• Whicker's World was a British television documentary series that ran from 1959 to 1994, presented by journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker. Originally...
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  • documentaries. While presenting Whicker's World, Whicker was known for his subtle brand of satire and social commentary. Whicker's World was parodied in a Monty...
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  • and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 2. It starred Alan Whicker. Lavalie, John. Around Whicker's World. EpGuides. 21 Jul 2005. 29 Jul 2005 <https://web.archive...
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  • journalist and broadcaster Whicker's World, British television documentary series that ran from 1959 to 1988 that he presented Paul Whicker, fictional comic book...
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    from entering Haiti.[citation needed] Alan Whicker featured Duvalier in a 1969 episode of Whicker's World, which included an interview with the president...
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  • Telegraph. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013. Rachel Cooke "It's Whicker's world, baby", The Observer, 3 February 2002 Obituary: Jonathan Routhg, telegraph...
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    The book is currently published in eight different languages around the world. alternately spelled Rahman in some media, but Ali spells his name as Rahaman...
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    journalist Alan Whicker joined the inaugural service in 1982, interviewing invited guests and celebrities along the way for his Whicker's World TV series....
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    Moon Called Earth" 1967 Dial M for Murder Margo Wendice TV film 1967 Whicker's World Guest TV series, 1 episode 1967 Good Company Herself TV series, 1 episode...
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  • Garner were interviewed by television personality Alan Whicker for the BBC series Whicker's World. The film grossed $20.8 million in the United States and...
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  • Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner (category Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers)
    multiple documentaries. In 1971, he was interviewed by Alan Whicker for an episode of Whicker's World set on the island. In 2000, a documentary by Joseph Bullman...
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    Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), 1989 Kowloon Walled City, as part of Whicker's World, produced by ITV Yorkshire, 1980 City of Imagination: Kowloon Walled...
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    the long-running ITV sit-com Minder. Whicker's World – Aboard The Orient Express: Travel journalist Alan Whicker joined the inaugural service of the Venice...
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  • No. overall No. in series Title Original air date 27 1 "Whicker's World" "Njorl's Saga" 19 October 1972 (1972-10-19) 28 2 "Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris'...
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    Glory (2007 biography) Ali: A Life (2018 biography) Documentaries Whicker's World (1967 episode) a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970) When We Were Kings (1996)...
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  • 17:40 60 Minutes (17:52 regional news, 18:15 national magazine) 18:40 Harty 19:05 Cliff! 20:05 Cockles 21:00 News 21:25 Whicker's World 22:30 Sportsnight...
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  • of Tomorrow's World, 28 December 1966 Broadcast as part of Perspectives:C for Computer, 29 May 1974 Broadcast as part of Whicker's World, 27 January 1968...
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  • an international reporter for Tonight. From 1958 on, he presented Whicker's World. He died in 2013. Stewart White – main anchor on Look East from 1984...
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  • for the BBC in the mid-1960s, his first job being as a researcher on Whicker's World. He was given his own documentary series, A Year in the Life, followed...
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    composed a new theme tune for the long-running documentary series Whicker's World, which was used from 1978 to 1980. He also composed the instrumental...
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  • documentaries, and additional archive content, including an edition of Whicker's World ("I Don’t Like My Monsters to Have Oedipus Complexes") and surviving...
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    heavyweight boxing champions List of WBA world champions List of WBC world champions List of The Ring world champions List of undisputed boxing champions...
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    professional later that year. He converted to Islam after 1961. He won the world heavyweight championship, defeating Sonny Liston in a major upset on February...
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    interview to Alan Whicker as part of a documentary called The Last Dictator (UK: 7 April 1970) for the television series Whicker's World. The programme was...
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    Festival Pass prizes. Previous pitches include: The BFI Film Fund The Whicker's World Foundation Film & TV Award, offering £80,000 to the winning pitch BBC...
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  • television presenter and broadcaster Alan Whicker, purportedly analysing the dance music scene in Whicker's trademark detached anthropological style....
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  • Morecambe and Wise Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Sky at Night, Whicker's World, Nationwide, Doctor Who, Steptoe and Son, Blue Peter, and the original...
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    Emmerdale (60 episodes) before going on to direct 29 one-hour episodes of Whicker's World, a three-part American medical series with Austin Mitchell, two European...
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  • TRIC presidents were drawn mainly from TV/Radio industry pioneers or the world of politics. The 1970s heralded a shift and marked a period which saw the...
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  • chat with renowned documentarist Alan Whicker. In the book and an interview on the DVD, Palin mentions that Whicker had been the BBC's first choice of presenter...
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