What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment — Season 1, Episode 3: Variety Finds a New Home
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 3 episodes
Episode synopsis
Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein examine what happened to British popular entertainment - its stars and its audiences - during the Second World War and beyond.
About What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment
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.