What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment

2015 - 2015

Music Hall

3rd November 2015

Episode 1

Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein look at the birth of 19th-century music hall, the colourful world of its entertainers and the audiences whose lives were changed by it.

The Rise of Variety

10th November 2015

Episode 2

Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein explore the golden age of variety theatre, from the start of the 20th century to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Variety Finds a New Home

17th November 2015

Episode 3

Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein examine what happened to British popular entertainment - its stars and its audiences - during the Second World War and beyond.

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Frank Skinner•Suzy Klein

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Suzy Klein and Frank Skinner look at the century-long history of music halls and variety theatre between 1850 and 1950 and recreate famous acts from Marie Lloyd and Dan Leno to Vera Lynn and Max Miller.

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