Based on Cabaret Country of origin England No. of episodes 4 First episode date 10 January 1939 Network BBC Television Created by Harry Pringle Executive producer Harry Pringle | Presented by "Big" Bill Campbell Original language(s) English Running time 45–50 minutes Final episode date 18 August 1939 Number of episodes 4 Genre Variety show | |
Western Cabaret was a live variety programme series broadcast in 1939 on BBC Television. It was one of several spin-offs from the BBC series Cabaret. It was compered by "Big" Bill Campbell and produced by Harry Pringle. Four episodes were broadcast. The BBC television service was suspended on 1 September 1939 with the outbreak of World War II, and no further episodes were made.
The Radio Times said that the television studio "will be turned into a camp clearing, with a glowing camp-fire and log huts, and all the artists will be introduced as though they were part of the place".
No episodes have survived.
Performers
As of February 2016, the following performers who appeared in Western Cabaret are subjects of Wikipedia articles. The numbers of episodes in which they appeared are given in parentheses (treating the broadcasts of 10 January and 12 January as a single episode).