Cabaret (British TV programme)
Cabaret is a live television variety programme series broadcast by BBC Television 1936–39 and 1946.[Note 1] It was devised by Dallas Bower, and later developed by Harry Pringle, who also produced 68 episodes. BBC Television began regularly scheduled broadcasts on 2 November 1936; the first episode of Cabaret was shown on 7 November 1936,[1] and this television series was therefore one of the first ever.
| Cabaret | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety show |
| Created by | Dallas Bower |
| Country of origin | England |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 132 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Harry Pringle and others |
| Production company | BBC Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Television |
| Original release | 7 November 1936 [1] – 2 November 1946 [1] |
| Related | |
| Cabaret Cartoons, Cabaret Cruise, Comedy Cabaret, Eastern Cabaret, Intimate Cabaret, Western Cabaret | |
No episodes have survived.[Note 2]
Cabaret yielded six spin-off series, among the very earliest of that kind: Cabaret Cartoons (1936–39, 1949), Cabaret Cruise (1937–39, 1946, 1949), Comedy Cabaret (1938–39), Eastern Cabaret (1938–39), Intimate Cabaret (1937–39) and Western Cabaret (1939). In August 1939, Pringle was planning another spin-off, a Hawaiian cabaret to have been broadcast in October 1939;[2] but that project seems to have been abandoned with the outbreak of World War II.
Performers
Around 280 performing acts appeared in Cabaret over the five years in which it was broadcast. The following appeared five or more times, or as of February 2016 are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Their numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.[1][Note 3]
- Avril Angers (1918–2005), English comedian (1) [3]
- Arthur Askey (1900–82), English comedian (1) [4]
- BBC Television Orchestra (11) [5]
- Teddy Brown (1900–46), American xylophonist (1) [6]
- Una Mae Carlisle (1915–56), American singer-pianist (1) [7]
- Eric Cardi, conjuror (10) [8]
- Jane Carr (1909–57), English actress (1) [9]
- Jean Colin (1905–89), English actress (4) [10]
- Edward Cooper, singer-pianist (7) [11]
- Evelyn Dall (1918–2010), American (1) [12]
- The Knife-Throwing Denvers, American knife-throwers (1) [13]
- Richard Dolman (1895–1978), British stage and film actor (1) [14]
- Fred Duprez (1884–1938), American comedian (1) [15]
- Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005), English comedian (1) [16]
- Flotsam and Jetsam, Anglo-Australian musical comedy duo (6) [17]
- Ronald Frankau (1894–1951), English comedian (3) [18]
- Steven Geray (1904–73), Hungarian-born film actor (5) [19]
- Peter Godfrey (1899–1970), English actor (1) [20]
- Walter Gore (1910–79), Scottish dancer (1) [21]
- Hyam Greenbaum, orchestral conductor (9) [22]
- Adelaide Hall (1901–93), American jazz singer (1) [23]
- Charles Harrison, comedian (9) [24]
- Ken Harvey, banjoist (5) [25]
- Richard Haydn (1905–85), English comedian (2) [26]
- Richard Hearne (1908–79), English comedian (2) [27]
- Leslie Henson (1891–1957), English comedian (1) [28]
- Charles Heslop (1883–1966), British compere/actor (6) [29]
- Charlie Higgins (before 1930 – c. 1978), English comedian (3) [30]
- Hildegarde (1906–2005), American singer (1) [31]
- Valerie Hobson (1917–98), British film actress (1) [32]
- Stanley Holloway (1890–1982), English comedian (1) [33]
- Renée Houston (1902–80), Scottish comedy actress and revue artist (4) [34]
- Horace Kenney, comedian (6) [35]
- Nelson Keys (1886–1939), English actor/singer (3) [36]
- Nosmo King (and Hubert) (1886–1952), English variety artist (3) [37]
- Magda Kun (1912–45), Hungarian-born actress (5) [38]
- Ann Lenner (1912–97), English singer (1) [39]
- Queenie Leonard (1905–2002), English character actress and singer (1) [40]
- Eve Lister (1913–97), English actress (1) [41]
- Sara Luzita (born 1922), English dancer (1) [42]
- Arthur Marshall (1910–89), English broadcaster (1) [43]
- Lu Ann Meredith (1913–98), American actress and dancer (1) [44]
- Billy Milton (1905–89), British stage, film and television actor (1) [45]
- Lily Morris (1882–1952), English comic singer (1) [46]
- Richard Murdoch (1907–90), English comedian (1) [47]
- Talbot O'Farrell (1878–1952, English singer (2) [48]
- Paddie O'Neil (1926–2010), British actress and singer (1) [49]
- Gaston Palmer, comedy juggler (5) [50]
- Jack Payne and His Orchestra, a dance band (1) [51]
- Molly Picon (1898–1992), American singer/impressionist (3) [52]
- Gillie Potter (1887–1975), English comedian (1) [53]
- Irene Prador (1911–96), Austrian-born actress (1) [54]
- George Robey (1869–1954), English comedian (4) [55]
