Whicker's World (1959)
Whicker's World is an award-winning British television documentary series that ran from 1958 to 1994, presented by journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker. Originally a segment on the BBC's Tonight programme in 1958, Whicker's World became a fully-fledged television series in its own right in the 1960s. The series was first shown by the BBC until 1968, and then by ITV from 1969 to 1983, when it was produced by Yorkshire Television, in which Whicker himself was a shareholder. The series returned to the BBC in 1984, and to ITV again in 1992.
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- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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