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by Gontran Goulden, Deputy Director of the Building Centre and W.P.K. Findlay, D.Sc., of the Forest Products Research Station.

Cracks between floorboards and warped window frames and doors are results of wood that has not been correctly seasoned before use. Careful kiln seasoning of new timber reduces the chances of trouble later on. Fungus diseases like dry rot are only able to gain hold when wood is kept in conditions of excessive moisture and inadequate ventilation.
(Telerecording of last Wednesday's programme)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gontran Goulden
Expert:
W.P.K. Findlay
Producer:
Donald Grattan

Holidays Ahead: 3 - Youth Hostels
Franklin Engelmann tells you how the Youth Hostels Association can help you to have an inexpensive holiday in the open air, whether you enjoy sailing, pony trekking, climbing, or exploring the countryside.

3.15 Collectors' Club
Peter Philp returns with more advice on collecting antiques-what to collect, how to collect it, and how to take care of it.
From the BBC's Welsh television studios

(to 15.30)

Contributors

Presenter (Holidays Ahead):
Franklin Engelmann
Film cameraman (Holidays Ahead):
Jimmy Gemmell
Film editor (Holidays Ahead):
Eddie Wallstab
Arranged by (Holidays Ahead):
Brenda Horsfield
Director (Holidays Ahead):
Monica Sims
Presenter (Collectors Club):
Peter Philp
Producer (Collectors Club):
Nan Davies

Elizabeth Lanchbury introduces Studio 'E', Your Monday magazine

A.B.C. Quiz with Peter West as Question-Master

Let's Make a Circus with Anthony Hippisley-Coxe

Making Your Own Toboggan
Barry Bucknell shows you how.

Pets in a Small Space
Ralph Blake talks about pigeons.

Pop of the Week
Ted Taylor with a current record hit.

Pip's Daydreams with Brian Alexis

Kim the Keeshond

Contributors

Presenter:
Elizabeth Lanchbury
Question-Master (A.B.C. Quiz):
Peter West
Item presenter (Let's Make a Circus):
Anthony Hippisley-Coxe
Item presenter (Making Your Own Toboggan):
Barry Bucknell
Item presenter (Pets in a Small Space):
Ralph Blake
Item presenter (Pop of the Week):
Ted Taylor
Storyteller (Pip's Daydreams):
Brian Alexis
Edited and produced by:
John Hunter Blair

Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People
Cinema - Theatre - Travel
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith
and this week, Rory McEwen, Dilys Laye

(Dilys Laye is in "The Tunnel of Love" at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Singer/Guitarist:
Rory McEwen
Singer:
Dilys Laye

The George Mitchell Glee Club invite you to join them in songs old and new featuring Tony Mercer, Dai Francis, The Jackpots, Denny Bettis, Patricia Kirshner, The Dennis Wilson Quartet with Elsye Monks at the electronic organ.

(Patricia Kirshner is in "For Amusement Only" at the Apollo Theatre, London)

Contributors

Singer:
Tony Mercer
Singer:
Dai Francis
Singers:
The Jackpots
Dancer/Routines staged by:
Denny Bettis
Dancer:
Patricia Kirshner
Musicians:
The Dennis Wilson Quartet
Organist:
Elsye Monks
Producer:
Russell Turner

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Original music written by James Turner and played by the orchestra under the direction of George Clouston
("This Is Your Life" was devised by Ralph Edwards)

Contributors

Presenter:
Eamonn Andrews
Scriptwriter:
Ken Smith
Script associate:
Ray Marler
Script associate:
Michael Williams
Original music written by:
James Turner
Orchestra Director:
George Clouston
Devised by:
Ralph Edwards
Producer:
T. Leslie Jackson

Richard Dimbleby opens Television's Window on the World.
Every Monday the Panorama team of special contributors - using film and television cameras - focuses on events and personalities of the moment.

(See page 4)

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Dimbleby
Editor/Producer:
Michael Peacock
Associate Producer:
Charles Wheeler
Associate Producer:
David Wheeler

(7th Edition, 9th Series) from the Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale, London featuring Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra.
With demonstrations by Harold Hulley and Doreen Edwards, Raymond Draper and Molly McKenzie, The Harold Webb Formation Team from Southampton
Also presenting the seventh heat of the 1957-58 Competition for the Television Dancing Club Trophies
Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson
(Assisted by Doreen Freeman)
Hostess, Sylvia Peters

Contributors

Musicians:
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Dancer:
Harold Hulley
Dancer:
Doreen Edwards
Dancer:
Raymond Draper
Dancer:
Molly McKenzie
Formation dancers:
The Harold Webb Formation Team
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Victor Silvester
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Doreen Freeman
Hostess:
Sylvia Peters
Scriptwriter:
Victor Silvester, Jnr.
Producer:
Richard Afton

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