IMPORTANT : Please note that we use third party images in most of our listings, so the image you see may not be of the actual item you are purchasing. Opening in Melbourne in 1962, the show secured full houses for all evening and matinee performances, so they were held over. If you are looking for a very specific version/pressing/variant please check with us first and we can send pictures. An episode of the BBC comedy series The Goodies (" Alternative Roots"), spoofed the positive reception of The Black and White Minstrel Show, suggesting that any programme could double its viewing figures by being performed in blackface, and mentioning that a series of The Black and White Minstrel Show had been tried without make up.

Build your own unique collection, Rediscover your all-time favourites and find new musical inspiration from all eras and genres. MoDiP has done its utmost to obtain clearance from all IPR holders before adding images to this catalogue, if you believe that any image has been used without permission please contact us.But the fact that it was being said at all was at least some measure of the BBC’s belated, faltering progress in understanding the implications of a multicultural Britain – a full three decades after the arrival of Windrush. Kenneth Lamb, Director of Public Affairs, wrote to CARD’s Chairman, David Pitt, arguing that ‘black-faced minstrels performing a song and dance act have been a traditional form of entertainment in the British Isles for a great many years. Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. Tucked away in another part of the BBC’s written archives is an earlier memo from Barrie Thorne – one he sent five years before.

Apparently satisfied with this, the Director-General, Hugh Greene, decided that “no further action was necessary”. In some cases tickets will be left in the auction winner's name for pick up at the ticket office of the event location.Throughout May and June of 1967, discussions of minstrelsy and blacking up were repeatedly discussed in the press as practices that were both traditional in Britain and not ‘about race’. It is rare in our experience that items go missing entirely, but occasionally they are delayed by a few days.