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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

Billy Smart Christmas Circus Film, 17 December 1981

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.6
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 17 December 1981
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

Billy Smart Christmas Circus Film, 20 December 1980

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.4
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 20 December 1980
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

Billy Smart Christmas Circus Film, 1982

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.8
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1982
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

Billy Smart Easter Circus Film, 22 March 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.2
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 22 March 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

Billy Smart Easter Circus Film, 16 March 1980

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.3
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 16 March 1980
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

Billy Smart Easter Circus Film, 1981

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.5
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1981
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

Billy Smart Easter Circus Film, 1983

 Item
Reference code: 178D17.9
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1983
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection

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