Dressmaking: 6 - Pressing and Packing
Norman Hartnell gives advice to home dressmakers, with demonstrations by Diana Crutchley.

Cooking
Marguerite Patten offers ideas for Boxing Day.

Handicrafts
Mary Vellan makes a felt ball.

Shopping for Christmas
Margaret Douglas offers some more suggestions.

Introduced by Joan Gilbert.

(A BBC Telefilm)

Carole Carr sings and plays at the piano.

[Starring] George Burns and Gracie Allen

invites you to keep fit and meet his guests.

Christmas Decorations
Dorothy Hill gives you some new ideas for Christmas decorations.

Books for Christmas
Ursula Eason and two children talk about some new books.

Children's Newsreel

The Queen's Dragon
Written and produced by Gordon Murray.
Presented by Television Puppet Theatre

(to 18.00)

People, events, comments of today introduced by Geoffrey Johnson Smith.

by William Shakespeare
[Starring] Gordon Heath, Paul Rogers, Rosemary Harris and Daphne Anderson
See facing page and page 5

There is an interval at 7.55 app.
(Rosemary Harris and Paul Rogers appear by permission of the Directors of the Old Vic Trust, Ltd.)

The play takes place in Venice and Cyprus.
At 7.30

[Starring] Bob Monkhouse
not forgetting Denis Goodwin
with Alma Cogan.

The Experts: Michael Ayrton, Stephen Bone, Myfanwy Piper
v. The Challenger: National Gallery of Scotland
Chairman, John Betjeman
Presented by Paul Johnstone who writes on page 7

Be First-Not Last!
Talk by Dr. the Rt. Hon. Charles Hill, M.P., Postmaster-General.
(Recording of the broadcast in the Home Service earlier this evening)
(Sound only)