The wilds of south-west Tasmania are the dramatic backdrop to this story of cannibalism. A bizarre survival technique used by one of Australia's earliest prison escapees, convict Alexander Pearce.

'Bush Tucker Man: Cannibal Convict' originally aired on the ABC in 1996.

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