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Bertram Mills Circus

on BBC One London

from Olympia, London.
100 artists and animals presented by Cyril Mills and Bernard Mills.
This thirty-ninth annual spectacle has been hailed as the greatest of all the Olympia Circuses.
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Riding High
The fabulous Schumanns from Copenhagen.

Top Trampoline
The Titos from Mexico bouncing to three-man-high.

Doves from Rome
presented by the lovely Loredana.

Tension on the Slack Wire
as Daviso Martini tosses teacups and saucers from his toe to his head

Hilarious Slapstick Clowning
How Not to Paint a Statue demonstrated by The Brizios.

Ninety Feet Above the Sawdust
The Swaying Stars on their twin sway poles: above them a camera gives a bird's-eye view of the act and the ring below.

Sea-Lion Circus
Acrobatics, wire-walking, and pop music from Teddy Lorent's Sea-lions.

Whirling Wheels
Brilliant bicycling by The Brockways.

Hand-to-Hand Acrobatics
With a laugh in every move from the poker-faced Platas.

Horses at Liberty
presented by Paulina Schumann and Benny Schumann.
Including one tiny pony trotting underneath his larger companions.

Flying Trapeze
The Great Gaonas from Mexico including the legendary triple somersault repeated in slow motion.

Grey Horses in the Clouds
There is an unearthly quality about this imaginative presentation by Albert Schumann.

Incidental Clowning
by Antonio, Milanes, Jacko, Jimmy Scott, and Coco.

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Contributors

Presented by:
Cyril Mills
Presented by:
Bernard Mills
Riders (Riding High):
null Schumanns
Trampolinists (Top Trampoline):
The Titos
Juggler (Tension on the Slack Wire):
Daviso Martini
Clowns (Hilarious Slapstick Clowning):
The Brizios
Performers (Ninety Feet Above the Sawdust):
The Swaying Stars
Animal act (Sea-Lion Circus):
Teddy Lorent's Sea-lions
Cyclists (Whirling Wheels):
The Brockways
Acrobats (Hand-to-Hand Acrobatics):
null Platas
Rider (Horses at Liberty):
Paulina Schumann
Rider (Horses at Liberty):
Benny Schumann
Trapeze artist (Flying Trapeze):
The Great Gaonas
Presentation (Grey Horses in the Clouds):
Albert Schumann
Clown (Incidental Clowning):
null Antonio
Clown (Incidental Clowning):
null Milanes
Clown (Incidental Clowning):
null Jacko
Clown (Incidental Clowning):
Jimmy Scott
Clown (Incidental Clowning):
null Coco
Ringmaster:
Norman Barrett
Musical director:
Charles Hotram
Producer:
Derek Burrell-Davis
Director:
Mary David

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