Bus Pass Bullfighter

First Broadcast: 7.35PM Fri 21 August 2009

Frank 'El Inglés' Evans is Britain's only professional matador. In 2005, he retired from the sport under doctors' orders to undergo knee replacement surgery and later a quadruple heart bypass.

But last year, Frank announced that he was making a comeback to the bull ring at the tender age of 65.

Clarke follows Frank's progress over three months as he prepares to re-enter the dangerous and controversial world of professional bullfighting.

The son of a Manchester butcher, Frank was inspired to bullfight after reading about 1940s and 50s British matador Vincent Charles Hitchcock. After practising with a cape in a park in Salford, he travelled to Spain to fight his way into bullfighting school and went on to surprise Spanish crowds, confounded at the sight of this sunburnt English bullfighter.

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    1. Fri 21 Aug 2009

      Frank 'El Inglés' Evans is Britain's only professional matador. In 2005, he retired from the sport under doctors'…

      • Scenes of bullfighting and animal slaughter which some may find distressing
      • This programme has episodes with subtitles available.

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