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Wonderland: The 92 Year Old Danger...
Wed 27 Feb, BBC2 9:50 pm - 10:30 pm 40mins

Ron Cunningham - aka The Great Omani - suffers from an almost certifiable need to perform dangerous stunts with fire and glass. Living in Brighton with his increasingly exasperated son David, he's the world's oldest escapologist. Age is steadily taking a grip on Ron's 92 year old body, but his appetite for danger remains undiminished. He might be wheelchair-bound, but that doesn't stop Ron pouring petrol over his jacket and setting himself alight in front of an audience in his local pub.

Daniel Vernon follows Ron right up until his very last days, gently coaxing out the final reflections from an extraordinary life and watching him conjure one last trick that will enable him - if only briefly - to defy the grave. Contains behaviour which could be imitated.