Comedy Cabaret

*Comedy Cabaret*
Comedy Cabaret
Genre	Variety
Created by	Harry Pringle
Based on	Cabaret
Country of origin	England
Original language	English
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producers	Harry Pringle, Arthur Ozmond
Running time	30–45 minutes
Production company	BBC Television
Original release
Network	BBC Television
Release	18 January 1938 –; 28 February 1939

Comedy Cabaret is a British television programme broadcast 1938–1939 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.^{[Note 1]} The three 1938 episodes were produced by Harry Pringle, and one of the 1939 episodes by Arthur Ozmond.^[1]^[2]^[5] No episode has survived.^{[Note 2]}

Performers

As of February 2016^[update], 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 (1906–86). English character actress (1) ^[6]
Jane Carr (1909–57), British actress (1) ^[7]
Charles Heslop (1883–1966), British actor, compere (1) ^[8]
Charlie Higgins, (before 1930 – c. 1978), English comedian (1) ^[9]
George Robey (1869–1954), English comedian (2) ^[10]

Notes

^ Internet Movie Database (IMDb) lists seven episodes. However, according to Radio Times two of those were repeat performances: 22 January 1938 of 18 January 1938, with one change of performer,^[3] and 12 August 1938 of 10 August 1938.^[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 1953–55.

References

^ ^a ^b "Radio Times 1938" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Radio Times 1939" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ "Television: Monday, January 17, to Saturday, January 22" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Television: Sunday, August 7, to Saturday, August 13" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Comedy Cabaret at IMDb
^ Hermione Baddeley at IMDb
^ Jane Carr at IMDb
^ Charles Heslop at IMDb
^ Charlie Higgins at IMDb
^ George Robey at IMDb

External links

Comedy Cabaret at IMDb
"Search for Comedy Cabaret". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[5] Internet Movie Database (IMDb) lists seven episodes. However, according to Radio Times two of those were repeat performances: 22 January 1938 of 18 January 1938, with one change of performer,^[3] and 12 August 1938 of 10 August 1938.^[4]

[7] 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 1953–55.

[RT38-1] "Radio Times 1938" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[RT39-2] "Radio Times 1939" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[3] "Television: Monday, January 17, to Saturday, January 22" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[4] "Television: Sunday, August 7, to Saturday, August 13" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[6] Comedy Cabaret at IMDb

[8] Hermione Baddeley at IMDb

[9] Jane Carr at IMDb

[10] Charles Heslop at IMDb

[11] Charlie Higgins at IMDb

[12] George Robey at IMDb

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