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BBC One
on BBC One London

Billy Dainty
' Dear Mum, I'm crying as I write this letter, so please excuse the tearstains ... ' wrote 12-year-old ■Billy after he got his first taste of show business as the only boy in a troupe of Dancing Babes. Things didn't get a lot better. He grew up to become the back legs of a dancing donkey. Among other 'things in tonight's programme he ■meets up again with his front legs, sings with his sister Betty and gives an unlikely rendition of Hamlet.
Photography JIM knights, JOHN semnett Film editor rat hough Producer JANE OLIVER

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Billy Dainty
Producer:
Jane Oliver
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