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World Service,17 Mar 1989,6 mins

Flea Circus

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The strange world of the travelling flea circus. "I have to find the fleas that will jump, the fleas that will walk, and do all sorts of things for me," says "Professor" Len Tomlin, owner of the last flea circus in Britain.

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