India

Whicker's WorldIndia

1978
6 Episodes

Episodes

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S10E01

India: He's a Stuck Up Maharajah - I'm Not Going to Marry Him...

Alan Whicker visits Rajasthan to examine Indian royal marriages. He meets the Maharajah of Jodphur and his wife, and rides their royal train. Whicker also meets the Princess of Alwar, a widow who is forbidden to remarry.

10 Oct 1978
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S10E02

India: Elephants Go Into All the Gardens - They're Just Like Rabbits...

Alan Whicker visits Kerala to see the martial art of Kalarippayat, celebrates Passover with an old Jewish community, attends a festival where elephants in gold armour engage in a battle of Umbrellas, and meets some Britons who live there.

17 Oct 1978
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S10E03

India: A Form of Frightener Put on by the Union...

Alan Whicker visits the High Ranges of North Travancore in India and looks at the lives of the few remaining British tea planters.

24 Oct 1978
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S10E04

India: Even Though You're a Maharajah, You're a Human Being First...

Alan Whicker visits several of the Maharajahs of Rajasthan and watches a polo match played on bicycles

31 Oct 1978
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S10E05

India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 1

In the first of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.

07 Nov 1978
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India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 2

In the second of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.

07 Nov 1978