Comedy Cabaret

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]}

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
Original release
Network	BBC Television
Release	18 January 1938 (1938-01-18) – 28 February 1939 (1939-02-28)

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]

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.