Intimate Cabaret Explained

Genre:	Variety
Creator:	Harry Pringle
Based On:	Cabaret
Country:	England
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	24
Producer:	Harry Pringle, Eric Fawcett
Runtime:	1030 minutes ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Company:	BBC Television
Network:	BBC Television

Intimate Cabaret was a British television programme broadcast from 1937 to 1939 on BBC Television. It was one of several spin-offs from the BBC series Cabaret. It was a live variety programme. There were 24 episodes. The first seven were produced by Harry Pringle and the last two by Eric Fawcett; the producers of the others are not known. No episode has survived.^[4]

Performers

The following performers appeared in the series five or more times, or are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Their numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.

• BBC Television Orchestra (1)
• Evel Burns, pianist (before 1937after 1946) (6)
• Jane Carr (190957), English actress (1)
• Cyril Fletcher (19132005), English comedian (4)
• Steven Geray (190473), Hungarian-born actor (2)
• Tommy Handley (18921949), British comedian (1)
• Bruno Hoffmann (191391), German player of the glass harp (1)
• Stanley Holloway (18901982), English comedian (1)
• Nelson Keys (18861939), British actor and singer (1)
• Magda Kun (191245), Hungarian-born actress (2)
• Eve Lister (191397), British actress (1)
• Billy Mayerl (190259), English pianist and composer (1)
• Derek Oldham (18871968), English singer and actor (1)
• Irene Prador (191196), Austrian actress (2)
• Oliver Wakefield (190956), British actor and comedian (3)

See also

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Radio Times 1937 . . 23 February 2016.
2. Radio Times 1938 . Radio Times . 23 February 2016.
3. Radio Times 1939 . Radio Times . 22 February 2016.
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 195355.