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Comedy Cabaret

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Based on
  
Cabaret

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
30–45 minutes

Final episode date
  
28 February 1939

Number of episodes
  
5

Genre
  
Variety show

Country of origin
  
England

No. of episodes
  
5

First episode date
  
18 January 1938

Network
  
BBC Television

Created by
  
Harry Pringle

Language
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Harry Pringle, Arthur Ozmond

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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. The three 1938 episodes were produced by Harry Pringle, and one of the 1939 episodes by Arthur Ozmond. No episode has survived.

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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)
  • Jane Carr (1909–57), British actress (1)
  • Charles Heslop (1883–1966), British actor, compere (1)
  • Charlie Higgins, (before 1930 – c. 1978), English comedian (1)
  • George Robey (1869–1954), English comedian (2)
  • References

    Comedy Cabaret Wikipedia