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Oil and Vinegar Week
A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including reminders about oil and vinegar
Vandty Fair. ' Dressing for Hot Weather': Elisabeth Dennis has some suggestions about clothes and colours that help one to look cool and keep cool
' What's Going On': spotligiht on current affairs
' National Sewing Contest, 1951 ': Mary Hill records an account of the final fashion show and introduces some of the winners
' Then and Now': in t.he second of this series of talks about home life in 1851, Janet Dunbar describes the houses of that period, and their furrnishings
Serial: 'Old Herbaceous' by Reginald ArkeU. Abridged by Jane Bowneas. Read by Hugh Morton

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Elisabeth Dennis
Unknown:
Mary Hill
Unknown:
Janet Dunbar
Unknown:
Reginald Arkeu.
Abridged By:
Jane Bowneas.
Read By:
Hugh Morton

with Marjorie Holmes
Hattie Jacques
Wilfred Babbage , Fred Yule
Michael Dear. Edith Lewin
The Petersen Brothers
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductoi, Robert Busby
Script by Eric Sykes
Produced by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Holmes
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Michael Dear.
Unknown:
Edith Lewin
Unknown:
Robert Busby
Script By:
Eric Sykes
Produced By:
Tom Ronald

A serial ineight parts by Francis Durbridge
7 — ' An Invitation for Mr. Elliot '
Other parts played by Malcolm Hayes and Alan Reid
Production by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Durbridge
Played By:
Malcolm Hayes
Played By:
Alan Reid
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Paul Temple:
Kim Peacock
Steve:
Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes:
Lester Mudditt
Inspector Gerrard:
Stanley Groome
Mavis Russell:
Rita Vale
Reggie Mackintosh:
Duncan McLntyre
Dinah Nelson:
Belle Chrystall
Robert Ferguson:
George Margo
Helen Ferguson:
Grizelda Hervey
Mark Elliot:
Martin Lewis
Charlie:
Frank Partington
Rudolf Charles:
Olaf Olsen

A musical entertainment with Walter Gieseking (piano)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin)
Keith Cummings (viola)
Douglas Cameron (cello)
Programme arranged by Basil Douglas

Contributors

Piano:
Walter Gieseking
Clarinet:
Stephen Waters
Violin:
Erich Gruenberg
Violin:
Lionel Bentley
Viola:
Keith Cummings
Cello:
Douglas Cameron
Arranged By:
Basil Douglas

with Gladys Morgan , Nancy Bateman
Bert Cecil , Ann Walters
Frank James , Ivor Owen
The Voices in Harmony
The Lyrian Singers
-Conductor, Idloes Owen
' Winnie the Widow ' by E. Eynon Evans
Welsh Variety Orchestra
(Leader, Morgan Lloyd)
Introduced by Alun Williams
Conducted and produced by Mai Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Morgan
Unknown:
Nancy Bateman
Unknown:
Bert Cecil
Unknown:
Ann Walters
Unknown:
Frank James
Unknown:
Ivor Owen
Conductor:
Idloes Owen
Introduced By:
Alun Williams

Light Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More