The Accidental Showman. Forty-six highly entertaining years of organising royal celebrations, military tattoos and charity events - this is Michael Parkers inside story. This is the funny account of the many extravaganzas Michael Parker has staged, around the world, how he was first given the job of running the Berlin Tattoo - much to the surprise of more senior officers how his designs got more elaborate every years - ending in a military show on ice. Here he records his triumphs and disasters and the inside story of some spectacular c**k ups. Although to the public watching at home all might have seemed fine.