Cabaret Cartoons
Cabaret Cartoons is a live light entertainment series broadcast by BBC Television 19361939 and 1946. It was a spin-off from the series Cabaret. Its distinctive feature was that English artist Harry Rutherford 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.
Performers
The following performers appeared in Cabaret Cartoons five or more times, or as of 2016 are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Numbers of appearances are given in parentheses.- Beverley Sisters, English vocal trio
- Truda Binarová, Czechoslovak actress
- Petula Clark, English singer
- Edward Cooper, English actor
- Evelyn Dall, American singer
- Robert Harbin, British magician and actor
- Grace and Paul Hartman, American dancers
- Nosmo King, English comedian
- Harry Rutherford, English artist
- Eric Woodburn, Scottish comedian