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A magazine for older women.

What shall I give him?
Some timely warnings from Val Gielgud and Eric Roberts with Ian Dunlop.

Beauty Spot
First aid for faces.

Meeting Place
People who will be at work on Christmas Day.

Twelve Days to Christmas
Packing presents.

A Bird for Christmas
Story by Anne Sheppard.

Calypso
George Brown from Trinidad.

Introduced by Rosalind Critchlow.

Contributors

Item presenter (What shall I give him?):
Val Gielgud
Item presenter (What shall I give him?):
Eric Roberts
Item presenter (What shall I give him?):
Ian Dunlop
Writer (A Bird for Christmas):
Anne Sheppard
Singer (Calypso):
George Brown
Presenter:
Rosalind Critchlow
Producer:
Marie Bingham

Toast of the Concert Artistes:
Proposed by Gordon Marsh (Chairman)
Reply by Cyril Fletcher (President)
Toast of the Guests:
Proposed by Peter Cavanagh
Reply by Margaret Lockwood
(Telerecorded on December 4 by the BBC 'Roving Eye' from the Park Lane Hotel, London)

Contributors

Proposer (Toast of the Concert Artistes):
Gordon Marsh
Replier (Toast of the Concert Artistes):
Cyril Fletcher
Proposer (Toast of the Guests):
Peter Cavanagh
Replier (Toast of the Guests):
Margaret Lockwood
Commentary:
Douglas Fleming
Presented by:
Bill Wright

Weighty Problems
Michael Segal presents.

All About Animals
George Cansdale shows you some more animals.
(A BBC telerecording)

Spot the Tune
Eric Robinson announces the results of the competition and the music is played again.

Learn by Looking
With the help of films Walter Winterbottom, chief coach to the Football Association, discusses with Bill Latto how to improve your play.

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Presenter (Weighty Problems):
Michael Segal
Presenter (All About Animals):
George Cansdale
Presenter (Spot the Tune):
Eric Robinson
Coach (Learn by Looking):
Walter Winterbottom
Presenter (Learn by Looking):
Bill Latto

presents a selection of the songs that have won their way into the best-seller list brought to you by Petula Clark, Dennis Lotis, Shani Wallis, Jimmy Thompson, The Kentones, Gillian Lynne, Terence Theobald, Denny Bettis, Concert Orchestra and the George Mitchell Singers.

Contributors

Singer:
Petula Clark
Singer:
Dennis Lotis
Singer:
Shani Wallis
Singer:
Jimmy Thompson
Singers:
The Kentones
Dancer:
Gillian Lynne
Dancer:
Terence Theobald
Dancer:
Denny Bettis
Musicians:
Concert Orchestra
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Musical Director:
Stanley Black
Production numbers staged by:
Malcolm Goddard
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Francis Essex

from the Carlton Ballroom, Maida Vale.
featuring Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra.
With Alfred Davies and Julie Reaby, Stan Dudley and Edna Reed, Felipe Mayhew and Olga Koch, The Harold Webb Formation Team from Southampton.
Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson with Doreen Casey and the Maurice Jay Formation Dancers.
Hostess, Patti Morgan

Contributors

Musicians:
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Dancer:
Alfred Davies
Dancer:
Julie Reaby
Dancer:
Stan Dudley
Dancer:
Edna Reed
Dancer:
Felipe Mayhew
Dancer:
Olga Koch
Formation dancers:
The Harold Webb Formation Team
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Victor Silvester
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Doreen Casey
Formation dancers (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
The Maurice Jay Formation Dancers
Hostess:
Patti Morgan
Producer:
Richard Afton

TV's most popular panel game
with Isobel Barnett, Zoe Gail, Kenneth Horne, David Nixon with Eamonn Andrews in the chair.

("What's My Line?" was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and is televised by arrangement with C.B.S. and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Zoe Gail
Panellist:
Kenneth Horne
Panellist:
David Nixon
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

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