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The Married Woman's Place: 4: The forties' and beyond
A series of four programmes looking at problems faced by married women in the changing social background of today.

Can a married woman in middle-ago train for an outside job?; Can she return to a former occupation?
Elaine Grand questions representatives of industry, the three political parties, nursing and teaching professions, and women's organisations.

Home-maker Competition
Doreen Stephens, Editor of Women's Programmes, BBC Television, and John Hobday report on the progress of the competition.

Contributors

Presenter (The Married Woman's Place):
Elaine Grand
Reporter (Home-maker Competition):
Doreen Stephens
Reporter (Home-maker Competition):
John Hobday

Introduced by Eamonn Andrews.
With Vivienne Martin Leslie Crowther, Peter Glaze and a guest star and Double or Drop.

Contributors

Presenter/'Double or Drop' devised by:
Eamonn Andrews
Performer:
Vivienne Martin
Comedian:
Leslie Crowther
Comedian:
Peter Glaze
Music:
The Bert Hayes Octet
Script:
Stan Mars
Producer:
Johnny Downes

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson,
Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Singer:
Robin Hall
Singer/guitarist:
Jimmie Macgregor
Associate producer:
Antony Jay
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Associate producer:
Tony Essex
Assistant editor:
Alasdair Milne
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

by Stuart Douglass.
featuring The John Barry Seven

Shirley Smith is a fan of Red Mayne, a teenage singing star. Her attempts to come face to face with her idol start a dramatic chain of events.
From the North

Contributors

Writer:
Stuart Douglass
Musicians:
The John Barry Seven
Designer:
Kenneth Lawson
Producer:
Chloe Gibson
Red Mayne:
Ray Brooks
Mr Green:
Robin Wentworth
Ernie Practise:
James Belchamber
Harry Charles:
Stanley Meadows
Jim:
Howard Lamb
Shirley Smith:
Waveney Lee
Mr Horrocks:
Bryan Kendrick
Police Inspector:
Campbell Singer
First Constable:
Dickie Owen
Second Constable:
Edward Brooks
Mr Smith:
Ivor Dean
Mrs Smith:
Dandy Nichols
Police Sergeant:
Bryan Hulme
Reporter:
Barry Jackson

with BBC outside broadcast cameras for the public hearing of Get Ahead.
A competition organised by the Daily Mail which offers £7,500 in prize money.
Contestants who have come through the eliminating stages of the competition are 'On the Spot' to prove that they could make the best and the most successful use of the top prize of £5,000-to 'Get Ahead'.
Heat 2: Men or women over 35 in full-time self-employment who need capital for expansion.
The Judges: Sir Miles Thomas, Mrs. John Profumo, William Hardcastle (Chairman)
Introduced by Peter West.
From the Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale, London.

Contributors

Judge:
Sir Miles Thomas
Judge:
Mrs. John Profumo [Valerie Hobson]
Judge/chairman:
William Hardcastle
Presenter:
Peter West
Presented for television by:
Noble Wilson

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