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Ronnie, Smart, c1930 - 2020

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: c1930 - 10 December 2020

Biography

Ronnie Smart was one of ten children by Billy Smart Snr. and wife Nelly Rigby 'Dolly. Ronnie took over the Billy Smart's Cirus with his brothers upon their father's death in 1966, after having worked in the family business since childhood. Ronnie married Kay (c1935-2016), a trapeze artist and animal trainer and they had two sons, Gary and Lord.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Big Top Variety Show Film, December 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.10
Scope and Contents

Television broadcast of combined variety and circus entertainment, featuring Ronnie Smart presenting the Smart circus, Lulu, Moira Anderson and Charles Aznavour amongst other performers by Thames Television, series 1 on VHS PAL. Sound and colour.

Dates: December 1979

Big Top Variety Show Film, August 1980

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.11
Scope and Contents

Television broadcast of combined variety and circus entertainment, featuring Ronnie Smart presenting the Smart circus by Thames Television, series 2 on VHS PAL. Sound and colour.

Dates: August 1980

Big Top Variety Show Film, August 1981

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.12
Scope and Contents

Television broadcast of combined variety and circus entertainment, featuring Ronnie Smart presenting the Smart circus, Pat Boone, Sacha Distel and David Essex amongst other performers by Thames Television, series 3 on VHS PAL. Sound and colour.

Dates: August 1981

Big Top Variety Show Film, August 1982

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.13
Scope and Contents

Television broadcast of combined variety and circus entertainment, featuring Ronnie Smart presenting the Smart circus by Thames Television, series 4 on VHS PAL. Sound and colour.

Dates: August 1982

Big Top Variety Show Film, August 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.14
Scope and Contents

Television broadcast of combined variety and circus entertainment, featuring Ronnie Smart presenting the Smart circus, Gladys Night and the Pips amongst other performers, compilation by Thames Television on VHA PAL. Sound and colour.

Dates: August 1979

Billy Smart Christmas Circus Film, 1978

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.1
Scope and Contents

Television broadcast of Billy Smart Circus by Thames Television, parts 1, 2 and 3 on VHS PAL. Sound and colour.

Dates: 1978

Christopher Palmer Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0105
Scope and Contents

Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.

Dates: 1973 - 1983

Films, 1979 - 1983

 Series
Reference code: 178D17
Scope and Contents

Circus films on VHS by Thames Television, including Billy Smart's Christmas and Easter circus and Big Top Variety Show.

Dates: 1979 - 1983