Mr Pastry At The Circus (1960)

M/S of a lorry being unloaded at the entrance to Chipperfield’s circus in Hounslow, Middlesex; Mr Pastry (aka Richard or Dickie Hearne) enters shot dressed in a suit and bowler hat; C/U as he bends down to examine a sign pointing ’To the Zoo’ (circus display area); fishes in his pocket and pulls out the lining - empty! He starts to unpack boxes from the lorry to the circus entrance as the workmen are doing, then sneaks inside when their backs are turned. Inside the grounds he looks around then walks over to two giraffes in a pen, two circus workers are standing by smoking and he takes some food from their bucket before they walk off; C/Us as he feeds a giraffe, then pops a bit of their food in his mouth, makes a face, spits it out and walks off. M/S of a cage with lions in it being put into position as Mr P walks up to it; C/Us of the lions and Mr P looking at them and banging on their cage; one of them roars and his hat blows off; he looks indignant then runs off. Commentator says “Dickie Hearne first j