King of Hits.co.uk - Michael Grade's Variety

IMPORTANT NOTE:
You do NOT have to register to read, post, listen or contribute. If you simply wish to remain fully anonymous, you can still contribute.

Home

Forums

	Messageboards	Categories

Welcome, Guest
Please Login or Register. Lost Password?

Messageboards

King of Hits

Your Views Messageboard

Michael Grade's Variety

TOPIC: Michael Grade's Variety

Forum Tools

#68426

JK2006

Michael Grade's Variety 13 Years, 2 Months ago
Excellent hour on BBC4 (second part next week) with some marvellous anecdotes and moments. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

Logged

#68579

JK2006

Re:Michael Grade's Variety 13 Years, 2 Months ago
Second part just as good; excellent TV. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

Logged

#68605

DJones

Re:Michael Grade's Variety 13 Years, 2 Months ago
I noticed that there is another documentary on BBC 4 about the history of light entertainment. What is the difference between "variety" and "light entertainment"? Is one (Variety) a live experience and the other (light entertainment) a creation of the media (radio)? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

Logged

#68611

Prunella Minge

Re:Michael Grade's Variety 13 Years, 2 Months ago
Variety refers to the specific idea of a full theatrical bill of varied acts. Light Entertainment is a sub-category of entertainment that can refer to individual acts and/or programmes. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

Logged

#68612

Prunella Minge

Re:Michael Grade's Variety 13 Years, 2 Months ago

To be a bit more specific: in the 1960s the BBC TV Light Entertainment Department was divided up between a Head of Variety (Bill Cotton) and a Head of Comedy (Frank Muir/Michael Mills). So Cotton commissioned things like his Dad's show, which mixed music with solo comedy acts with dance acts and novelty acts all on the same bill, while Muir or Mills commissioned sitcoms, sketch shows or comedy plays.

Logged

#68623

DJones

Re:Michael Grade's Variety 13 Years, 2 Months ago
Thanks Prunella. So many great TV shows/documentaries, so little time ... Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

Logged

Forum List

King of Hits

Your Views Messageboard