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Cabaret Cruise

Cabaret Cruise
GenreVariety
Created byHarry Pringle
Based onCabaret
Presented byCommander Campbell
Country of originEngland
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducerHarry Pringle
Running time30–60 minutes
Production companyBBC Television
Original release
NetworkBBC Television
Release12 April 1937 (1937-04-12) [1] –
15 October 1949 (1949-10-15) [2]

Cabaret Cruise is a live variety programme series broadcast 1937–39, 1946 and 1949 on BBC Television. It was one of several spin-offs from the BBC series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that it was set on the fictional ship RMS Sunshine, constructed in the studio. All 15 episodes were presented by British naval officer and broadcaster Commander Campbell and produced by Harry Pringle.[3]

An episode had been planned for October 1939;[4] it was not broadcast, because BBC Television suspended operations with the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939. In 1940, Pringle relocated to Australia. He was in England 1946–47 between spells of employment at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and in 1949 on leave of absence, and produced episodes on both occasions.

No episodes have survived.[Note 1]

Performers

Performers (number of episodes given in parentheses) included:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The show was broadcast live. Methods for recording live television did not exist until late 1947, and were used very rarely by the BBC until around 1953–55.

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