Comedy Cabaret Explained

Genre:	Variety
Creator:	Harry Pringle
Based On:	Cabaret
Country:	England
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	5
Producer:	Harry Pringle, Arthur Ozmond
Runtime:	3045 minutes ^[1] ^[2]
Company:	BBC Television
Network:	BBC Television

Comedy Cabaret is a British television programme broadcast 19381939 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. The three 1938 episodes were produced by Harry Pringle, and one of the 1939 episodes by Arthur Ozmond. No episode has survived.^[3]

Performers

, 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 (190686). English character actress (1)
• Jane Carr (190957), British actress (1)
• Charles Heslop (18831966), British actor, compere (1)
• Charlie Higgins, (before 1930), English comedian (1)
• George Robey (18691954), English comedian (2)

See also

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

External links

• • Web site: Search for Comedy Cabaret . . 23 February 2016 .

Notes and References

1. Radio Times 1938 . . 23 February 2016.
2. Radio Times 1939 . Radio Times . 23 February 2016.
3. 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 195355.