222 Circus

First  watched : 5  November  1975
 
This  was  another  children's  crime  thriller  along  the  same  lines  as  Chinese  Puzzle. A  group  of  art  thieves  were  using  a  circus , and  in  particular  its  trapeze  artist,  as  cover  for  a  daring  heist  but  as  usual  a  couple  of  children  were  around  to  foil  their  plans. Oddly  enough  the  detail  I  remember  most  is  that  the  general  labourer  called  Jim  was  in  on  the  plot  and  ended  up  getting  locked  into  one  of  the  animal  cages.

There  are  no  stills  knocking  about  ,probably  because  the  entire  cast  list  is  unfamiliar  to  me  although  the  series  does  get  the  odd  mention  because  its  writers  , husband  and  wife  team  Pip  and  Jane  Baker , went  on  to  write  some  Dr  Who  episodes  in  the  eighties.