Whicker's World S08E02 · Whicker's World Down Under: We Hope We Can Let Off a Nice Safe Hydrogen Bomb...

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In his series looking at Australia, Alan Whicker meets wealthy mineral prospector Lang Hancock, and discusses his plans for opening up the north-west outback, dealing with bureaucracy, and his daughter Gina taking over from him.

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1. 1 1. Whicker's World Down Under: Large Sums of Money Have a Very Fusty Smell...1976-05-18In a series examining life in Australia, Alan Whicker looks at famous criminals who moved there, American forger Bob Baudin and 'Great Train Robber' Ronald Biggs, whose wife Charmi
2. 2 2. Whicker's World Down Under: We Hope We Can Let Off a Nice Safe Hydrogen Bomb...1976-05-26In his series looking at Australia, Alan Whicker meets wealthy mineral prospector Lang Hancock, and discusses his plans for opening up the north-west outback, dealing with bureaucr
3. 3 3. Whicker's World Down Under: The Tomato Sauce List Was Bigger Than the Wine List...1976-06-02Alan Whicker meets migrants who have found success in Australia, including a golf coach from England, a Jerseyman who teaches Australians to enjoy losing money, and a racing driver
4. 4 4. Whicker's World Down Under: You Stopped Being a Pigeon When You Got Your Throat Cut1976-06-09Alan Whicker visits the opal town of Coober Pedy in Australia's Central Desert where huge fortunes are made by digging for opals.
5. 5 5. Whicker's World Down Under: When You Become a Bush Bishop They Say - Tough Luck!1976-06-16Alan Whicker meets people who emigrated to Australia, including an Englishman who runs Australia's oldest stately home and a British bishop, raised in a Welsh slum, whose diocese c
6. 6 6. Whicker's World Down Under: Many People Curtsy - But We Don't Expect It1976-06-19In his series looking at Australia, Alan Whicker meets Leonard & Shirley Casley who, following an argument with the government, declared their farm in the outback to be an independ
7. 7 7. Whicker's World Down Under: The Ockers Have Arrived... Now We Don't All Have to Be Brain Surgeons!1976-06-23Alan Whicker discovers the Ocker, a term describing the new-style aggressive Australian who cocks a snook at his British origins and the rest of the world.