- Eric Robinson (1908–74), orchestral conductor (5) [56]
- Carson Robison (1890–1957) and His Pioneers, American country music singer (1) [57]
- Harry Rutherford (1903–85), British cartoonist (1) [58]
- Scott Sanders, comedian (5) [59]
- Mabel Scott (1915–2000), American singer (1) [60]
- Gene Sheldon (1908–82), American banjoist-comedian (1) [61]
- Donald Stewart (1910–66), American actor and singer (4) [62]
- Tony Sympson (1906–83), British actor (1) [63]
- Harry Tate (1872–1940), Scottish comedian (1) [64]
- Wendy Toye (1917–2010), English dancer (1) [65]
- The Six Viennese Singing Sisters, singers (3) [66]
- Oliver Wakefield (1909–56), British comedian (3) [67]
- Syd Walker (1886–1945), British actor and comedian (2) [68]
- Walsh and Barker, voice and piano (13) [69]
- Jack Warner (1895–1981), English singer-comedian (7) [70]
- Naunton Wayne (1901–70), British actor and compere (3) [71]
- The Western Brothers, English comedians/singers (3) [72]
- Eric Wild (1910–89) and His Band, musicians (2) [73]
- Robb Wilton (1881–1957), English comedian (3) [74]
- Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer (2) [75]
- Charles Zwar (1911–89), Australian performer and music director (1) [76]
Producers
The names of the producers associated with Cabaret are followed by the years in which they were involved. The numbers of episodes in which they were involved are given in parentheses.[1][Note 3]
- Dallas Bower (1907–99), 1936–37 (4) [77]
- Archie Campbell, 1938 (1) [78]
- Desmond Davis, 1938 (2) [79]
- Cecil Madden, 1936–38 (4) [80]
- D. H. Munro, 1937–46 (7) [81]
- George More O'Ferrall (1907–82), 1936 (2) [82]
- Arthur Ozmond, 1939 (1) [83]
- Harry Pringle (1903 – after 1959), 1937–46 (68) [84]
- Reginald Smith, 1937–39 (11) [85]
- Stephen Thomas, 1937 (2) [86]
- Lanham Titchener, 1939 (1) [87]
See also
Notes
- BBC Television suspended operations on the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939, and resumed only in June 1946.
- The show was broadcast live. Technology to record live programmes was only developed in 1947, and was rarely used by the BBC before 1953–55.
- Numbers of episodes are from Internet Movie Database (IMDb). There may be omissions and/or repeat performances in the totals. As of February 2016, these possibilities have not been checked against the primary source, Radio Times.
References
- Cabaret at IMDb
- The Scanner (25 August 1939). "Television News" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- Avril Angers at IMDb
- Arthur Askey at IMDb
- The BBC Television Orchestra at IMDb
- Teddy Brown at IMDb
- Una Mae Carlisle at IMDb
- Eric Cardi at IMDb
- Jane Carr at IMDb
- Jean Colin at IMDb
- Edward Cooper at IMDb
- Evelyn Dall at IMDb
- The Knife-Throwing Denvers at IMDb
- Richard Dolman at IMDb
- Fred Duprez at IMDb
- Cyril Fletcher at IMDb
- Flotsam and Jetsam at IMDb
- Ronald Frankau at IMDb
- Steven Geray at IMDb
- Peter Godfrey at IMDb
- Walter Gore at IMDb
- Hyam Greenbaum at IMDb
- Adelaide Hall at IMDb
- Charles Harrison at IMDb
- Ken Harvey at IMDb
- Richard Haydn at IMDb
- Richard Hearne at IMDb
- Leslie Henson at IMDb
- Charles Heslop at IMDb
- Charlie Higgins at IMDb
- Hildegarde at IMDb
- Valerie Hobson at IMDb
- Stanley Holloway at IMDb
- Renee Houston at IMDb
- Horace Kenney at IMDb
- Nelson Keys at IMDb
- Nosmo King at IMDb
- Magda Kun at IMDb
- Ann Lenner at IMDb
- Queenie Leonard at IMDb
- Eve Lister at IMDb
- Sara Luzita at IMDb
- Arthur Marshall at IMDb
- Lu Ann Meredith at IMDb
- Billy Milton at IMDb
- Lily Morris at IMDb
- Richard Murdoch at IMDb
- Talbot O'Farrell at IMDb
- Paddie O'Neil at IMDb
- Gaston Palmer at IMDb
- Jack Payne at IMDb
- Molly Picon at IMDb
- Gillie Potter at IMDb
- Irene Prador at IMDb
- George Robey at IMDb
- Eric Robinson at IMDb
- Carson Robison at IMDb
- Harry Rutherford at IMDb
- Scott Sanders at IMDb
- Mabel Scott at IMDb
- Gene Sheldon at IMDb
- Donald Stewart at IMDb
- Tony Sympson at IMDb
- Harry Tate at IMDb
- Wendy Toye at IMDb
- The Viennese Singing Sisters at IMDb
- Oliver Wakefield at IMDb
- Syd Walker at IMDb
- Walsh and Barker at IMDb
- Jack Warner at IMDb
- Naunton Wayne at IMDb
- Western Brothers at IMDb
- Eric Wild and His Band at IMDb
- Robb Wilton at IMDb
- Anne Ziegler at IMDb
- Charles Zwar at IMDb
- Dallas Bower at IMDb
- Archie Campbell at IMDb
- Desmond Davis at IMDb
- Cecil Madden at IMDb
- D.H. Munro at IMDb
- George More O'Ferrall at IMDb
- Arthur Ozmond at IMDb
- Harry Pringle at IMDb
- Reginald Smith at IMDb
- Stephen Thomas at IMDb
- Lanham Titchener at IMDb
External links
- Cabaret at IMDb
- "Search for Cabaret". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2016. A search report with many false positives
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