Comedy Cabaret
British TV comedy series (1938–1939)
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Comedy Cabaret is a British television programme broadcast 1938–1939 on BBC Television. It was one of several spin-offs from the BBC series Cabaret. It was a live variety programme. There were five episodes, three in 1938 and two in 1939.[Note 1] The three 1938 episodes were produced by Harry Pringle, and one of the 1939 episodes by Arthur Ozmond.[1][2][5] No episode has survived.[Note 2]
| Comedy Cabaret | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety |
| Created by | Harry Pringle |
| Based on | Cabaret |
| Country of origin | England |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Harry Pringle, Arthur Ozmond |
| Running time | 30–45 minutes [1][2] |
| Production company | BBC Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Television |
| Release | 18 January 1938 – 28 February 1939 |
Performers
As of February 2016[update], the following performers who appeared in Comedy Cabaret are subjects of Wikipedia articles. Their numbers of appearances (counting 18/22 January and 10/12 August 1938 as single episodes) are given in parentheses.
- Hermione Baddeley (1906–86). English character actress (1) [6]
- Jane Carr (1909–57), British actress (1) [7]
- Charles Heslop (1883–1966), British actor, compere (1) [8]
- Charlie Higgins, (before 1930 – c. 1978), English comedian (1) [9]
- George Robey (1869–1954), English comedian (2) [10]
See also
Notes
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb) lists seven episodes. However, according to Radio Times two of those were repeat performances: 22 January 1938 of 18 January 1938, with one change of performer,[3] and 12 August 1938 of 10 August 1938.[4]
- The programme was broadcast live. Methods to record live television did not exist until late 1947, and were rarely used by the BBC until around 1953–55.