Richard Mulhearn , Travelling Showman
Richard Mulhearn is a humorous, happy and trusted man, a leader of a sort in a fairground community which remains as closed and unequal as it was in his childhood 50 years ago. It is a community where people keep their opinions to themselves and their takings a tight secret; they arrange their children's marriages and work almost from the time they can walk. The film, following Richard and his Helter Skelter through a week of ups-and-downs. gives an insight into a life which usually turns only a public face to the outside world.
Narrator DERYCK GUYLER
Research JEAN THOMPSON
Photography ARTHUR SMITH
Sound JACK WILSON , DAVE BAUMRER Film editor PETER GIBBS
Written and produced by DON HAWORTH BBC Manchester