Talk:Cabaret (British TV programme)

Requested move 3 January 2019

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The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) samee  converse  13:41, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Cabaret (British TV series) → Cabaret (UK TV programme) – Article's lede describes this show as a "live television variety programme". But, admittedly, "variety shows/programmes" can be tricky – if they include skits that consist of "recurring characters" that appear episode-to-episode, then they can qualify as "TV series" under WP:NCTV. But if they're of the "variety show" format where it's just a series of different musical acts from episode to episode, then they are properly "TV programmes" under WP:NCTV. I can't tell which type this one is, but considering it dates to the 1930s, it seems far more likely to be an example of the latter type of "variety show", which would make "TV programme" the correct disambiguator in this case. In addition, as per current NCTV rules (WP:NCTVUK), this should be diambiguated with "UK" not "British". --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:52, 3 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Support - This one was very hard to evaluate because all but one of the references are sourced to IMDB, which is not a reliable source per Citing IMDb. After digging through a few issues of Radio Times, starting with the week of the show's premiere, I'm inclined to think this fits more into the "programme" bucket - more like a marquee during a particular timeslot for various musical acts than a coherent narrative series. -- Netoholic @ 23:08, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per both nom's and Netoholic's findings. --Gonnym (talk) 11:11, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment Agree we use UK over British per The Office (UK TV series), The X Factor (UK TV series), etc., but further to the use of programme or series I'm ambivalent so hoping for some more input on that. Zarcadia (talk) 20:54, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:NCTV goes into the details, but the gist is that "series" have continuing "narrative" (i.e. "story") elements, and "programmes" don't. What NCTV says about the latter is: "Non-series television shows tend to be produced on either an on-going basis (airing daily or weekly) or as a one-time event. Each episode of an on-going show usually is self-contained with little connection to other episodes, other than title, format, hosts, and other on-air personalities. These shows generally lack on-going narrative or story elements." This current case looks a lot like that. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 06:59, 5 January 2019 (UTC)


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