''Eastern Cabaret'' was a

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variety programme series broadcast in 193839 on

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. It was one of several

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s from the BBC series '' Cabaret''. Four episodes were broadcast; they were produced by

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, the first was compered by Nelun Devi, the next two were compered by Cyril Fletcher, and the last by Hari Sin Bey. The BBC television service was suspended on 1 September 1939 with the outbreak of World War II, and no further episodes were made. According to ''

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'' (20 May 1938), "Harry Pringle, Reginald Smith's officemate, is having a busy time preparing for his ''Eastern Cabaret'', to be given next week on Monday, May 30, and Saturday, June 4. One of his difficulties was getting snakes without temperament and susceptible to the charms of native charmers. He went to five different agencies and gave auditions to thirty-two snakes, and even then failed to find a satisfactory performer". A later entry in ''Radio Times'' suggests that this may not have been entirely serious, saying that the background had been "codded" (i.e.

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) by compere Cyril Fletcher. No episodes have survived.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 195355.

Performers

, the following performers who appeared in ''Eastern Cabaret'' are subjects of Wikipedia articles. The numbers of episodes in which they appeared are given in parentheses (treating repeat performances as a single episode). * Cyril Fletcher (19132005), English compere (2) * Wilbur Hall and Renée Fields, American comedy musicians (1) * Stanley Holloway (18901982), English comedian (1)

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