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Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including:
' Week-End Shopping Basket Louise Davies picks out the best value in the provision shops
(Continued in next column)
' If You're my Type': talking of clothes, Margaret Pearce has some advice about colour and texture for the woman with a short stocky figure
' Happy Marriage '—1. A discussion between four happily-married wives introduced by Eileen Molony.
The first in a new series of broadcasts by husbands and wives, designed to examine some of the factors that go towards the making of a successful marriage relationship
Serial: ' Hester' by Mrs. Oliphant. Abridged by Honor Wyatt. Read by Sheila Mitchell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Louise Davies
Unknown:
Margaret Pearce
Introduced By:
Eileen Molony.
Read By:
Sheila Mitchell

A weekly magazine for people who work in industry to tell of their achievements, and the problems and grouses of their everyday lives in the factories
The Spotlight Falls On:
The Javelin Story
R. Ward (designer), Bill Waterton (test pilot), Bob Lange (rigger), and Tony Bishop (apprenitice), all from the Gloster Aircraft Company, tell of their great new all-weather jet fighter
Meet the Leaders:
Arthur Deakin, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. and recently Chairman of the T.U.C.
Shop Talk:
'Last In First Out?'
An argument between two workpeople from the shop floor about what is the fair way of dealing with redundancy
This Week's Grouse: This Talk about Pin Money
A woman attacks what she calls 'the prejudice against women in industry'
Introduced by Bill Hartley

A serial in eight parts freely adapted by Eric Maschwitz from the novel by Compton Mackenzie
[Starring] Ronald Ward and Belle Chrystall

Characters in order of speaking:

Contributors

Author:
Compton Mackenzie
Adapted by:
Eric Maschwitz
Producer:
Val Glelgud
Producer:
Norman Wright
Mrs Worfolk:
Vivienne Chatterton
Maude:
Denise Bryer
Charles Cotton:
Duncan McIntyre
John Touchwood:
Ronald Ward
Doris Hamilton:
Belle Chrystall
A doctor:
Patrick Troughton
Laurence:
John Wyse
Eleanor:
Thelma Hughes
James:
Allan Jeayes
Sir Percy Mortimer:
Laidman Browne
An actor:
Antony Kearey
Godfrey:
Aubrey Richards

Directed by Cyril Stapleton with Lee Lawrence
Jean Campbell
Johnny Johnston
Harold Smart
Bill McGuffy
The Johnston Singers and Stan Stennett
Produced by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Lee Lawrence
Unknown:
Jean Campbell
Unknown:
Johnny Johnston
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bill McGuffy
Singers:
Johnston
Singers:
Stan Stennett
Produced By:
Johnnie Stewart

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