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- ↑ The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 193 (Longmans, Green, 1952), p. 400
- ↑ BBC Year Book 1952 (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1952), p. 107
- ↑ Chris Perry, The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013, p. 140
- ↑ John Wyver, A tale of six Cinders, part 2: Cinderella (BBC, 1938, 1948, 1950) at screenplaystv.wordpress.com, accessed 27 July 2016
- 1 2 The Golden Year at BBC.co.uk, accessed 26 July 2016