Cabaret (British TV programme) explained

Genre:Variety show
Creator:Dallas Bower
Country:England
Language:English
Num Episodes:132
Producer:Harry Pringle and others
Company:BBC Television
Network:BBC Television
Related:Cabaret Cartoons, Cabaret Cruise, Comedy Cabaret, Eastern Cabaret, Intimate Cabaret, Western Cabaret

Cabaret is a live television variety programme series broadcast by BBC Television 19361939 and 1946. It was devised by Dallas Bower, and later developed by Harry Pringle, who also produced 68 episodes. BBC Television began regularly scheduled broadcasts on 2 November 1936; the first episode of Cabaret was shown on 7 November 1936, and this television series was therefore one of the first ever.

No episodes have survived.

Cabaret yielded six spin-off series, among the very earliest of that kind: Cabaret Cartoons (193639, 1949), Cabaret Cruise (193739, 1946, 1949), Comedy Cabaret (193839), Eastern Cabaret (193839), Intimate Cabaret (193739) and Western Cabaret (1939). In August 1939, Pringle was planning another spin-off, a Hawaiian cabaret to have been broadcast in October 1939;[1] but that project seems to have been abandoned with the outbreak of World War II.

Performers

Around 280 performing acts appeared in Cabaret over the five years in which it was broadcast. The following appeared five or more times, or are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Their numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.

Producers

The names of the producers associated with Cabaret are followed by the years in which they were involved. The numbers of episodes in which they were involved are given in parentheses.

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Television News . . 25 August 1939 . The Scanner . 22 February 2016 .

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