What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment (2015)
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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Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Music Hall
Release Date: 2015-11-03Frank 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.
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Episode 2 - The Rise of Variety
Release Date: 2015-11-10Frank 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.
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Episode 3 - Variety Finds a New Home
Release Date: 2015-11-17Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein examine what happened to British popular entertainment - its stars and its audiences - during the Second World War and beyond.