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A daily programme of entertainment, information, and music for the woman at home
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Round the Shops.' Shirley Deane has been looking at sales counters with a special interest in such things as winter clothing and beauty aids. Today, she gives some information on what is available
Today's Guest: Ngaio Marsh, the novelist, who is over here on a visit from New Zealand, talks about her homeland and the people who live there
' A Mexican Kitchen,' by Marget Hayek, who says that while other travellers are finding out about politics, or admiring the landscapes of foreign lands, she always makes a bee-line for the kitchen, not only because she likes eating but because she likes to see what-and how-other people cook
' A Grocer's Holiday,' by Paul Holt
Serial: Cry, the Beloved Country,' by Alan Paton. Abridged by Audrey Lucas. Read by Carleton Hobbs

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Shirley Deane
Unknown:
Paul Holt
Unknown:
Alan Paton.
Abridged By:
Audrey Lucas.
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs

by Roland Pertwee and Michael Pertwee
Adapted for broadcasting by Michael Pertwee
Time: The present
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Roland Pertwee
Unknown:
Michael Pertwee
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Effle:
Denise Bryer
Sir Robert Rawley:
Edward Chapman
Joan, his wife:
Lydia Sherwood
Vellaby:
Bryan Powley
Messenger boy:
Michael John
Lodgekeeper:
Dorothy Summers
Jessica:
Amy Dalby
Kate:
Valentine Dunn
The Earl of Shandon:
Arthur Wontner
Angela:
Diana Maddox
Maxwell Oliver:
Philip Cunningham
The Unknown Man:
Hugh Burden

Lionel Gamlin and Robert MacDermot are the Question-Masters in this inter-country contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
6-Scotland (North v. South) The Academy, Elgin, Moray v.
High School, Hawick, Roxburgh
Series devised by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Robert MacDermot
Unknown:
Joan Clark

Singers: Dorothy Squires
The Mitchell Maids
Comediennes:
Renee Houston , Joyce Golding
' Georgie and Georgina ' played by Jeanne deCasalis and Lana Morris
Guest: Nan Kenway
Orchestra: Ivy Benson and her Girls' Orchestra
Introduced by Sheila Stewart
Script by Godfrey and Alec Harrison
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Singers:
Dorothy Squires
Unknown:
Renee Houston
Unknown:
Joyce Golding
Played By:
Jeanne Decasalis
Unknown:
Lana Morris
Unknown:
Ivy Benson
Introduced By:
Sheila Stewart
Script By:
Godfrey And
Script By:
Alec Harrison
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont

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