Best known for her eccentric 1970s aerobics TV program, firebrand Sue Becker went on to grill prime ministers and make a mark on the airwaves with her distinctive gravelly voice.
In 1992 Rae Earl was a student at home in England watching a BBC program called TV Hell.Featured was a show from 1972 called Boomph with Becker, an aerobics program for seniors presented by an eccentric fitness guru called Sue Becker .
Ms Earl was now living in Tasmania, and discovered that Becker had spent a decade on the island as well."I couldn't find much about her, but the more I did find, the more interesting she became," Ms Earl said.Born in England, Becker attended the revolutionary I.M Marsh College of Physical Training in Liverpool.
She married the doctor who treated her for malaria and hepatitis and lived there for about six years, before getting divorced.In 1966 Becker ended up in Australia, and shot to TV fame through her own aerobics show on the ABC called Swing In Time.In the 1970s she took her manager to court over what she believed was an unfair deal.This led to the infamous one-off season of Boomph with Becker in the UK, which would be repeated for decades to come.
"She allows me to examine women in the entertainment industry, it's also a story of empire, it's a story of post-war Britain and Australia."
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