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Series featuring people who have made life-altering decisions

Series featuring people who have made life-altering decisions and exploring the whole process, from the original dilemma to living with the consequences

The Choice: 02/09/2010

02/09/2010

BBC Radio 4 - The Choice, 02/09/2010

Michael Buerk talks to Frank Evans about his choice to become a bullfighter.

Michael Buerk talks to Frank Evans, a butcher's boy from Salford who dreamt of becoming a bullfighter after a holiday in Spain.

On The Choice this week Michael Buerk talks to Frank Evans, a butchers boy from Salford who dreamt of becoming a bullfighter after a holiday in Spain. 
The decision to become a matador meant he had to fight his way into the most dangerous and controversial sports in the world.  It brought him ridicule and condemnation along with injuries in the ring and death threats out of it. But it was a choice he kept making despite a fearful wife and family and eventually despite ailing health.

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