Frontier Circus - The Complete TV Series - 26 episodes!

Nice Quality Uncut.
This box set contains all 26 episodes of this somewhat obscure western filmed in 1961-62. The episodes appear to be complete, and have nice picture quality and sound. If you remember the show like I do , you'll enjoy this set.The show is similar to Wagon Train in that as the circus arrives in a new destination the main cast members ( Richard Jaeckel, John Derek, Chill Wills) get to interact with the guest cast. So each episode has a differant focus. The shows have strong scripts, and good acting. Packaging is first rate also. Timeless is doing a great job with their TV westerns. I'd love to see them release The 1961 NBC Civil War Show The Americans, or The Gray Ghost .

A mysterious disappearance
On a Thursday night in September of 1962, a nine-year-old boy sat in front of his television eagerly awaiting another episode of this entertaining series. However, another program aired in its place, and "Frontier Circus" had, evidently, journeyed too far on its trek west and dropped off into the Pacific Ocean. In the spring of 2010, the Thompson & Travis Circus suddenly reappeared, and that boy, now 57, was very pleased to see its return. That child enjoyed the heroic acts of the two younger leads (John Derek and Richard Jaeckel), but the adult appreciates the folksy charm of Chill Wills and is glad that Timeless Media chose to rescue the series, finally, from the depths of wherever it had disappeared for so long.

I can finally see Frontier Circus after waiting 48 years!!
Frontier Circus was shown here in England from 1961 to 1962 on BBC television. But sadly back then I never got to see a complete episode because I was seven years old and was packed off to bed each week before it finished. So after 48 years it's good to finally see complete episodes. It was a good "Wagon Train" type western with the different focus of a travelling circus providing quite a wide variety of stories. But one word of warning, once you hear the theme music you will have a job to get it out of you head, it is a catchy circus march that stays with you from the first time you hear it. Apart from muffled sound on the first episode, all the other episodes are fine with good picture and sound quality. As with most American series of the time there is an impressive list of guest stars, but Frontier Circus also had the bonus of three familiar movie actors playing the leads and Chill Wills, John Derek and Richard Jaeckel make a strong cast. A forgotten western series worth seeing...

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