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Family Affairs

Learning to Read
A group of experts discusses conflicting theories about the best way to teach young children to read.

What to Read
Jack Morpurgo, Director of the National Book League, discusses what guidance parents can give to their children's reading.

Introduced by Jenny Nasmyth.

3.15 Quick and Easy Dressmaking: 42 - A Skirt
Demonstrated by Diana Crutchley.
A French design filmed by Radio-diffusion Television Francaise.
(Instructions for making this skirt were given in the supplement in Radio Times published on January 9)

(to 15.30)

Contributors

Item presenter (What to Read):
Jack Morpurgo
Presenter (Family Affairs):
Jenny Nasmyth
Producer (Family Affairs):
Beryl Radley
Dressmaker/presenter (Quick and Easy Dressmaking):
Diana Crutchley

Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People
Cinema - Theatre - Argument
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Macdonald Hastings and this week,
Rory McEwen

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Singer/guitarist:
Rory McEwen
Producer:
Donald Baverstock

A friendly battle of entertainment for the 'Top Town' Television Trophy of 1959. Introduced by David Jacobs.
Presented before twenty-five judges in BBC studios throughout the British Isles.
Panel chairmen:
Belfast - Alderman Charles Ross, Mayor of Larne, Co. Antrim
Glasgow - Provost Wyatt of Dunoon
Norwich - Councillor Clifford W. King, Sheriff of Norwich
Swansea - Alderman William Evans, J.P., Mayor of Swansea
Leeds - Councillor Bernard H. Wood, T.D., J.P. Mayor of Harrogate
From the Kursaal, Southend-on-Sea

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Panellist (Belfast):
Alderman Charles Ross
Panellist (Glasgow):
Provost Wyatt of Dunoon
Panellist (Norwich):
Councillor Clifford W. King
Panellist (Swansea):
Alderman William Evans
Panellist (Leeds):
Councillor Bernard H. Wood
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Research:
Ronnie Lane
Producer:
Barney Colehan

What happens when a prisoner comes out of gaol? How do people behave to him? How does he get a job? How does he himself feel?

Life inside prisons always excites curiosity, and a great many films and plays have been written about it. Much rarer is the work, like tonight's documentary, which deals with life 'outside' - in the world to which a discharged prisoner returns when he has served his sentence. You will follow the adventures of John Morris, who had just done six months for his first offence - larceny - as he struggles to resume normal life, to get back into his old trade... even just to go straight.

Contributors

Writer:
Geoffrey Bellman
Writer:
John Witney
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
David E. Rose

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