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2003 · Documentary · Drama
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TV series / 1959
Whicker's World
Episode directors
Roger Mills
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 …
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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.
The seasons
Season 1
Six Films of Six Places
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Season 2
Whicker's World
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Season 3
Whicker's New World
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Season 4
Whicker in Europe
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Season 5
Whicker's South Seas
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Season 6
Whicker Way Out West
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Season 7
Season 7
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Season 8
Whicker's World Down Under
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Season 9
Season 9
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Season 10
India
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Season 11
California
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Season 12
The First Million Miles!
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Season 13
A Fast Boat to China
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Season 14
Living with Uncle Sam
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Season 15
Living with Waltzing Matilda
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Season 16
Hong Kong
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Season 17
A Taste of Spain
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Season 18
Around Whicker's World
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Season 1967
Season 1967
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Season 1968
Season 1968
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Season 1976
Season 1976
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Special episodes
Specials
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