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 [show more]
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A collection of eight episodes from the popular travel show hosted by Alan Whicker from 1970-80 in which the journalist meets a South American dictator, investigates the culture of plastic surgery in California and attends the Thalpusam festival in Malaysia. The episodes 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: Part 1' and 'If a Cop Wiggled Around With Pink Hair and a Limp Wrist, It Would Discredit The Department: Part 2'.
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