Whicker's World
Specials
Renowned journalist Alan Whicker travels the globe, uncovering unique cultural, historical, and social stories in witty and insightful episodes.
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9 Episodes
- Whicker in the Argentine: After Us - What? PenguinsE1
Whicker in the Argentine: After Us - What? PenguinsThe very last land, going south, stands silent and splendid at the end of the world, and calls itself "the only white nation south of Canada." It has the largest city south of the Equator, the largest British colony outside the Commonwealth - yet among 23 million people there is much anti-British feeling about football, foot-and-mouth and the Falklands. Accompanied by photographer Frank Pocklington, Alan Whicker observes life in this vast Land of Gaucho. - Papa Doc: The Black SheepE2
Papa Doc: The Black SheepHatti was the world's first black republic, ruled from 1957 to 1971 by 'President For Life' Dr Francis Duvalier - Papa Doc. Whicker meets Papa Doc in his Presidential Palace at Port au Prince in the company of his Tontons Macoutes - murderous civilian thugs. In this vivid report Whicker provides a remarkable close up on an absolute ruler with the power of life and death. - Carl Gustav von Rosen: Pugnacious PacifistE3
Carl Gustav von Rosen: Pugnacious PacifistAlan Whicker meets the modern adventurer Carl Gustav von Rosen, the Swedish Count who led a flight of rocket-carrying planes for Biafra against the Nigerians. The Count talks about his life as a champion of the underdog, which goes back to flying for Ethiopia against the Italian invaders. - The Last Dictator: Whicker In Stroessner's ParaguayE4
The Last Dictator: Whicker In Stroessner's ParaguayAlan Whicker comes face-to-face with the last of South America's old style dictators - Don Alfredo Stroessner who has been absolute ruler of Paraguay for 19 years. One Paraguayan in ten is sold to be a paid informer and the Minister of Information has admitted there are so many informers that they run out of information and have to make it up. - Harold Robbins: I'm The World's Best Writer - There's Nothing More To SayE5
Harold Robbins: I'm The World's Best Writer - There's Nothing More To SayHarold Robbins, 56 and five times married, is the orphan who became the world's best paid writer. In New York he takes Alan Whicker round the Devil's Kitchen district of his youth. This won the Best Interview Programme Award at 1973's Hollywood Festival of World Television.