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27/07/1997

BBC Two - The Magnificent Showman

A small travelling show decides to mount a continental tour to avert financial crisis.

Circus drama with John Wayne and Rita Hayworth. The manager of a small travelling show mounts a continental tour, hoping to find the mother of his teenage daughter en route.

Colourful circus drama in which the manager of a small travelling show decides to mount a continental tour to avert financial crisis and, at the same time, find the mother of his 14-year-old daughter. However, disaster strikes when their boat sinks in a European harbour. Having salvaged what he can, the owner declares that the show must go on and plays to huge crowds. Then a mysterious woman appears on the scene.

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