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A magazine of interest and entertainment for younger women.

People Behind the Scene
Polly Elwes introduces a telephone operator.

Beauty News
Sun-glasses
Lisa Rayne

Man's Eye View: 1: Who Does What?
James Drake

Garden in a Posy
Mary Bailey

Mouth Organ
Tommy Reilly

Introduced by Helen Shingler.
See facing page

Contributors

Item presenter (People Behind the Scene):
Polly Elwes
Item presenter (Beauty News):
Lisa Rayne
Item presenter (Man's Eye View):
James Drake
Item presenter (Garden in a Posy):
Mary Bailey
Organist (Mouth Organ):
Tommy Reilly
Presenter:
Helen Shingler
Producer:
Rosemary Hill

The Seal Islands of Alaska
Introduced by Peter Scott.
In July 1953 James Fisher and Roger Tory Peterson visited the Pribilov Islands, the islands that inspired Rudyard Kipling's tale 'The White Seal'. They studied and filmed the birds and animals, and James Fisher shows some of the film to Peter Scott.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on May 23, 1955)

The Press Gang
A sea adventure by George Naish of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and Naomi Capon.
Time: 1803
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on June 19)

Contributors

Presenter (The Seal Islands of Alaska):
Peter Scott
Guest/Filmmaker (The Seal Islands of Alaska):
James Fisher
Filmmaker (The Seal Islands of Alaska):
Roger Tory Peterson
Writer (The Press Gang):
George Naish
Writer/Producer (The Press Gang):
Naomi Capon
Jack Hardy, Mate of the Marquis of Granby:
Denis Quilley
Celia, his fiancee:
Elizabeth Henson
Jim, her brother:
Brian Smith
Tom Spunyarn, boatswain of the Marquis of Granby:
Michael Brennan
Captain of the Frigate Apollo:
John Richmond
First Lieutenant:
Barry Letts
Lieutenant Stephens:
Alan Edwards
Quartermaster:
Mervyn Blake
Sailor:
Joseph Chelton
Sailor:
Richard Grant
Sailor:
Ian Whittaker
Sailor:
Richard Walter

(See above and facing page)

by A. L. Barker
Adapted by Lois Landauer
[Starring] Rosalie Crutchley

The action takes place in 'The Lindens', a large country house in Ireland. The time is the present.
at 8.15

Contributors

Author:
A.L. Barker
Adapted by:
Louis Landauer
Producer:
John Nelson Burton
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Film Editor:
Eddie Wallstab
Film Cameraman:
Len Newsom
Harry Steen:
Bernard Livesey
Wick:
George Bishop
Joe Rigby:
Edgar Wreford
Mrs. Brewer:
Olga Dickie
Mr. Steen:
Kevin Stoney
Margaret Vaughn:
Rosalie Crutchley

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