Variety Bandbox - Revision history

Kurt at 03:59, 14 March 2023

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	\| other_names = Variety Band-Box		\| other_names = Variety Band-Box
	\| format = [[w:Variety show\|Variety show]]		\| format = [[Variety show\|Variety show]]
	\| runtime = 45{{endash}}60 minutes		\| runtime = 45{{endash}}60 minutes
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| language = English		\| language = English
	\| home_station = {{ubl\|[[w:BBC General Forces Programme\|BBC General Forces Programme]]\|[[w:BBC Light Programme\|BBC Light Programme]]}}		\| home_station = {{ubl\|[[BBC General Forces Programme\|BBC General Forces Programme]]\|[[BBC Light Programme\|BBC Light Programme]]}}
	\| presenter = {{ubl\|Philip Slessor\|[[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]]}}		\| presenter = {{ubl\|Philip Slessor\|[[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]]}}
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	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1944\|02\|27\|df=y}}<ref name=rt1066>{{Cite magazine\|title=Variety Band-Box \|date=1944-02-25 \|magazine=[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/generalforces/1944-02-27#at-17.30 \|page=7 \|publisher=[[w:BBC Publications\|BBC Publications]] \|issue=1065 \|edition=National \|volume=82 \|via=[[BBC Genome Project]] \|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1944\|02\|27\|df=y}}<ref name=rt1066>{{Cite magazine\|title=Variety Band-Box \|date=1944-02-25 \|magazine=[[Radio Times\|Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/generalforces/1944-02-27#at-17.30 \|page=7 \|publisher=[[BBC Publications\|BBC Publications]] \|issue=1065 \|edition=National \|volume=82 \|via=[[BBC Genome Project]] \|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|1952\|09\|26\|df=y}}<ref name=rt1507>{{Cite magazine\|title=Variety Bandbox \|date=1952-09-26 \|magazine=[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1952-09-28#at-21.00 \|page=19 \|publisher=[[w:BBC Publications\|BBC Publications]] \|issue=1507 \|edition=Television \|volume=116 \|via=[[w:BBC Genome Project\|BBC Genome Project]] \|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>		\| last_aired = {{End date\|1952\|09\|26\|df=y}}<ref name=rt1507>{{Cite magazine\|title=Variety Bandbox \|date=1952-09-26 \|magazine=[[Radio Times\|Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/light/1952-09-28#at-21.00 \|page=19 \|publisher=[[BBC Publications\|BBC Publications]] \|issue=1507 \|edition=Television \|volume=116 \|via=[[BBC Genome Project\|BBC Genome Project]] \|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>
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	'''''Variety Bandbox''''' is a [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] [[w:variety show\|variety show]] transmitted initially in the [[w:BBC General Forces Programme\|General Forces Programme]] and then the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]]. Featuring a mixture of comic performances and music, the show helped to launch the careers of a number of leading British performers.		'''''Variety Bandbox''''' is a [[BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] [[variety show\|variety show]] transmitted initially in the [[BBC General Forces Programme\|General Forces Programme]] and then the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]]. Featuring a mixture of comic performances and music, the show helped to launch the careers of a number of leading British performers.

	Presented by Philip Slessor, it became a feature of Sunday evenings for more than eight years between February 1944 and September 1952.<ref name="VB">[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/vbb.htm Variety Bandbox]</ref> Hosting duties would later be taken over by [[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]].<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/galtonsimpson.html Ray Galton & Alan Simpson interview]</ref>		Presented by Philip Slessor, it became a feature of Sunday evenings for more than eight years between February 1944 and September 1952.<ref name="VB">[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/vbb.htm Variety Bandbox]</ref> Hosting duties would later be taken over by [[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]].<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/galtonsimpson.html Ray Galton & Alan Simpson interview]</ref>

