1948–1950
1948–1950
13
Surviving broadcasts
1948–1950
Years on the air
3
Seasons represented
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Source collection: variety-bandbox-22-jan-1950
Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.
The shape of the run
5 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
13 of 13 shown
1 August
No. 1
1948
28 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
1 August
No. 2
1948
28 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
8 August
No. 3
1948
28 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
8 August
No. 4
1948
28 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
15 August
No. 5
1948
29 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
15 August
No. 6
1948
29 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
26 September
No. 7
1948
21 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
26 September
No. 8
1948
21 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
3 October
No. 9
1948
18 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
3 October
No. 10
1948
18 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
22 January
No. 11
1950
27 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
22 January
No. 12
1950
29 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
19 February
No. 13
1950
27 min
Variety Bandbox ran on the BBC's Light Programme from the mid-1940s, staged before service audiences and later the public at the Golders Green Hippodrome and the Cambridge Theatre. Surviving 1948–1950 transfers preserve the bill-topping comedy spots that made stars of Frankie Howerd and Derek Roy. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
