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A magazine for older women.

Autumn Fashion Preview
Anne Lambton suggests ideas for smart dressing in the colder weather.

Meeting Place
Peggy Mount, Walter Kous, and Isobel Park find something in common to discuss-mothers-in-law!

Tokens of Faraway Places
Alice Hooper Beck shows some curious shells from her collection and tells where and how she found them.

In Birmingham Today
David Martin introduces you to some interesting people from the Midlands.

How They Said It
Denise Robins reminds you of proposals of marriage made by well-known characters from famous novels. They are portrayed by Elaine Usher and Charles Houston.

Your Theatre Guide
Alan Melville tells you about some of the shows to be seen in London.

Introduced by Bill Fairchild.

(Peggy Mount is appearing in 'Sailor Beware' at the Strand Theatre, London)

Contributors

Presenter:
Bill Fairchild
Item presenter (Autumn Fashion Preview):
Anne Lambton
Panellist (Meeting Place):
Peggy Mount
Panellist (Meeting Place):
Walter Kous
Panellist (Meeting Place):
Isobel Park
Item presenter (Tokens of Faraway Places):
Alice Hooper Beck
Item presenter (In Birmingham Today):
David Martin
Item presenter (How They Said It):
Denise Robins
[Actress] (How They Said It):
Elaine Usher
[Actor] (How They Said It):
Charles Houston
Producer:
Monica Sims

with Kenneth Horne in the chair and Carole Carr, Josephine Douglas, Bruce Seton, Eric Sykes finding the links between the challengers.
Special investigators: Pauline and Larry Forrester

Contributors

Chairman:
Kenneth Horne
Panellist:
Carole Carr
Panellist:
Josephine Douglas
Panellist:
Bruce Seton
Panellist:
Eric Sykes
Special investigator:
Pauline Forrester
Special investigator:
Larry Forrester
Presented by:
G. B. Lupino

Today there are Television Services in nearly forty countries. This film has as its theme the growth and power of this latest means of communication between men.
Produced by the BBC in collaboration with UNESCO, and with contributions from the Television Services of Belgium, Canada. Cuba, Denmark. France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, U.S.A., and U.S.S.R.

[Photo caption] An American snatches a bite to eat at a lunch bar in New Rochelle, New York, while pictures from hundreds of miles away flash on to the television screen behind him. Tonight's film by Paul Rotha traces at 8.30 the international developments of this new and powerful method of communication that has become an influence on the lives of people all over the world.

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Contributors

Written and supervised by:
Paul Rotha

BBC Television

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