Comedy Cabaret

Comedy Cabaret was a British television programme broadcast 1938–39 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]

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 [1][2]
Production company	BBC Television
Release
Original network	BBC Television
Original release	18 January 1938 – 28 February 1939

Performers

As of February 2016, 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]

See also

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

Notes

1. 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]
2. 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

1. "Radio Times 1938" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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.
5. Comedy Cabaret at IMDb
6. Hermione Baddeley at IMDb
7. Jane Carr at IMDb
8. Charles Heslop at IMDb
9. Charlie Higgins at IMDb
10. George Robey at IMDb

External links

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