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Guest of the Week:
Ruth Pitter
What shall we have for dinner tomorrow T : Sheila Hutchins points out some seasonable bargains in the food shops and suggests ways of serving them.
Marjorie Pollard reports on yesterday's hockey match at the Arsenal Stadium, between England and the United States
(Continued in next column)
Custody of the Child: a young mother left with a boy of five confesses the mixed feelings she developed towards him and with what result
Serial:
' The Family Nobody Wanted' by Helen Doss
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Helen Horton
Third of ten instalments
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Pitter
Unknown:
Helen Doss
Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Read By:
Helen Horton
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

The Cambridgeshire Stakes
A handicap tor three-year-olds and upwards, run over a distance of a mile and one furlong.
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Tom E. Webster as race-reader, from the Grandstand, and by Peter O'Sullevan from a point down the course
From Newmarket Heath

Contributors

Commentary By:
Raymond Glendenning
Assisted By:
Tom E. Webster
Unknown:
Peter O'Sullevan

A series of four-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Northern Ireland
Round 4
London
Denis Brogan , Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-master, Lionel Hale
Northern Ireland
James Boyce , Ronald Green
Quiz-master, Gilbert Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
James Boyce
Unknown:
Ronald Green
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding

featuring Old 'Ancock 'imself with Bill Kerr
Sidney James , Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott and specially recorded by the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Sidney James
Unknown:
Andree Melly
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Composed By:
Wally Stott
Conducted By:
Harry Rabinowitz
Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galton
Produced By:
Dennis Main Wilson

Adapted for broadcasting by Peter Watts
Scene: The drawing-room of the Caplans' country house. After dinner
Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Peter Watts
Produced By:
Peter Watts
Freda Caplan. a publisher's wife:
Grizelda Hervey
An announcer:
Geoffrey Hodson
Miss Mockridge, a novelist:
Catherine Nangle
Betty Whitehouse, Freda's sister-in-law:
Denise Bryer
Olwen Peel, of the London office:
Molly Rankin
Charles Stanton, a partner in the firm:
John Carol
Gordon Whitehouse, Freda's brother:
Brian Haines
Robert Caplan, the publisher:
Valentine Dyall

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