6 episodes

Whicker's World - Whicker's South Seas

First aired Feb 13, 1973Season 5

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Episodes

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Episode 1

Whicker's South Seas: Laughing All the Way to the Bank

NR
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.

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Episode 2

Whicker's South Seas: If We Were Over-Confident We'd Be Dead

NR
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.

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Episode 3

Whicker's South Seas: Poor People Are Always Unhappy...

NR
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.

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Episode 4

Whicker's South Seas: The Only Compliment - She's a Good Sport...

NR
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.

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Episode 5

Whicker's South Seas: People Like Me Go Native...

NR
Mar 13, 1973

Alan Whicker looks at life on the volcanic island of Tanna in the South Pacific

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Episode 6

Whicker's South Seas: New Zealand's Got a Real Clobbering Machine...

NR
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.