Whicker's World Down Under
7 episodes · May 18, 1976
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- S8E1
Whicker's World Down Under: Large Sums of Money Have a Very Fusty Smell...
May 18, 1976In a series examining life in Australia, Alan Whicker looks at famous criminals who moved there, American forger Bob Baudin and 'Great Train Robber' Ronald Biggs, whose wife Charmian who talks about the robbery and the escape to Australia.
- S8E2
Whicker's World Down Under: We Hope We Can Let Off a Nice Safe Hydrogen Bomb...
May 26, 1976In his series looking at Australia, Alan Whicker meets wealthy mineral prospector Lang Hancock, and discusses his plans for opening up the north-west outback, dealing with bureaucracy, and his daughter Gina taking over from him.
- S8E3
Whicker's World Down Under: The Tomato Sauce List Was Bigger Than the Wine List...
Jun 2, 1976Alan Whicker meets migrants who have found success in Australia, including a golf coach from England, a Jerseyman who teaches Australians to enjoy losing money, and a racing driver whose fleet of double-decker buses have bars and saunas.
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Whicker's World Down Under: You Stopped Being a Pigeon When You Got Your Throat Cut
Jun 9, 1976Alan Whicker visits the opal town of Coober Pedy in Australia's Central Desert where huge fortunes are made by digging for opals.
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Whicker's World Down Under: When You Become a Bush Bishop They Say - Tough Luck!
Jun 16, 1976Alan Whicker meets people who emigrated to Australia, including an Englishman who runs Australia's oldest stately home and a British bishop, raised in a Welsh slum, whose diocese covers a quarter of Australia.
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Whicker's World Down Under: Many People Curtsy - But We Don't Expect It
Jun 19, 1976In his series looking at Australia, Alan Whicker meets Leonard & Shirley Casley who, following an argument with the government, declared their farm in the outback to be an independent nation with its own stamps, currency and air force.
- S8E7
Whicker's World Down Under: The Ockers Have Arrived... Now We Don't All Have to Be Brain Surgeons!
Jun 23, 1976Alan Whicker discovers the Ocker, a term describing the new-style aggressive Australian who cocks a snook at his British origins and the rest of the world.