Whicker's World
Whicker Within a Woman's World
Renowned journalist Alan Whicker travels the globe, uncovering unique cultural, historical, and social stories in witty and insightful episodes.
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6 Episodes
- A Girl Gets Temptations - But I Wanted to Give Myself to GodE1
A Girl Gets Temptations - But I Wanted to Give Myself to GodThe Sisters of the Order of Poor Clares, having taken perpetual vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, can never leave their convent. In the first episode of his new series, Alan Whicker reveals their hidden world to us - but although St Clare is the patron saint of television, the nuns will never see this programme made about them. - God Forgive Me for What I've Done - But it Was All Very Enjoyable...E2
God Forgive Me for What I've Done - But it Was All Very Enjoyable...Whicker meets 36 year old Patricia, a merry warm-hearted woman and the mother of nine children by a variety of fathers. She is also a criminal who has been an inmate of Holloway five times. She specialises in housebreaking and shoplifting, but her lifetime of crime has included smash-and-grab, hi-jacking, gaol-breaking and armed robbery. Patricia provides a revealing picture of a criminals' mind, and then speaks of the revelation which transformed her moods and attitude from then onward. - If the Men Lose to the Women - That's Their Whole Ego Done for Life...E4
If the Men Lose to the Women - That's Their Whole Ego Done for Life...Alan Whicker speaks with five different women who can more than compete in a man's world. He talks to pilot Yvonne Sintes, who is the only British woman flying scheduled airliners; a woman engineer; a film stunt-girl; a woman cricketer; and Ivy Benson, leader of the famous all-girl band. - Don't Fall into His Arms Like an Over-Ripe Peach...E5
Don't Fall into His Arms Like an Over-Ripe Peach...Bachelor Alan Whicker explores the spectrum of romance, 1972-style, ranging from detached computer dating to the never-never land of the romantic writer - seeking out the advice of authoress Barbara Cartland in the process. - Any Wife Truly in Love With Her Husband Can't Possibly Enjoy it...E6
Any Wife Truly in Love With Her Husband Can't Possibly Enjoy it...Alan Whicker meets the Doghouse girls - wives of Grand Prix motor-racing drivers - trackside at the British Grand Prix at Brand's Hatch, in his final report from Inside a Woman's World.