What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment

Episode 2

The Rise of Variety

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.

Episode 3

Variety Finds a New Home

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