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Showpeople: Licensed to Thrill

Showpeople: Licensed to Thrill (2025)

January. 27,2025

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Showpeople: Licensed to Thrill

Go behind the rides, peer through the candy floss and uncover the secret world of showpeople, the men and women bringing all the fun of the fair.

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Showpeople: Licensed to Thrill

2025

Go behind the rides, peer through the candy floss and uncover the secret world of showpeople, the men and women bringing all the fun of the fair.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2025

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Episode 1

January. 27,2025

What is a showperson? Run away with the fair and join the family firms who bring the shows to towns and villages across the country. Meet three generations of the Taylor family as they set up in Grangemouth, and find out from finance guru Sarah Sheeran exactly what is involved in buying rides costingt half a million pounds. And meet father-and-son duo Trevor and Kristan Smith as they battle wet weather and family squabbles in Airdrie.

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Episode 2 - Episode 2

January. 27,2025

Join the Hiscoe family as they juggle a busy summer season in Ardrossan while looking after two kids and reflect on their decision to move away from the traditional showman lifestyle.

Episode 3 - Episode 3

February. 03,2025

It’s Danger Night in Bathgate, and Christian Horne is struggling to open after two days of torrential rain.

Episode 4 - Episode 4

February. 03,2025

Sixty rides and £100 million of equipment – Kirkcaldy Links Market is the pinnacle of the showmen calendar. However, Christian Horne’s Freak Out ride is playing up and he needs to fix it in time for opening.

Episode 5 - Episode 5

February. 10,2025

Lovebirds Margaret and Randall have been married for over 50 years. But when it came time to retire, the couple just couldn’t leave the showman life behind, so they packed up their bags and rejoined the fair.

Episode 6 - Episode 6

February. 10,2025

As the summer draws to a close, the showmen reflect on what the future holds. Margaret and Randall contemplate family as they consider that none of their children have followed them into the fairground business. The Hornes are in the Black Isle, and both father and son look at their different management styles. And an ambitious young showman sets out to start his own empire.

Go behind the rides, peer through the candy floss and uncover the secret world of showpeople, the men and women bringing all the fun of the fair.