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Man Alive: Plimpton: The Man on the Flying Trapeze

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A weekly programme which focuses on people and the situations which shape their lives.
Reporters Jeremy James, Jeanne La Chard, John Pitman, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson

This week Plimpton: The Man on the Flying Trapeze
George Plimpton is an amateur of many worlds. He has driven a racing car in the Italian Grand Prix. He has even played a bit-part in a John Wayne movie. George Plimpton is familiar to American viewers for his have-ago-at-anything approach.
Tonight, Man Alive hands over to Plimpton as he joins 'The Flying Apollos,' a trapeze act with a travelling circus. After 10 days' training, George Plimpton, in a packed big top, himself has a go on the flying trapeze.

Contributors

Subject:
George Plimpton
Producer:
William Kronick
Editor:
Desmond Wilcox
Source: Radio Times

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