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Family Affairs

Sarah's Progress
The doctor discusses feeding the two-year-old.

Let's Look into This
Geoffrey Johnson Smith discusses class distinctions and their effect on our daily lives.

Introduced by Betty Lait.

and
A Woman's Work
Bill Hartley introduces women from the Midlands with interesting or unusual jobs.
From the BBC's Midland Television studios

Contributors

Item presenter (Sarah's Progress):
The doctor [name uncredited]
Item presenter (Family Affairs:
Let's Look into This): Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Presenter (Family Affairs):
Betty Lait
Producer (Family Affairs):
Beryl Radley
Presenter (A Woman's Work):
Bill Hartley
Producer (A Woman's Work):
John McGonagle

A Victorian drama
Adapted in six parts by Penelope Knox from the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Contributors

Author:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by:
Penelope Knox
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Film Cameraman:
David Prosser
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Sara Crewe:
Carol Wolveridge
Indian gentleman:
Barry Letts
Ram Dass:
John Woodnutt
Miss Minchin:
Peggy Livesey
Lavinia:
Julie Desmond
Ermengarde:
Susan Lyall Grant
Winnie:
Susan Westerby
Miss Amelia:
Rosamund Greenwood
Mrs. Stout:
Barbara Leslie
Annie:
Alanna Boyce
Schoolgirl/Other parts played by:
Gillian Gale
Other parts played by:
Bridget Wood

Harriette Johns introduces a lighthearted entertainment with Peter Cavanagh, Jack Train, Trudi Walker, Eddie Calvert, The Blonde Toppers and Nat Temple and his Orchestra.

Contributors

Presenter:
Harriette Johns
Impressionist:
Peter Cavanagh
Comedian:
Jack Train
Performer:
Trudi Walker
Trumpeter:
Eddie Calvert
Dancers:
The Blonde Toppers
Musicians:
Nat Temple and his Orchestra.
Dance direction:
Larry Gordon
Producer:
Richard Afton

from the King's Theatre, Hammersmith with Rawicz and Landauer, The Keynotes introducing guest artist, Ferry Kurutz
The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes

Contributors

Singer:
Vera Lynn
Pianists:
Rawicz and Landauer
Singers:
The Keynotes
Guest artist:
Ferry Kurutz
Dancers:
The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes
Choreography and associate producer:
Leslie Roberts
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
[Orchestra] Leader:
David McCallum
Script:
Freddie Robertson
Producer:
Albert Stevenson

A farce by Basil Thomas.
[Starring] Ronald Shiner and Dora Bryan
A special performance from the Adelphi Theatre, London, by arrangement with Jack Hylton and Emile Littler.

Contributors

Writer:
Basil Thomas
Director:
Wallace Douglas
Setting:
Paul Mayo
Presented for television by:
Michael Henderson
Fay Sellars:
Jean Aubrey
Victor Sellars:
John Scott
Helen Sellars:
Billie Hill
Ben Green:
James Sharkey
Auntie Dollie:
Dorothy Blythe
Julie Skidmore:
Dora Bryan
Bertie Skidmore:
Ronald Shiner
Doctor Vincent:
Julian D'Albie
Cecil Gibson:
Douglas Hayes

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