Big Top

{{Infobox television | image = Big Top titles.png | caption = Big Tops title card | alt_name = | genre = Comedy | creator = | developer = | writer = Daniel Peak | director = Marcus Mortimer | creative_director = | starring = Amanda HoldenJohn ThomsonTony RobinsonRuth MadocBruce MackinnonSophie Thompson | theme_music_composer = Al Collingwood | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = Al Collingwood | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = #Episodes | executive_producer = Jed LeventhallSimon Wilson | producer = John StroudMarcus Mortimer | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | company = | channel = BBC OneBBC HD | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = }}Big Top''' is a BBC television sitcom which first aired on 25 November 2009 and was set in and around a travelling circus. The show was broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD simultaneously. The series revolved around the performers and backstage staff of Circus Maestro. There were six episodes, each of which was thirty minutes in length. Big Top was not recommissioned for a second series and was formally cancelled by the BBC in February 2010. Plot Lizzie the ring mistress (Holden) must overcome all of the problems which get thrown at her during the production of the circus show. The circus features a husband and wife clown team (Thomson and Thompson), who aren't as funny as they believe they are, and Erasmus (Robinson) is a cynical soundman. Georgie (Madoc) is the grande dame of Circus Maestro, and Boyco (Mackinnon) is an east European acrobat who is still learning about the ways of the English world. Cast Amanda Holden as Lizzie the Ring Mistress Lizzie is the daughter of Circus Maestro's founder, but when her father ends up in prison for fraud she becomes the ring mistress. Lizzie grew up in the circus and loves it with all her heart. Her only regret is that she has absolutely no circus skills.