Circuses

Circus founder's story told through new play
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
19 October 2023
'We need to protect the arts from gentrification'
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Bristol
Posted
8 October 2023
Circus festival moves show dates to school holiday
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Norfolk
Posted
19 September 2023
Plaque unveiled for first black circus owner
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Leeds & West Yorkshire
Posted
16 September 2023
'Circus with a purpose' returns for annual show
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Gloucestershire
Posted
14 September 2023
Class clowns encouraged at new circus school
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Northern Ireland
Posted
10 June 2023
Woman, 99, realises dream of facing knife thrower
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Leicester
Posted
13 May 2023
The Indian trapeze artist who became a circus legend
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India
Posted
25 April 2023
Ukrainian circus boss happy with UK show
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Derby
Posted
22 April 2023
The town that embraced a circus troupe in lockdown
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Shropshire
Posted
25 March 2023
The Documentary Podcast. Flying Seagulls: Child's play. Audio, 28 minutes
The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world
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BBC World Service
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Permanent permission sought for circus big top
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Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin
Posted
27 February 2023
Arts & Ideas. Trapeze acts and circus celebrities. Audio, 45 minutes
Shahidha Bari hears about the aerialists Lillian Leitzel and Pablo Fanque.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Food Programme. Feeding the Circus. Audio, 29 minutes
Sheila Dillon meets a chef who ran away with the circus.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The nine-year-old growing up in a circus. Video, 00:02:03
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Wales
Posted
26 July 2022
In the Studio. Giffords Circus rides again. Audio, 27 minutes
Antonia Quirke returns to the story of Giffords Circus
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Ukrainian children treated to circus in Aberdeen
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
13 July 2022
Acrobat seriously hurt as circus stunt goes wrong
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Wales
Posted
6 July 2022
Ukrainian circus stars relieved to reach safety
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Northampton
Posted
1 July 2022
'I always wanted to run away with the circus' Video, 00:02:12
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Wales
Posted
12 June 2022
Circus performers caught up in Ukraine war
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Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Posted
11 April 2022
Beware road humps: Escaped camels wander Madrid
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Europe
Posted
5 November 2021
'Doctors said the pain wasn't real for 24 years'
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Bristol
Posted
3 October 2021