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Blackpool Tower Circus

BBC One
on BBC One London

An excerpt from the 1969 Show
As always the Blackpool Tower Circus has a truly international bill with artists from Germany, Czechoslovakia, France, Denmark, and from Holland, Europe's most glamorous wild animal trainer presenting Franz Althoff's Royal Tigers.
with Circus Franz Althoff's Danish Tiger Horses and Ponies

The Four Tonys
The Four Castors
Charlie Cairoli and Company
Circus Franz Althoff's Seven Royal Tigers
The Six Ferkos
The Four Bertolas
The Tower Circusettes
Introduced by Geoffrey Wheeler
By arrangement with the Blackpool Tower Company Limited

Contributors

Animal act:
Circus Franz Althoff's Danish Tiger Horses and Ponies
Animal act presented by:
Franz Althoff
Performers:
The Four Tonys
Performers:
The Four Castors
Clowns:
Charlie Cairoli and Company
Animal act:
Circus Franz Althoff's Seven Royal Tigers
Animal act presented by:
Miss Yvonne
Performers:
The Six Ferkos
Performers:
The Four Bertolas
Performers:
The Tower Circusettes
The Circus directed by:
Bernard Crabtree
Musical director:
Tommy Jones
Ringmaster:
Norman Barrett
Ringmaster:
Harold Holt
Presenter:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Presented for television by:
Barrie Edgar
Source: Radio Times

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