Top Of The Tops
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: For the second year running the cream of the world’s circus performers have gathered in London for what’s been called the Olympics of the circus world, competing against each other for world championship titles. Lyndall Hobbs goes behind the scenes at this year’s Circus World Championships to talk to some of the performers who have made circus their life and to find out just why there’s a continuing passion for the greatest show on earth.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes interviews with Gerry Cottle and Jimmy Chipperfield and also features Mary Chipperfield amongst other performers. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Competitions; Performing arts
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/970
- Credits:
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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