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Billy Smart's Children's Circus

on BBC One London

BBC television's annual visit to the Big Top for circus entertainment from stars of the future.
Introduced by Ringmaster David Smart Jr
The Skating Souzens whirl around with three children on 12 wheels Billy Dash 's Chimps, three chimpanzees with an assortment of original pranks
The Courtney Sisters from a small family circus in Ireland, a trio of aerial grace and charm
The Burgers, comedy on the low wire
Richard Del Oro , son of a famous juggler with an act distinctly his own
The Albarracinis with balance and poise from Latin America
' The Gorilla' - nobody is safe with this human at large
The Searle Children who, with their horses, bring the elegance of a fair in Seville to the circus ring. Also on horseback, three generations of the MacManus family in a whip-cracking, boisterous, now traditional act, The Mohawks
Clowns Jacko Fossett and Little Billy , along with the Crookston Castle Drum Majorettes, head the parade for a ' splashing' finale
Circus direction
RONNIE, BILLY and DAVID SMART Musical director BURT RHODES Lighting HUBERT CARTWRIGHT Sound JOHN LIVINGSTONE Designer RAY LONDON
Television presentation KEN GRIFFIN

Contributors

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Billy Dash
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Richard Del Oro
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Jacko Fossett
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Little Billy
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Ken Griffin

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