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Confidential Quiz
Barbara Kelly, Kenneth Horne, Venetia Stevenson are quizzed by George Schwartz with Robert Beatty keeping the score.

3.15 Cookery Club
Marguerite Patten offers some suggestions for dishes for Boxing Day which are easy to prepare in advance.
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Contributors

Questionmaster (Confidential Quiz):
George Schwartz
Contestant (Confidential Quiz):
Barbara Kelly
Contestant (Confidential Quiz):
Kenneth Horne
Contestant (Confidential Quiz):
Venetia Stevenson
Scorer (Confidential Quiz):
Robert Beatty
Devised and directed by (Confidential Quiz):
Brenda Horsfield
Presenter (Cookery Club):
Marguerite Patten
Producer (Cookery Club):
Ann Shead

A play by Eric Crozier
Based on a story by William Canton
with Jack MacGowran and John Southworth
Choral music composed by Elizabeth Poston
Sung by the Choir of the Ealing Grammar School for Boys
Conducted by John Railton

(Jack MacGowran is in 'The Crooked Mile' at the Cambridge Theatre, London)
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Contributors

Writer:
Eric Crozier
Based on a story by:
William Canton
Producer:
Joy Harington
Choral music composed by:
Elizabeth Poston
Choral music sung by:
The Choir of the Ealing Grammar School for Boys
Choir conducted by:
John Railton
Harpist:
David Watkins
Designer:
Richard Henry
Stephen:
John Southworth
Farmer:
Christopher Hodge
The Stranger:
Jack MacGowran
Mary:
Maureen Beck
Old shepherd:
Wilfrid Brambell
Boy shepherd:
Christopher Cooke
Young shepherd:
Edward Hardwicke

A film musical by Jerome Kern.
[Starring] Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers.

'A Fine Romance', 'Pick Yourself Up', 'The Way You Look Tonight' these and many other wonderful melodies blend Jerome Kern's musical magic with the fabulous dancing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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Contributors

Music:
Jerome Kern
Lucky:
Fred Astaire
Penny:
Ginger Rogers
Pop:
Victor Moore
Mabel:
Helen Broderick
Gordon:
Eric Blore
Margaret:
Betty Furness
Ricardo:
Georges Metaxa

A brass-band comedy by Willis Hall.
[Starring] Frank Pettingell
with Geoffrey Bayldon and Marion Dawson

From the BBC's Midland television studio

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Contributors

Writer:
Willis Hall
Producer:
Peter Dews
Designer:
Margaret Peacock
Mr. Migglewood:
Michael Bates
Frank Higgins:
Frank Pettingell
Herbert Jackson:
John Sharp
Tom Walters:
Geoffrey Bayldon
Maud Higgins:
Marion Dawson
Eddie Fossgill:
Michael Robbins
Sally Higgins:
Ann Saker
Joe Thropjoy:
Frank Atkinson
Mrs. Throttle:
Betty Alberge
Mr. Cartwright:
Philip Garston-Jones

says Father Christmas to Hywel Davies.
An outside broadcast from a London store.
(BBC recording)
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Contributors

Interviewee:
Father Christmas [Harold Bacon Dewhurst]
Interviewer:
Hywel Davies
Film Sequences:
The BBC Film Unit, Scotland
Film Sequences directed by:
Gordon Mackay
Film Sequences directed by/Producer:
James Buchan
Editor:
James Mearns
Research:
Charles Clifford

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