

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.

Feb 13, 1973
Alan Whicker visits the Republic of Nauru, an island with an area of eight square miles situated in the Pacific Ocean, 26 miles south of the Equator.

Feb 20, 1973
Alan Whicker looks at New Zealand's venison industry, which exports three million tons of meat a year to Europe (mainly Germany) and the U.S.A.

Feb 27, 1973
Alan Whicker compares lifestyles on the Samoan Islands - American Samoa, a territory receiving 36 million dollars annually from the U.S., and Western Samoa, 65 miles away, which is one of the World's poorest nations.

Mar 6, 1973
Alan Whicker interviews various New Zealand women on the role of women in their society. He meets author Dame Ngaio Marsh, Women's Liberation leader Sue Kedgley, and a housewife, an editor and a female lorry driver.

Mar 13, 1973
Alan Whicker looks at life on the volcanic island of Tanna in the South Pacific

Mar 20, 1973
Alan Whicker meets a number of British emigrants to New Zealand, some of whom are content with their lives there and others who are longing to return to the U.K.