The Last Tentman/A Secret Life Australian Story : Season 2 Episode 19

The Last Tentman The moving and powerful story of fourth generation showman Fred Brophy and his family. Fred runs a tent boxing troupe that tours Queensland and the Northern Territory. He's the last exponent of a colourful tradition which was once commonplace all over Australia. Fred, the son of a sideshow operator and a trapeze artist, is steeped in show tradition. But his family's itinerant lifestyle meant he missed out on any kind of formal education. Young Fred wanted to go to school and when his family was passing through a town, he would often turn up at the ...