Intimate Cabaret

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.[1][2][3][4] No episode has survived.[Note 1]

Intimate Cabaret
Genre	Variety
Created by	Harry Pringle
Based on	Cabaret
Country of origin	England
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	24
Production
Producer(s)	Harry Pringle, Eric Fawcett
Running time	10–30 minutes [1][2][3]
Production company(s)	BBC Television
Release
Original network	BBC Television
Original release	4 November 1937 (1937-11-04) – 29 August 1939 (1939-08-29)

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) [5]
• Evel Burns, pianist (before 1937 – after 1946) (6) [6]
• Jane Carr (1909–57), English actress (1) [7]
• Cyril Fletcher (1913–2005), English comedian (4) [8]
• Steven Geray (1904–73), Hungarian-born actor (2) [9]
• Tommy Handley (1892–1949), British comedian (1) [10]
• Bruno Hoffmann (1913–91), German player of the glass harp (1) [11]
• Stanley Holloway (1890–1982), English comedian (1) [12]
• Nelson Keys (1886–1939), British actor and singer (1) [13]
• Magda Kun (1912–45), Hungarian-born actress (2) [14]
• Eve Lister (1913–97), British actress (1) [15]
• Billy Mayerl (1902–59), English pianist and composer (1) [16]
• Derek Oldham (1887–1968), English singer and actor (1) [17]
• Irene Prador (1911–96), Austrian actress (2) [18]
• Oliver Wakefield (1909–56), British actor and comedian (3) [19]

See also

• Cabaret (British TV series)
• Cabaret Cartoons
• Cabaret Cruise
• Comedy Cabaret
• Eastern Cabaret
• Western Cabaret

Notes

1. 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.

References

1. "Radio Times 1937" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
2. "Radio Times 1938" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
3. "Radio Times 1939" (PDF). Radio Times. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
4. Intimate Cabaret on IMDb
5. The BBC Television Orchestra on IMDb
6. Evel Burns on IMDb
7. Jane Carr on IMDb
8. Cyril Fletcher on IMDb
9. Steven Geray on IMDb
10. Tommy Handley on IMDb
11. Bruno Hoffman on IMDb
12. Stanley Holloway on IMDb
13. Nelson Keys on IMDb
14. Magda Kun on IMDb
15. Eve Lister on IMDb
16. Billy Mayerl on IMDb
17. Derek Oldham on IMDb
18. Irene Prador on IMDb
19. Oliver Wakefield on IMDb

External links

• Intimate Cabaret on IMDb
• "Search for Intimate Cabaret". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2016.