• 1971
The World of Whicker

Summary Alan explores aspects of the Caribbean and Florida. From an encounter with the future first prime minster of Grenada to the vanishing tribes of Anguilla and Dominica, from the ghost-ridden ruins of Devil's Island to Walt Disney World under construction, Whicker takes a look behind the scenes in paradise... View more details

  • 1971

The World of Whicker

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Harold Robbins Alan Whicker Ben Novak

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 6, 1971

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV)

Summary Alan explores aspects of the Caribbean and Florida. From an encounter with the future first prime minster of Grenada to the vanishing tribes of Anguilla and Dominica, from the ghost-ridden ruins of Devil's Island to Walt Disney World under construction, Whicker takes a look behind the scenes in paradise... View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 6, 1971

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV)

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The World of Whicker (1971)

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Episode 1 • Jan 06, 1971
Devil's Island - The Dry Guillotine
For the first fime, Alan Whicker leads a television team info the ghost-ridden ruins of France's former penal colony. He seeks out ex-convicts who survived the island's unspeakable cruelties, and parts the curtain on a grisly stage where 75,000 "bagnards" lived, fought, and died.
Episode 2 • Jan 20, 1971
A Giddy Head - In Paradise
What would you do if you had a Caribbean island all of your own? You probably wouldn't run it like a Scottish laird, giving pensions to all the islanders and a chunk of it to Princess Margaret - nor have Oliver Messel design everything. But the Honourable Colin Tennant did, as Alan Whicker discovers in Mustique - a paradise that may not be as perfect as it seems.
Episode 3 • Apr 05, 1971
Everybody Knows The Secret Police
The Hon. Eric Matthew Gairy, Premier of Grenada, is seen by some as a budding Papa Doc; they fear his sudden and sinister deportations, hís extravagance and his power over an impecunious island where unemployment is high. Others admire his flair for publicity. Whicker meets this turbulent figure, and tries to discover what's going on behind the scenes in paradise.
Episode 4 • Jul 18, 1971
Pixie Dust On Goody-Goody Land
Alan Whicker is one of the few journalists permitted to film in Walt Disney World - a £125 million fantasy in construction, and the biggest, wildest and most improbable boom to hit Florida.
Episode 5 • Jul 25, 1971
In The Amazon Jungle - A White Elephant
Whicker visits Kourou, Guiana, the resting place of Blue Streak - intended to be Britain's first independent nuclear deterrent, but shelved in 1960. Meanwhile, France's desolate multi-million pound space station supports a new town where 6,000 scientists live on double salaries, gentle taxes and the hope of one day having something to launch.
Episode 6 • Aug 01, 1971
I Do My Duty When I Feel Like It
Whicker discovers two vanishing tribes. The first, on Dominica: remnants of the proud Caribs, who long resisted European domination. The second tribe are the Metropolitan police keeping the Queen's Peace on the tiny isle of Anguilla.
Episode 7 • Aug 08, 1971
I'll Say Thank You, Dear England - Is That What You Want?
Island-hopping the Caribbean, Whicker meets the former emigrants who have returned to their sunny homelands after sampling the UK. He asks why they chose to leave, and what, after living there, they think of the British.
Episode 8 • Aug 15, 1971
We Do Nothing-Superbly!
Most of us have dreamed of getting away from it all and escaping to a palm-fringed island in the sun. But how many make the final break and go where the sun keeps shining? On a visit to Tortola in the British Virgin Isles, Whicker encounters a typist from Reading, an aviation pioneer from Bournemouth, a knight from Burnley, an accountant from Norfolk, and an American millionairess...
Episode 9 • Aug 22, 1971
I Wanted To Welcome Prince Philip-But I Was Too Tied-Up...
...so complains Ben Novak, sole owner of one of the world's most famous hotels. Novak's improbable palace, the Miami Beach Fontainebleau, is more like a stupendous movie set. Whicker probes the secrets of this American gold-plated Mecca - to discover that the owner can't wait to get away from the customers he can never please.
Episode 10 • Dec 12, 1971
I'm The World's Best Writer - Theres Nothing More To Say
Harold Robbins knew he was the world's best writer from the moment he typed the first page of his first book. Robbins works hard, shuts himself away, and is remote, lonely and enigmatic. "Only Alan Whicker" he says, "has come this close to me." This programme reveals the writer at work in New York, at play in the South of France and talking about himself as never before.
Episode 11 • Dec 29, 1971
"As Long As You're Rude Enough -They're Happy"
To sail the turquoise seas of the Caribbean under billowing white sails and a cloudless sky must be everyone's dream. But, as Alan Whicker discovered, the charter skippers often charging more than £1,000 per week don't always find it so perfect.
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