Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 1978

Members: John Boulter, Dai Francis, Tony Mercer, Margaret Savage, George Mitchell (10), Les Want, Jane Marlow, Jeff Hudson (7)

The Black and White Minstrel Show was a British light entertainment show that ran on BBC television from 1958 to 1978 and was a popular stage show.

It was a weekly light entertainment and variety show presenting traditional American minstrel and country songs, as well as show and music hall numbers, usually performed in blackface, and with lavish costumes.

The show was created by George Mitchell (10), hence the recordings/LPs often being billed as The George Mitchell Minstrels,