A broadcasting legend and one of the most recognisable faces on British television, Alan Whicker worked his own brand of quietly incisive journalism for over fifty years. A consummate interviewer with a famously affable, urbane style, his popular, award-winning documentaries continue to be a significant influence to this day. This ongoing series of releases will showcase every programme that Whicker made for ITV, in chronological order. Subjects of his scrutiny in this volume first broadcast in 1969 include cryogenics, media stardom, swinging singles, wage slavery, old age and more as well as an unforgettable encounter with Haitian dictator Papa Doc Duvalier. Editions included are: Let's Have An Airport The Trainers The Glorious Twelfth Water, Water The Aristocracy Business The Most Beautiful Hotel in the World The Road from Rose Linda's A Right Royal Fiesta After Us What? Penguins
A broadcasting legend and one of the most recognisable faces on British television, Alan Whicker worked his own brand of quietly incisive journalism for over fifty years. A consummate interviewer with a famously affable, urbane style, his popular, award-winning documentaries continue to be a significant influence to this day. This ongoing series of releases will showcase every programme that Whicker made for ITV, in chronological order. Subjects of his scrutiny in this volume first broadcast in 1969 include cryogenics, media stardom, swinging singles, wage slavery, old age and more as well as an unforgettable encounter with the infamous Haitian dictator Papa Doc Duvalier. Editions Included: Immortality Inc. Micromedia Inc. Swingles Inc. Papa Doc: The Black Sheep Tenderlovingcare Inc. Bodysnatchers Inc. Happy-Happy Inc. Carl Gustav Von Rosen: Pugnacious Pacifist
A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker's brand of charismatic, quietly incisive television journalism captivated audiences for six decades. Drawn from landmark series stretching from the late sixties to the early nineties, this set showcases the remarkable diversity of Whicker's output from encounters with modern Maharajahs to the bathroom billionaires of Palm Beach; from Europe's glittering aristocracy to the later twentieth century's most notorious dictators. Encompassing subjects ranging from Gay Lib to plastic surgery, Christian cults to cryonics, this collection represents factual television at its most compelling. Editions included are: Papa Doc the Black Sheep Whicker in Stroessner's Paraguay The Last Dictator Harold Robbins I'm the World's Best Writer I'd Like to Think I'm Nearer to God than Frankenstein I Haven't Taken My Own Shoes Off for 45 Years He's Been Hunted All His Life - Now He's Going to Rest in Peace I Wear a Uniform and Pack a Gun, But I'm Still a Woman If a Cop Walked Around With Pink Hair and a Limp Wrist, it Would Discredit the Department The Aristocracy Business Boat People Devil's Island Pixie-Dust on Goody-Goody Land Vienna Come in, Dr Freud, all is Forgiven You Stopped Being a Pigeon When You Got Your Throat Cut Charleston, South Carolina You Used to Call Me Boy , Now You Got to Call Me Mr Boy Anchorage, Alaska the Ultimate Dream, the Last Chance to do it Right Nothing is Utopia, this Comes Pretty Close The Absolute Monarch The Road from Rose Linda's Alan Whicker Meets the Cats' Eyes Man The American Lifestyle Immortality Inc. Prince Johannes Von Thurn Und Taxis Husbands Shy Clear of Me, Boy..! Tribes Lost and Found I Do My Duty When I Feel Like It God Forgive Me for What I've Done but it Was All Very Enjoyable The Lord is My Shepherd, and He Knows I'm Gay The Most Beautiful Brainwashing There Ever Was... Houston: a Gun is a Funny Animal Large Sums of Money Have a Very Fusty Smell Palm Beach, Florida: How Can I Lie About My Age When My Son Needs a Facelift..? Even Though You're a Maharajah, You're a Human Being First He'll Never Have to Divorce Me He Can Always Change Me...
Alan Whicker is a globe-trotting television commentator without equal. For some forty years on behalf of both the BBC and independent British television networks he has roamed far and wide in search of the eccentric the ludicrous and the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the world's inhabitants. For the very first time Whicker's World is brought to DVD on this volume one of the series.
A broadcasting legend and one of the most recognisable faces on British television, Alan Whicker worked his own brand of quietly incisive journalism for over fifty years. A consummate interviewer with a famously affable, urbane style, his popular, award-winning documentaries continue to be a significant influence to this day. This ongoing series of releases will showcase every programme that Whicker made for ITV, in chronological order. In this volume Whicker turns his keen gaze at Australia, where he encounters more unconventional characters from Nevadan ranchers to professional gamblers. His journey begins with a visit to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific home to the descendants of the Bounty mutineers.
A broadcasting legend and one of the most recognisable faces on British television, Alan Whicker worked his own brand of quietly incisive journalism for over fifty years. A consummate interviewer with a famously affable, urbane style, his popular, award-winning documentaries continue to be a significant influence to this day. This ongoing series of releases will showcase every programme that Whicker made for ITV, in chronological order. In this third volume Whicker encounters an array of remarkable and sometimes eccentric Europeans, including the playboy prince, Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, Margaret Kenny the Dublin-born founder of Paris' famous Bluebell Girls and His Excellency, General of the Armed Forces, Alfredo Stroessner dictator of Paraguay.
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