Whicker's World is an award-winning British television documentary series that ran from 1958 to 1994, presented by journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker. Originally a segment on the BBC's Tonight programme in 1958, Whicker's World became a fully-fledged television series in its own right in the 1960s. The series was first shown by the BBC until 1968, and then by ITV from 1969 to 1983, when it was produced by Yorkshire Television, in which Whicker himself was a shareholder. The series returned to the BBC in 1984, and to ITV again in 1992.
Whicker's World (Season 10)
India: He's a Stuck Up Maharajah - I'm Not Going to Marry Him... (Episode 1)
Air date: 1978-10-10
Overview: 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.
India: Elephants Go Into All the Gardens - They're Just Like Rabbits... (Episode 2)
Air date: 1978-10-17
Overview: 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.
India: A Form of Frightener Put on by the Union... (Episode 3)
Air date: 1978-10-24
Overview: Alan Whicker visits the High Ranges of North Travancore in India and looks at the lives of the few remaining British tea planters.
India: Even Though You're a Maharajah, You're a Human Being First... (Episode 4)
Air date: 1978-10-31
Overview: Alan Whicker visits several of the Maharajahs of Rajasthan and watches a polo match played on bicycles
India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 1 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1978-11-07
Overview: 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.
India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 2 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1978-11-07
Overview: 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.
