Cabaret Cruise Explained

Genre:	Variety
Creator:	Harry Pringle
Based On:	Cabaret
Presenter:	Commander Campbell
Country:	England
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	15
Producer:	Harry Pringle
Runtime:	3060 minutes
Company:	BBC Television
Network:	BBC Television
First Aired:	^[1]
Last Aired:	^[2]

Cabaret Cruise is a live variety programme series broadcast 193739, 1946 and 1949 on BBC Television. It was one of several spin-offs from the BBC series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that it was set on the fictional ship RMS Sunshine, constructed in the studio. All 15 episodes were presented by British naval officer and broadcaster Commander Campbell and produced by Harry Pringle.

An episode had been planned for October 1939;^[3] it was not broadcast, because BBC Television suspended operations with the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939. In 1940, Pringle relocated to Australia. He was in England 194647 between spells of employment at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and in 1949 on leave of absence, and produced episodes on both occasions.

No episodes have survived.^[4]

Performers

Performers (number of episodes given in parentheses) included:

• Dick Bentley (190795), Australia-born comedian (1)
• The Beverley Sisters, vocal and light entertainment trio (2)
• Buddy Bradley (190572), choreographer (1)
• Commander Campbell (18811966), compere (15)
• Florence Desmond (190593), English comedian (1)
• Steven Geray (190473), Hungarian-born actor (4)
• Leslie Henson (18911957), English comedian (1)
• Charles Heslop (18831966), actor (1)
• Jack Jackson (190678), trumpeter and bandleader (1)
• Jean Kent (19212013), British actress (1)

• Magda Kun (191245), Hungarian-born actress (4)
• Eve Lister (191397), British actress (1)
• Joy Nichols (192592), Australian-born comedian (1)
• Irene Prador (191196), Austrian-born actress (1)
• George Robey (18691954), English comedian (1)
• Eric Robinson (190874) and His Boat Deck Boys, musicians (3)
• Ernest Shannon, impressionist (5)
• The Ship's Band, musicians (8)
• Edwin Styles (18991960), actor (2)
• Jack Train (190266), British film actor (1)

See also

• Cabaret (British TV series)
• Cabaret Cartoons
• Comedy Cabaret
• Eastern Cabaret
• Intimate Cabaret
• Western Cabaret

External links

• • Web site: Search report for Cabaret Cruise . . 29 February 2016 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cabaret Cruise, BBC Television, 12 April 1937 . . 29 February 2016 .
2. Web site: BBC Television listings 15 October 1949 . BBC . 29 February 2016 .
3. Laid Up. Radio Times. 25 August 1939. The Scanner. 29 February 2016 .
4. The show was broadcast live. Methods for recording live television did not exist until late 1947, and were used very rarely by the BBC until around 195355.