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The Best Episodes of Whicker's World Season 1

Every episode of Whicker's World Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Whicker's World Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Whicker's World Season 1

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...
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    #1 - Papa Doc -The Black Sheep

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    Papa Doc - The Black Sheep Hatti was the world's first black republic, ruled from 1957 to 1971 by 'President For Life' Dr Francis Duvalier - Papa Doc. Whicker meets Papa Doc in his Presidential Palace at Port au Prince in the company of his Tontons Macoutes - murderous civilian thugs. This show won the Dumont International Journalism Award at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1971.

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    #2 - Whicker In Stroessner's Paraguay - The Last Dictator

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    Whicker In Stroessner's Paraguay - The Last Dictator Alan Whicker comes face-to-face with the last of South America's old style dictators - Don Alfredo Stroessner who has been absolute ruler of Paraguay for 19 years. One Paraguayan in ten is sold to be a paid informer and the Minister of Information has admitted there are so many informers that they run out of information and have to make it up.

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    #3 - Harold Robbins - I'm The World's Greatest Writer

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    Harold Robbins - I'm The World's Best Writer Harold Robbins, 56 and five times married, is the orphan who became the world's best paid writer. In New York he takes Alan Whicker round the Devil's Kitchen district of his youth. This won the Best Interview Programme Award at 1973's Hollywood Festival of World Television.

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    #4 - I'd Like To Think I'm Nearer To God Than Frankenstein

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    I'd Like To Think I'm Nearer To God Than Frankenstein In California they change faces as casually as we change clothes and cosmetic surgery is no longer only for the rich and famous. Whicker meets plastic surgeon Kurt Wagner and his wife Kathy, a walking example of his surgery skills.

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    #5 - I Haven't Taken My Own Shoes Off For 45 Years

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    I Haven't Taken My Own Shoes Off For 45 Years Whicker arrives in Penang for the island's spectacular Thalpusam festival, where entranced pilgrims pierce themselves with giant spikes. He also meets a Scottish doctor still living in the style of the British Raj.

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    #6 - He's Been Hunted All His Life - Now He's Going To Rest In Peace

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    He's Been Hunted All His Life - Now He's Going To Rest In Peace Butch Cassidy's sister Lula is alive and well and living in Utah, aged 94 and with a fund of fascinating stories. In Salt Lake City Whicker drives the hydrogen car, learns from Dinosaur Jim why these monsters face a new extinction, and sees the world's biggest man-made hole

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    #7 - I Wear A Uniform And Pack A Gun But I'm Still A Woman

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    Part 1 - Whicker undertakes a risky assignment, hurtling around San Francisco in the back of a police car. The cops are women, fully armed and determined to prove they are worthy of the blue uniform. Please Note, this episode contains some strong language.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - If A Cop Wiggled Around With Pink Hair And A Limp Wrist It Would Discredit The Department

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    Part 2 - San Francisco's 150,000 homosexuals are the city's largest unofficial minority. The Police Department has become the first in the US to knowingly recruit gay officers. Whicker gives an exclusive view of the first gay officers training and going on patrol.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Papa Doc -The Black Sheep" is the best rated episode of "Whicker's World" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/17/1969. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Whicker In Stroessner's Paraguay - The Last Dictator".