| Genre | Variety |
|---|---|
| Creator | Cecil Madden |
| Based on | Cabaret |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Num episodes | 19 |
| Producer | Cecil Madden |
| Runtime | 20–30 minutes |
| Company | BBC Television |
| Network | BBC Television |
| First aired | 7 December 1936 |
| Last aired | 26 October 1946 |
Cabaret Cartoons is a live light entertainment series broadcast by BBC Television 1936–1939 and 1946.[Note 1] It was a spin-off from the series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that English artist Harry Rutherford (1903–85) drew cartoon sketches of the performers during the broadcast.[1] Rutherford did not speak: the producer, Cecil Madden, decreed that his Mancunian accent was inappropriate to be heard on the BBC.[2]
No episodes have survived.[Note 2]
Performers
The following performers appeared in Cabaret Cartoons five or more times, or as of February 2016 are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.
- Beverley Sisters, English vocal trio (1) [3]
- Truda Binarová, Czechoslovak actress (5) [4]
- Petula Clark (born 1932), English singer (2) [5]
- Edward Cooper (1883–1956), English actor (1) [6]
- Evelyn Dall (1918–2010), American singer (2) [7]
- Robert Harbin (1908–78), British magician and actor (1) [8]
- Grace (1907–55) and Paul Hartman (1904–73), American dancers (1) [9][10]
- Nosmo King (and Hubert) (1886–1952), English comedian (2) [11]
- Harry Rutherford (1903–85), English artist (19) [1]
- Eric Woodburn (1894–1981), Scottish comedian (1) [12]
See also
Notes
- ^ BBC Television suspended broadcasting on 1 September 1939 with the outbreak of World War II, and did not resume until June 1946.
- ^ The programme was broadcast live. Technology to record live television was only developed in 1947, and was rarely used by the BBC before 1953–55.
References
- ^ Harry Rutherford at IMDb
- ^ "Hyde's unsung hero". BBC. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ The Beverley Sisters at IMDb
- ^ Truda Binarová at IMDb
- ^ Petula Clark at IMDb
- ^ Edward Cooper at IMDb
- ^ Evelyn Dall at IMDb
- ^ Robert Harbin at IMDb
- ^ Grace Hartman at IMDb
- ^ Paul Hartman at IMDb
- ^ Nosmo King at IMDb
- ^ Eric Woodburn at IMDb
External links
- Cabaret Cartoons at IMDb
- "Search report for Cabaret Cartoons". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016. Includes some false positives