Quote: Mintball "It was popular – of that there should be no doubt. And I would suggest that, for many viewers, it wasn't a racist thing, but about the musical performances, which were pretty good. And I'd equally suspect that for many viewers they didn't even realise the history of minstrel shows etc.
But on the popularity, it was also an era when there were just three TV channels.'"
Indeed. It was of its time and appealed to my parents generation, who themselves were into amateur dramatics and sung in the Church Choir. In truth, it was possibly 15 years past its sell by date before its 20 year run on TV, but I can't help wonder what a present day Producer would give to achieve those sort of weekly figures.
