Cabaret Cartoons Explained

Genre:	Variety
Creator:	Cecil Madden
Based On:	Cabaret
Country:	England
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	19
Producer:	Cecil Madden
Runtime:	2030 minutes
Company:	BBC Television
Network:	BBC Television

Cabaret Cartoons is a live light entertainment series broadcast by BBC Television 19361939 and 1946.^[1] It was a spin-off from the series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that English artist Harry Rutherford (190385) drew cartoon sketches of the performers during the broadcast. Rutherford did not speak: the producer, Cecil Madden, decreed that his Mancunian accent was inappropriate to be heard on the BBC.^[2]

No episodes have survived.^[3]

Performers

The following performers appeared in Cabaret Cartoons five or more times, or are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.

• Beverley Sisters, English vocal trio (1)
• Truda Binarová, Czechoslovak actress (5)
• Petula Clark (born 1932), English singer (2)
• Edward Cooper (18831956), English actor (1)
• Evelyn Dall (19182010), American singer (2)
• Robert Harbin (190878), British magician and actor (1)
• Grace (190755) and Paul Hartman (190473), American dancers (1)
• Nosmo King (and Hubert) (18861952), English comedian (2)
• Harry Rutherford (190385), English artist (19)
• Eric Woodburn (18941981), Scottish comedian (1)

See also

• Cabaret
• Cabaret Cruise
• Comedy Cabaret
• Intimate Cabaret
• Eastern Cabaret
• Western Cabaret

External links

• • Web site: Search report for Cabaret Cartoons . . 25 February 2016. Includes some false positives

Notes and References

1. BBC Television suspended broadcasting on 1 September 1939 with the outbreak of World War II, and did not resume until June 1946.
2. Web site: Hyde's unsung hero. BBC. 25 September 2008. 24 February 2016 .
3. The programme was broadcast live. Technology to record live television was only developed in 1947, and was rarely used by the BBC before 195355.