Whicker's World

Around Whicker's World

1992 · 9 episodes

Episodes

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   1. Around Whicker's World: The Ultimate Package - Start the World I Want to Get On

   24 Jul 1992

   Alan Whicker joins a 34-day holiday package around the world with 87 other passengers.

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   2. Around Whicker's World: The Ultimate Package - The Best Place to Murder Your Husband

   31 Jul 1992

   Alan Whicker's package tour of the world reaches the Taj Mahal in India and then on to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Xian, and Hong Kong.

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   3. Around Whicker's World: The Ultimate Package - Her Make-Up Case Is Lost, We're Talking Hysteria

   7 Aug 1992

   Alan Whicker continues his package tour with 87 other passengers. After a champagne breakfast at Ayers Rock, Australia the jet travels to Sydney and across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. It then lands at Tahiti and on to Easter Island.

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   4. Around Whicker's World: The Ultimate Package - I Never Thought of an Aeroplane as Home Before

   14 Aug 1992

   Alan Whicker concludes his 34-day, 14-country tour with 87 other passengers. After the Iguazu Falls near the Brazil-Argentina border, the jet goes to Rio. Finally in New York, a celebration is held on the Waldorf's Starlight Roof.

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   5. The Absolute Monarch: Alan Whicker Meets the Sultan of Brunei

   28 Oct 1992

   Alan Whicker visits the Sultan of Brunei, considered to be the richest man in the world and credited with owning over 150 cars and receiving an income of £250,000 every hour.

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   6. I'd Rather Die Than Do Something Like This

   14 Sept 1993

   Alan Whicker visits South Africa's Lost City, a resort created by millionaire Sol Kerzner and the venue for the 1992 Miss World contest with judges including Ivana Trump, Richard Branson, and Joan Collins.

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   7. The Sun King: A Rogue Elephant in the Lobby

   21 Sept 1993

   In the second of his two-part report from South Africa's Lost City resort, Alan Whicker talks to guests Joan Collins, Jerry Hall, Jean-Michel Jarre and Ivana Trump.

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   8. Aboard the Real Orient Express

   1 Feb 1994

   lan Whicker joins the inaugural run of the Eastern and Oriental Express, a 1200 mile train journey from Singapore to Bangkok. Fellow passengers include Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, the Earl of Snowden, Susannah York and Koo Stark.

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   9. Pavarotti in Paradise

   18 Dec 1994

   Alan Whicker covers preparations for Pavarotti's concert in March 1994 at Pangkor Laut Resort, a small rain forest island off the west coast of Malaysia. Whicker also meets Lord Lichfield who discusses the natural beauty of the area.