Family Affairs (1959 TV programme)

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Family Affairs was a BBC television discussion programme broadcast from 1956. [1]

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References

  1. British books, Volume 173. The Publisher's Circular Limited. 1959. p. 222. with over a million viewers, mostly mothers, the influence of 'Family Affairs' is widespread.