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Intimate Cabaret

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Based on
  
Cabaret

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
10–30 minutes

Final episode date
  
29 August 1939

Number of episodes
  
24

Genre
  
Variety show

Country of origin
  
England

No. of episodes
  
24

First episode date
  
4 November 1937

Network
  
BBC Television

Created by
  
Harry Pringle

Language
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Harry Pringle, Eric Fawcett

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. No episode has survived.

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

    • References

    Intimate Cabaret Wikipedia
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