Whicker's World (1959)

Jan 15, 1988

To celebrate Australia's bicentennial, Alan Whicker visit Brits who have emigrated there. He meets Dorrie Flatman from Liverpool who moved there in 1963 with three children and £45 and now owns a chain of brothels that has made her rich.

Jan 17, 1988

Alan Whicker talks to Brits living in Australia, including Jane Makim (sister of Sarah, Duchess of York), Captain John Alliston and his wife Eleanor who writes under the alias of Minka Jones.

Jan 24, 1988

Alan Whicker meets Brits who have emigrated to Australia. He visits Western Australia's vast outback, and also meets a former bus driver from Bolton who now mans one of the world's loneliest lighthouses.

Jan 31, 1988

Alan Whicker visits Australia to meet Brits who have emigrated there. He journeys to Northern Queensland and meets a man who likes crocodiles, a garden gnome evangelist, and some gold-diggers in a ghost town.

Feb 7, 1988

Alan Whicker visits Brits living in Australia. In Sydney, he attends Lady Primrose Potter's fancy dress ball, meeting society columnist Diana "Bubbles" Fisher. He also visits a gay bar where he meets Jeff Hardy who used to work at Fortnums.

Feb 14, 1988

In Australia's Northern Territory, Alan Whicker meets Sid & Barbara Smith who run a public house which serves Devonshire cream teas, and visits an Aborigine alcohol rehabilitation centre run by two British doctors, Dr Clare and Dr Neil.

Feb 21, 1988

Alan Whicker looks at industrial relations in Australia. He meets a top trade union official, and British millionaire Roger Smith, who is returning to England after 24 years because of restrictive Australian union practices.

Feb 28, 1988

Alan Whicker looks at the stereotypical Australian male image with comments from Sally Hurley, Clare Jukka, Sue Becker (the BBC's fitness instructor from the 1970s), Jane Deknatel and Hazel Small.

Mar 6, 1988

Alan Whicker visits Brits living in Australia, including Ray Wilmott who has his own fox hunt in New South Wales, wine critic Len Evans, and Dennis Gowing whose horse won the Melbourne Cup.

Mar 13, 1988

Alan Whicker talks to people from the arts and entertainment, including Wilton Morley (son of Robert Morley), film producer Phillip Emmanuel, Edmund Capon curator of the NSW Art Gallery, writer Tony Shaffer, and boxer Joe Bugner.