Cabaret Cartoons is a live light entertainment series broadcast by BBC Television 19361939 and 1946.BBC Television suspended broadcasting on 1 September 1939 with the outbreak of World War II, and did not resume until June 1946. It was a spin-off from the series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that English artist Harry Rutherford (190385) drew cartoon sketches of the performers during the broadcast. Rutherford did not speak: the producer, Cecil Madden, decreed that his Mancunian accent was inappropriate to be heard on the BBC.
No episodes have survived.The programme was broadcast live. Technology to record live television was only developed in 1947, and was rarely used by the BBC before 195355.
Performers The following performers appeared in Cabaret Cartoons five or more times, or are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Numbers of appearances are given in parentheses. Beverley Sisters, English vocal trio (1) Truda Binarová, Czechoslovak actress (5) Petula Clark (born 1932), English singer (2) Edward Cooper (18831956), English actor (1) Evelyn Dall (19182010), American singer (2) Robert Harbin (190878), British magician and actor (1) Grace (190755) and Paul Hartman (190473), American dancers (1) Nosmo King (and Hubert) (18861952), English comedian (2) Harry Rutherford (190385), English artist (19) Eric Woodburn (18941981), Scottish comedian (1)
See also Cabaret Cabaret Cruise Comedy Cabaret Intimate Cabaret Eastern Cabaret Western Cabaret
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