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The Sunday Supplement to Woman's Hour including:
Open Letter ... to a rich hairdresser, from Caroline Mackinlay
Pre-Christmas Cooking Advice, from the Woman's Hour Cookery Club
Double Duty Mothers: a group of women who have to be both father and mother to their children compare notes
Gordon Gow reviews some current films
Innocence Abroad: a Hungarian Looks at Britain. Howard Marion-Crawford reads an extract from ' How to be an Alien' by George Mikes
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
George Mikes
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

starring Bob Hope with his guest. Virginia Mayo
Bill Goodwin , Margaret Whiting
Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Written by Norman Sullivan and Charles Lee
Recorded in Hollywood and edited by Dennis Main Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Hope
Unknown:
Virginia Mayo
Unknown:
Bill Goodwin
Unknown:
Margaret Whiting
Unknown:
Les Brown
Written By:
Norman Sullivan
Written By:
Charles Lee
Edited By:
Dennis Main Wilson

The second of a series of book review programmes in which Alan Melville presents short dramatic excerpts from books he has enjoyed
< The Strange Enchantment ' by Geoffrey Cotterell
A family saga which starts in a quiet English seaside town at the close of the last century and ends in Berlin shortly before the Second World War.
* Here be Dragons by Stella Gibbons
A contemporary love story set in the coffee bars of London in 1956. ' Lady Behave' by Anne Edwards and Drusilla Beyfus
In the days of Emily Post the behaviour of the * best people' was the accepted standard for good manners. Now that no two individuals ever concur on who are the ' best people ' the scene is more complex. In this book the authors offer a course which combines good sense and good presentation.
Cast: Olwen Brookes. Helen Henschel
Vanessa Redgrave Dorothy Smith David Enders and Roger Snowdon
Pianist, Helen Henschel
Produced by Eileen Molony

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Cotterell
Unknown:
Stella Gibbons
Unknown:
Anne Edwards
Unknown:
Drusilla Beyfus
Unknown:
Olwen Brookes.
Unknown:
Helen Henschel
Unknown:
Vanessa Redgrave
Unknown:
Dorothy Smith
Unknown:
David Enders
Pianist:
Roger Snowdon
Pianist:
Helen Henschel
Produced By:
Eileen Molony

3 — ' How Now, Brown Cow ? ' with Barbara Lyon , Richard Lyon
Doris Rogers ,Molly Weir
Richard Bellaers
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor. Paul Fenoulhet
Written by Bob Block ,
Ronnie Hanbury and Bebe Daniels
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Brown Cow
Unknown:
Barbara Lyon
Unknown:
Richard Lyon
Unknown:
Doris Rogers
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Richard Bellaers
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Written By:
Bob Block
Written By:
Ronnie Hanbury
Written By:
Bebe Daniels
Production By:
Tom Ronald

Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton and featuring Sidney James
Bill Kerr , Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams
Incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galton
Unknown:
Sidney James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Produced By:
Dennis Main Wilson

An exchange of ideas and experiences between young people in Britain and Stockholm
In Stockholm:
Kerstin Hallert. Brita Roempke
Jan Kielland , Ib Moller
In the chair. Robert Gunnell
In London:
Diana Carter. Ceinwen Mortimer Michael Johnston , Harry Brown In the chair, Francis Cammaerts

Contributors

Unknown:
Kerstin Hallert.
Unknown:
Brita Roempke
Unknown:
Jan Kielland
Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Unknown:
Diana Carter.
Unknown:
Ceinwen Mortimer
Unknown:
Michael Johnston
Unknown:
Harry Brown
Unknown:
Francis Cammaerts

by Geoffrey Trease
Other parts played by Mildred Dyson , Renee Stanton Tom Harrison , Jeffery Dench
Reginald Waithman and Eric Howard
Produced by Colin Shaw in the BBC's
North of England studios

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Trease
Played By:
Mildred Dyson
Played By:
Renee Stanton
Played By:
Tom Harrison
Played By:
Jeffery Dench
Unknown:
Reginald Waithman
Unknown:
Eric Howard
Produced By:
Colin Shaw
Jane Waverley:
Jill Fenson
The Rev Arthur Rawley, m a:
Geoffrey Banks
Woodburn:
Jeffrey Denton
Lord Nowell:
Norman Partriege
Mr Larkdale:
Leslie Moorhouse
Mr Babbington:
Harry Moseley

Community hymn-singing by the boys of Sherborne School in Sherborne Abbey
Introduced by W. K. Stanton. Professor of Music in Bristol University At the Name of Jesus (Tune, Cuddesdon)
Come down, 0 Love Divine (Tune,
Down Ampney)
Christian, dost thou see them? (Tune.
Midian)
Praise to our God (Tune, Liebster Immanuel)
Dear Lord and Father (Tune. Repton) Blest be thy love (Tune, CRrlisle) Judge Eternal (Tune. Rhuddlan)
From glory to glory advancing (Tune.
St. Keverne)
Conductor, R. B. Ferry ,
Director of Music
Organist, John Dussek

Contributors

Introduced By:
W. K. Stanton.
Conductor:
R. B. Ferry
Organist:
John Dussek

The BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton
Bob Monkhouse , Denis Goodwin
The Stargazers, Harold Smart
Dennis Wilson , Bert Weedon
The Show Band Singers Directed by Cliff Adams and Show Band's singing star
Dawn Lake
Script by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Production by John Browell

Contributors

Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Directed By:
Bob Monkhouse
Unknown:
Denis Goodwin
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Unknown:
Dawn Lake
Script By:
Bob Monkhouse
Script By:
Denis Goodwin
Production By:
John Browell

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