Whicker's World

India

1978 · 6 episodes

Episodes

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   1. India: He's a Stuck Up Maharajah - I'm Not Going to Marry Him...

   10 Oct 1978

   Alan Whicker visits Rajasthan to examine Indian royal marriages. He meets the Maharajah of Jodphur and his wife, and rides their royal train. Whicker also meets the Princess of Alwar, a widow who is forbidden to remarry.

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   2. India: Elephants Go Into All the Gardens - They're Just Like Rabbits...

   17 Oct 1978

   Alan Whicker visits Kerala to see the martial art of Kalarippayat, celebrates Passover with an old Jewish community, attends a festival where elephants in gold armour engage in a battle of Umbrellas, and meets some Britons who live there.

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   3. India: A Form of Frightener Put on by the Union...

   24 Oct 1978

   Alan Whicker visits the High Ranges of North Travancore in India and looks at the lives of the few remaining British tea planters.

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   4. India: Even Though You're a Maharajah, You're a Human Being First...

   31 Oct 1978

   Alan Whicker visits several of the Maharajahs of Rajasthan and watches a polo match played on bicycles

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   5. India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 1

   7 Nov 1978

   In the first of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.

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   6. India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 2

   7 Nov 1978

   In the second of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.