South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg, who will host the awards next month, said the judges had had a "tough job" to decide on the shortlist.

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Also featured will be his 1993 appearance on The South Bank Show, and a 1961 guest appearance on Sunday Night at the London Palladium, described by some as "television variety's finest hour".

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The Liebieghaus, a turreted villa on the south bank of the Main, is the perfect setting for this compact show.

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The London pop-up, located in a carpark on the South Bank of the Thames, is open until Christmas Eve (24 December), and the new show, Forever Crazy, includes a selection of the best acts from the original cabaret.

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