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A magazine for older women.

Woman at the Wheel: Getting ready for the Test

See How They Run: Beauty Business

Silver Wedding
Congratulations to our anniversary couple.

Consulting Room
How you can help your doctor.

What Am I Bid?
Do's and don'ts at auction sales, by Beryl Lee Booker.

Music for the Piano
played by Joseph Cooper.

Contributors

Item presenter (What Am I Bid?):
Beryl Lee Booker
Pianist (Music for the Piano):
Joseph Cooper
Producer:
Marie Bingham

The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine: 1: Not a Sausage
(Programme devised by Chuck Luchsinger and presented by arrangement with Monty Bailey-Watson)

Holidays Abroad
Elizabeth Delmore introduces some children who tell you of their holiday adventures in different parts of the world.

Junior Sportsview
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
Who is your choice as the outstanding sports boy and girl of the year? In this special edition of the regular Wednesday-night programme you are asked to decide. Sports films and a panel of sports writers recall some of 1955's junior sports stars.
The Panel: Robert Findlay, W. J. Hicks, Pat Reekie, Peter Wilson
Produced by Dennis Monger with the J. Arthur Rank Screen Services Mobile Unit
From the National Schoolboys' Own Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Westminster.

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Script (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Sheila Russell
Puppetry (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Elizabeth Donaldson
Voices (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Peter Hawkins
Voices (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Cameron Hall
Animations (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Reginald Jeffryes
Puppets made by (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
John Wright
Producer (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Vere Lorrimer
Programme devised by (The New Adventures of Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Chuck Luchsinger
Presenter (Holidays Abroad):
Elizabeth Delmore
Presenter (Junior Sportsview):
Peter Dimmock
Panellist (Junior Sportsview):
Robert Findlay
Panellist (Junior Sportsview):
W. J. Hicks
Panellist (Junior Sportsview):
Pat Reekie
Panellist (Junior Sportsview):
Peter Wilson
Programme editor (Junior Sportsview):
Paul Fox
Producer (Junior Sportsview):
Dennis Monger

[Starring] Richard Carlson
Another film in this series based on the true-life adventures of Herbert Philbrick, who for nine years in America led three lives -average citizen, high-level member of the Communist Party, and counter-spy for the F.B.I.
This week's story concerns underground activity in an American college.

Contributors

Herbert Philbrick:
Richard Carlson

TV's most popular panel game
Isobel Barnett, Zoe Gail, Ben Lyon, Gilbert Harding and 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:
Ben Lyon
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

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

Contributors

Singer:
Petula Clark
Singer:
Dennis Lotis
Singer:
Jean Campbell
Singer:
Jimmy Thompson
Singers:
The Kentones
Dancer:
Gillian Lynne
Dancer:
April Olrich
Dancer:
Terence Theobald
Dancer:
Denny Bettis
Musicians:
The Concert Orchestra
Singers:
George Mitchell Singers
Musical director:
Stanley Black
Designer:
Douglas Smith
Producer:
Francis Essex

from the Carlton Ballroom, Maida Vale.
Featuring Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra with Bob Burgess and Jeanette Wilson, Bernard Knight and Mollie McKenzie, Dimitri Petrides and Nina Hunt, The Constance Grant Formation Team.
Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson with Bemil Twiggs and the Maurice Jay Formation Dancers.
Hostess, Patti Morgan

Contributors

Musicians:
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Dancer:
Bob Burgess
Dancer:
Jeanette Wilson
Dancer:
Bernard Knight
Dancer:
Mollie McKenzie
Dancer:
Dimitri Petrides
Dancer:
Nina Hunt
Formation dancers:
The Constance Grant Formation Team
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Victor Silvester
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Bemil Twiggs
Formation dancers (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
The Maurice Jay Formation Dancers
Hostess:
Patti Morgan
Producer:
Richard Afton

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