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Producer:
Brian Tesler
Comedian:
Bob Monkhouse
Comedian:
Denis Goodwin
[Actress]:
Alma Cogan
[Actor]:
Bill Fraser
[Actress]:
June Whitfield
[Actress]:
Irene Handl

The Experts include:
G. H. S. Bushnell, Curator, University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Cambridge
Hugh Shortt, Curator of Salisbury Museum
v.
The Challengers: The Aberdeen Museums
Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
From the Music Hall, Aberdeen

Contributors

Expert:
G. H. S. Bushnell
Expert:
Hugh Shortt
Chairman:
Glyn Daniel
Presented by:
Paul Johnstone

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