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A Christmas holiday programme
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlin

I Want to be an Air Hostess
A BBC mobile recording car takes you to London Airport to learn all about the training of an air hostess
The expedition arranged by Arthur Phillips and Bernard Lyons, and made possible by courtesy of B.O.A.C.

Schoolboys' Own Exhibition
Brian Johnston and John Ellison pay another visit to the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, and bring some more young visitors to the microphone

Contributors

Produced/Editor:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Arthur Phillips
Unknown:
Bernard Lyons
Presenter:
Brian Johnston
Presenter:
John Ellison

A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
'Vanity Fair': Eva Tingey Shell talks about the importance of your silhouette
'Jottings from Life': Mrs. Hinks, who now runs a restaurant in Birmingham, recalls episodes in a crowded and varied career
'For Your Information: Parents and Schoolchildren': the second of three talks by Roland Earl, a secondary schoolteacher, describing how parents can help children and their teachers both at home and in school
'Thoughts During a Power Cut,' by Molly Weir
Serial: 'Middlemarch ' by George Eliot. Abridged by Nancy Pusey. Read by Carleton Hobbs

Contributors

Presenter:
Jean Metcalfe
Speaker:
Eva Tingey Shell
Speaker:
Mrs. Hinks
Speaker:
Roland Earl
Speaker:
Molly Weir
Author (Middlemarch):
George Eliot
Abridged by (Middlemarch):
Nancy Pusey
Reader (Middlemarch):
Carleton Hobbs

Round the British Isles with Top of the Form

John Ellison and Robert MacDermot are the Question-Masters in this inter-country contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools

Manchester High School for Girls v. Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen (Boys)

Contributors

Question master:
John Ellison
Question master:
Robert MacDermot
Producer:
Joan Clark

A recording of the 300th edition of ITMA
with Tommy Handley
Jack Train, Hugh Morton, Fred Yule, Diana Morrison, Deryck Guyler, Joan Harben and Hattie Jacques
Handley's Kerbside Choristers
Directed by George Mitchell
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins

Voices closely associated with the earliest pages of the 'Itma' story are heard again tonight. No better broadcast of 'Itma' could be chosen than the three hundredth performance as a tribute to Tommy Handley, who was mourned by a multitude of listeners exactly two years ago. This programme, which was first broadcast on October 28, 1948, is especially appropriate, since among the guests who celebrated the occasion were some of the early 'Itma' stalwarts, including Dorothy Summers (Mrs. Mopp), Dino Galvani (Signor So-so), Horace Percival (Don't forget the diver), Sydney Keith (Sam Scram), Clarence Wright (Nice day - I'll call again), and Lind Joyce.

Contributors

Comedian:
Tommy Handley
Performer:
Jack Train
Performer:
Hugh Morton
Performer:
Fred Yule
Performer:
Diana Morrison
Performer:
Deryck Guyler
Performer:
Joan Harben
Performer:
Hattie Jacques
Performer:
Dorothy Summers
Performer:
Dino Galvani
Performer:
Horace Percival
Performer:
Sydney Keith
Performer:
Clarence Wright
Singer:
Lind Joyce
Singers:
Handley's Kerbside Choristers
Directed by:
George Mitchell
Musicians:
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Writer:
Ted Kavanagh
Producer:
Francis Worsley

Philately is a national hobby which fascinates the collector as much as it bores and puzzles the non-collector. Why are millions of pounds a year spent on these tiny scraps of paper? How can a single used stamp be worth more than £5,000? Is stamp-collecting a hobby, an industry - or just a waste of time?

Contributors

Script:
Frank Gabb
Producer:
R.D. Smith
Series Editor:
Dennis Bardens

Light Programme

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