Intimate Cabaret

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.[1][2][3][4] No episode has survived.[Note 1]

Intimate Cabaret
Genre	Variety
Created by	Harry Pringle
Based on	Cabaret
Country of origin	England
Original language	English
No. of episodes	24
Production
Producers	Harry Pringle, Eric Fawcett
Running time	10–30 minutes [1][2][3]
Production company	BBC Television
Release
Original network	BBC Television
Original release	4 November 1937 – 29 August 1939

Performers

The following performers appeared in the series five or more times, or as of February 2016 are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Their numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.

• BBC Television Orchestra (1) [5]
• Evel Burns, pianist (before 1937 – after 1946) (6) [6]
• Jane Carr (1909–57), English actress (1) [7]
• Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005), English comedian (4) [8]
• Steven Geray (1904–73), Hungarian-born actor (2) [9]
• Tommy Handley (1892–1949), British comedian (1) [10]
• Bruno Hoffmann (1913–91), German player of the glass harp (1) [11]
• Stanley Holloway (1890–1982), English comedian (1) [12]
• Nelson Keys (1886–1939), British actor and singer (1) [13]
• Magda Kun (1912–45), Hungarian-born actress (2) [14]
• Eve Lister (1913–97), British actress (1) [15]
• Billy Mayerl (1902–59), English pianist and composer (1) [16]
• Derek Oldham (1887–1968), English singer and actor (1) [17]
• Irene Prador (1911–96), Austrian actress (2) [18]
• Oliver Wakefield (1909–56), British actor and comedian (3) [19]

See also

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

Notes

1. 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 1937" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
2. "Radio Times 1938" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
3. "Radio Times 1939" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
4. Intimate Cabaret at IMDb
5. The BBC Television Orchestra at IMDb
6. Evel Burns at IMDb
7. Jane Carr at IMDb
8. Cyril Fletcher at IMDb
9. Steven Geray at IMDb
10. Tommy Handley at IMDb
11. Bruno Hoffman at IMDb
12. Stanley Holloway at IMDb
13. Nelson Keys at IMDb
14. Magda Kun at IMDb
15. Eve Lister at IMDb
16. Billy Mayerl at IMDb
17. Derek Oldham at IMDb
18. Irene Prador at IMDb
19. Oliver Wakefield at IMDb

External links

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