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- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2009
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Fraught with problems and dealing with a cacophony of egos, Ring Mistress Lizzie must struggle to keep Circus Maestro going. Stars Amanda Holden, John Thomson, Sophie Thompson, Tony Robinson, Ruth Madoc and Bruce Mackinnon
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 6 (1 series)
- Stars
- Amanda Holden, John Thomson, Sophie Thompson, Tony Robinson, Ruth Madoc and Bruce Mackinnon
- Writer
- Daniel Peak
- Director
- Geoff Posner
- Producers
- John Stroud, Marcus Mortimer, Jed Leventhall and Simon Wilson
- Company
Circus Maestro is fraught with problems, and Ring Mistress Lizzie must overcome them all.
The performers and crew include a grumpy clown who hasn't a funny bone in his body; cynical soundman Erasmus; Georgie, the Grande Dame of Circus Maestro; and Boyco, the dazzlingly talented East European acrobat who is incredibly naive about the ways of the English world.
So what do you do when you've advertised a death-defying stunt which everyone has bought tickets to see, and the performer is just that little bit too injured? How do you manage a group of people who are so jealous of each other that they are happy to sabotage their colleagues performances; or so dedicated as performers that they are willing to sabotage their own survival? When the star acrobat is being chased by immigration, how do you hold onto him?
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Circus (Working title)
- Production setting
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 2nd December 2009 at 7:30pm on BBC One
Recording details
- Teddington Studios - Studios.
- London - Location filming.