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Cabaret Cruise

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Created by
  
Harry Pringle

Country of origin
  
England

No. of episodes
  
15

First episode date
  
12 April 1937

Network
  
BBC Television

Number of episodes
  
15

Language
  
English

Based on
  
Cabaret

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Harry Pringle

Final episode date
  
15 October 1949

Presented by
  
A. B. Campbell

Genre
  
Variety show

Cabaret Cruise was a live variety programme series broadcast 1937–39, 1946 and 1949 on BBC Television. It was one of several spin-offs from the BBC series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that it was set on the fictional ship RMS Sunshine, constructed in the studio. All 15 episodes were presented by British naval officer and broadcaster Commander Campbell and produced by Harry Pringle.

An episode had been planned for October 1939; it was not broadcast, because BBC Television suspended operations with the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939. In 1940, Pringle relocated to Australia. He was in England 1946–47 between spells of employment at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and in 1949 on leave of absence, and produced episodes on both occasions.

No episodes have survived.

Performers

The following performers appeared in five or more episodes of Cabaret Cruise, or as of February 2016 are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. The numbers of episodes in which they appeared are given in parentheses.

References

Cabaret Cruise Wikipedia