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Family Affairs

Travelling with children
Three mothers tell of orthodox and unorthodox methods of travelling with children by land, sea, and air.

Information on travel insurance

Introduced by Elisabeth Beresford.

3.15 Season's Best
Frances Perry shows this month's best value in flowers, fruit, and vegetables.

(to 15.30)

Contributors

Presenter (Family Affairs):
Elisabeth Beresford
Producer (Family Affairs):
Beryl Radley
Presenter (Season's Best):
Frances Perry
Director (Season's Best):
Ann Shead

A drama of a gold hunt in the West. 'Hard Luck', Ricky's old prospector pal, gets on the trail of some nuggets, only to discover they are being faked. The fakers throw 'Hard Luck' into a dynamited mine-but they have reckoned without Ricky, Champion and Rebel, who try to save him in a thrilling race against time.

Contributors

The Wonder Horse:
null Champion
Rebel, the dog:
null Blaze
Ricky North:
Barry Curtis
Uncle Sandy:
Jim Bannon

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 - John H. Lindsay, Chairman of Antrim, Rural District Council
Edinburgh - Provost James R. Lawrie of Peebles
Norwich - Councillor Mrs. M.I. Sutherland, J.P., Mayor of Thetford
Southampton - Councillor W.J. Rothwell, Mayor of Salisbury
Swansea - Alderman Howard Davies, J.P., Mayor of Neath
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
From the BBC's North of England television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Panel chairman (Belfast):
John H. Lindsay
Panel chairman (Edinburgh):
Provost James R. Lawrie
Panel chairman (Norwich):
Councillor Mrs. M.I. Sutherland
Panel chairman (Southampton):
Councillor W.J. Rothwell
Panel chairman (Swansea):
Alderman Howard Davies
Musicians:
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Research:
Ronnie Lane
Producer:
Barney Colehan

Every year the British public bets a total of £300,000,000 on flat racing. This works out at £6 for every man, woman, and child in the country.
Flat racing is not only a sport-it is a vast industry. It is controlled by the Jockey Club, which was created in the eighteenth century and has hardly changed since.
Woodrow Wyatt asks whether it meets the needs of today-Does the punter get a fair deal-and how clean is racing? He talks to jockeys, trainers, owners, bookies, punters great and small, and the Stewards of the Jockey Club itself.
A programme on film devised and directed by Woodrow Wyatt

Contributors

Presenter/deviser/director:
Woodrow Wyatt

A new comedy by Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman.
A scene from "How Say You?"
[Starring] Kathleen Harrison, A.E. Matthews
(Televised direct from the Aldwych Theatre, London, by arrangement with Michael Codron in association with John Counsell Ltd.)
(Ann Firbank appears by arrangement with Ealing M.G.M. Artists, Ltd.)
(See page 4)

Contributors

Writer:
Harold Brooke
Writer:
Kay Bannerman
Designer:
Anthony Holland
Director:
John Counsell
Presented for television by:
John Vernon
Usher to the Court:
Frederick Keen
Clerk to the Court:
John Line
George Lockwood:
Duncan Lewis
Guy Stevens:
Francis Matthews
Hubert Shannon:
Derek Nimmo
Sidney Pudney:
Leslie Dwyer
Pearl Hoskins:
Jeanette Landis
Frances Pilbright:
Ann Firbank
Gladys Pudney:
Kathleen Harrison
Mr. Justice Hadden:
Malcolm Russell
A Police Constable:
Michael Gartred
Mr. Peebles:
A.E. Matthews

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