Kurt at 03:08, 1 October 2022

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	\| other_names = Variety Band-Box		\| other_names = Variety Band-Box
	\| format = [[Variety show]]		\| format = [[w:Variety show\|Variety show]]
	\| runtime = 45{{endash}}60 minutes		\| runtime = 45{{endash}}60 minutes
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| language = English		\| language = English
	\| home_station = {{ubl\|[[BBC General Forces Programme]]\|[[BBC Light Programme]]}}		\| home_station = {{ubl\|[[w:BBC General Forces Programme\|BBC General Forces Programme]]\|[[w:BBC Light Programme\|BBC Light Programme]]}}
	\| presenter = {{ubl\|Philip Slessor\|[[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]]}}		\| presenter = {{ubl\|Philip Slessor\|[[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]]}}
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	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1944\|02\|27\|df=y}}<ref name=rt1066>{{Cite magazine\|title=Variety Band-Box \|date=1944-02-25 \|magazine=[[Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/generalforces/1944-02-27#at-17.30 \|page=7 \|publisher=[[BBC Publications]] \|issue=1065 \|edition=National \|volume=82 \|via=[[BBC Genome Project]] \|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1944\|02\|27\|df=y}}<ref name=rt1066>{{Cite magazine\|title=Variety Band-Box \|date=1944-02-25 \|magazine=[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] \|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/generalforces/1944-02-27#at-17.30 \|page=7 \|publisher=[[w:BBC Publications\|BBC Publications]] \|issue=1065 \|edition=National \|volume=82 \|via=[[BBC Genome Project]] \|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>
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	'''''Variety Bandbox''''' is a [[BBC Radio]] [[variety show]] transmitted initially in the [[BBC General Forces Programme\|General Forces Programme]] and then the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]]. Featuring a mixture of comic performances and music, the show helped to launch the careers of a number of leading British performers.		'''''Variety Bandbox''''' is a [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] [[w:variety show\|variety show]] transmitted initially in the [[w:BBC General Forces Programme\|General Forces Programme]] and then the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]]. Featuring a mixture of comic performances and music, the show helped to launch the careers of a number of leading British performers.

	Presented by Philip Slessor, it became a feature of Sunday evenings for more than eight years between February 1944 and September 1952.<ref name="VB">[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/vbb.htm Variety Bandbox]</ref> Hosting duties would later be taken over by [[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]].<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/galtonsimpson.html Ray Galton & Alan Simpson interview]</ref>		Presented by Philip Slessor, it became a feature of Sunday evenings for more than eight years between February 1944 and September 1952.<ref name="VB">[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/vbb.htm Variety Bandbox]</ref> Hosting duties would later be taken over by [[Derek Roy (comedian)\|Derek Roy]].<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/galtonsimpson.html Ray Galton & Alan Simpson interview]</ref>

Kurt at 18:47, 27 September 2022

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'''''Variety Bandbox''''' is a [[BBC Radio]] [[variety show]] transmitted initially in the [[BBC General Forces Programme|General Forces Programme]] and then the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]. Featuring a mixture of comic performances and music, the show helped to launch the careers of a number of leading British performers.

Presented by Philip Slessor, it became a feature of Sunday evenings for more than eight years between February 1944 and September 1952.<ref name="VB">[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/vbb.htm Variety Bandbox]</ref> Hosting duties would later be taken over by [[Derek Roy (comedian)|Derek Roy]].<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/galtonsimpson.html Ray Galton & Alan Simpson interview]</ref>

Amongst those who launched their careers on the show was [[Frankie Howerd]], who first appeared on ''Variety Bandbox'' in 1947 following a provincial tour.<ref>[http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=howerdfrank Frankie Howerd]</ref> Howerd was to become a fixture of the show and honed his [[catch phrase]]-driven comedic style in these appearances.<ref name="VB"/> [[Tony Hancock]] also featured on the show early in his career.<ref>[http://www.radioacademy.org/hall-of-fame-member/tony-hancock/ Tony Hancock 1924-1968]</ref> March 1950 saw the debut of a fortnightly series within the show called ''Blessem Hall'' which featured several characters voiced by a young [[Peter Sellers]] in one of his earliest performances, alongside [[Miriam Karlin]].<ref name="VB"/>

[[Arthur English]], who debuted on the show in 1949, also gained prominence through his broadcasts and was for a time 'resident comedian' on the show, despite his tendency to upset the producers by also including [[visual gag]]s in his act.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituariesarthur-english-1616221.html Arthur English obituary] from ''[[The Independent]]''</ref> The show also provided [[Bill Kerr]] with his first break in the UK<ref>[http://tonyhancock.org.uk/bill.html Bill Kerr 1924-]</ref> whilst [[Max Wall]] was a regular performer on the show.<ref name="VB"/> Although not a performer on ''Variety Bandbox'', [[Eric Sykes]] began as a scriptwriter on the show.<ref>[http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/e/37/eric_sykes Eric Sykes]</ref> As well as comedy ''Variety Bandbox'' also featured [[big band]] music with the likes of [[Ted Heath (bandleader) | Ted Heath]], [[Geraldo (bandleader)|Geraldo]], [[Ambrose (bandleader)|Ambrose]], [[Woolf Phillips]], and [[Joe Loss]] all leading their orchestras.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/21/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Woolf Phillips obituary] from ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Billy Cotton Band Show]]''
* ''[[Workers' Playtime (radio programme)|Workers' Playtime]]''
*[[Albert Modley]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:BBC Light Programmes]]
[[Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes]]
[[Category:British variety radio programmes]]
[[Category:1944 radio programme debuts]]
[[Category:1952 radio programme endings]]