1. PREMIERED 1958

    The Black and White Minstrel Show

    British Broadcasting Corporation, 1958–1978

1958

THE BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    British light entertainment show, presenting American minstrel and country music performed in blackface
  2. PREMIERED
    June 14, 195868 years ago
  3. FINALE
    July 21, 1978
  4. NETWORK
    British Broadcasting Corporation
  5. COUNTRY
    United Kingdom
  6. GENRE
    Variety show, Minstrel show
  7. CREATED BY
    George Mitchell
  8. STARRING
    George Chisholm, Stan Stennett, Leslie Crowther
  9. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 69 on June 14, 2027, in 223 days
  10. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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