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	Whicker, Alan
		Alan Whicker is a globe-trotting television commentator without equal.
		Whicker's satire is so subtle it is often almost undetectable.
		Whicker's World, over the years, has consistently claimed a place in the top ten ratings and Whicker himself has been widely recognized for his talents as a social commentator, winning numerous major awards.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/W/htmlW/whickeralan/whickeralan.htm (437 words)

	Alan Whicker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alan Donald Whicker, CBE (born August 2, 1915) is a British journalist and broadcaster.
		Whicker, aged 14 at the beginning of the second world war, joined the (British) Army Film and Photo Unit in Italy in 1943, serving as an officer of the Devonshire Regiment, filming at Anzio, and meeting such influential figures as Bernard Montgomery.
		Whicker continued to present this for nearly 30 years (from 1959 until 1988), and was also instrumental in launching Yorkshire Television, producing television programmes from them from 1969 until 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alan_Whicker (274 words)

	Alan Wake: Preview
		Alan Wake is an American writer, and after meeting his girlfriend Alice, starts to experience strange dreams which he uses as material for his first book, a psychological thriller.
		Alan Wake is episodic, but only at a structure of the game, which is modelled on multiple seasons of TV series', with episodes containing multiple missions, cliffhanger endings and an ensemble cast of characters with very different backgrounds and personalities.
		Alan still has to reach the cabin, now on foot, which is up on a nearby hill and across a rickety wooden bridge, which he bravely skips across.
	www.computerandvideogames.com /t/content/pc/alanwake/preview/id149831/index.html (1492 words)

	Telegraph \| Arts \| It's always better to arrive
		He has roamed the world for almost six decades, but home for Alan Whicker is a mansion in the soft, rolling hills of Jersey, set deep in a wood with a bank of hydrangeas at the bottom of the lawn.
		The Whicker we think we know is so properly correct in every way, emotionally detached with the waxed manners and polished courtesy of the officer class, it is interesting to note that somewhere under his trim moustache and tailored Doug Hayward blazer, there roars the soul of a balladeer.
		In Whicker's War, he tells a complicated and difficult story within a carefully crafted script, the way with words perhaps testament to his stretch as a correspondent in Korea when dispatches were sent back to London at the cost of one shilling and a penny-halfpenny per word.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/09/13/bowhicker13.xml (1581 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Spectrum - The Whicker Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		His were the original fly-on-the-wall documentaries and Whicker is still going strong; his next project is a series of documentaries about the Queen’s golden jubilee, to be broadcast on Radio 4.
		Whicker remembers nothing of the dusty heat of Egypt where he was born in August 1925.
		At the end of the interview Whicker accompanies me to the lift instead of slamming the door after me. The purpose of interviews, he says, is to get the flavour of people and this is one thing on which we agree.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /spectrum.cfm?id=199132002 (2416 words)

	OFF THE TELLY: Reviews/2003/The Way We Travelled
		Alan Whicker is endeavouring to conduct an interview with a finely preened continental heiress, sitting almost in her lap while the pair roar across a lake in a luxury vessel.
		Alan Whicker served his time on Tonight of course, delivering fantastically wry films about streets in Northumberland with abstract sequences of house numbers, or esteemed London charm schools.
		Listening to these and other patented Whicker perorations was a reminder of how what he said, and the way he said it, often bumped up against each other to create some occasionally grotesque but always knowingly pompous observations.
	www.offthetelly.co.uk /reviews/2003/waytravelled.htm (1325 words)

	PC: Preview - Alan Wake
		Alan Wake is episodic, but only inside the structure of the game, which is modelled on multiple seasons of TV series', with episodes containing multiple missions, cliffhanger endings and an ensemble cast of characters with muchly different backgrounds and personalities.
		On with the playable country, and as Alan drives to the cabin, he tells through voice-over this his new book is about a writer, who, after a tragic loss, goes to live in a secluded cabin where he creates a horror quest about creatures of darkness disguised as humans.
		Alan's quest begins with the writer picking up a hitch-hiker on the way to the cabin - and true on cue, the spooky piano music strikes up again and a real hitchhiker is spotted on the road ahead.
	www.cheatstation.com /t/news/cheats/alanwakeid149831/codes.htm (1506 words)

	PC: Preview
		Alan Wake is an American writer, and after meeting his girlfriend Alice, starts to experience strange dreams which he uses as material for his first chart, a psychological thriller.
		On with the playable arena, and as Alan drives to the cabin, he offers through voice-over this his new list is about a writer, who, after a tragic loss, goes to live at a secluded cabin where he creates a horror mission about creatures of darkness disguised as men.
		Alan's quest begins with the writer picking up a hitch-hiker on the way to the cabin - and right on cue, the spooky piano music strikes up again and a real hitchhiker is spotted on the road ahead.
	www.computerandvideogames.com /t/news/pc/alanwake/id149831/index.html (1501 words)

	BFI \| Features \| NFT Interviews \| Alan Whicker
		Alan Whicker was interviewed at the National Film Theatre on 30 September 2002 by Michael Parkinson.
		Tonight on the BBC [as part of a broadcast tribute to Whicker] they have this shot of her where she's putting all these jewels on, and in a sense you wouldn't dare put that out today for the reaction you'd get from the public 'Who is that stupid person, that horrible woman?'
		Their Whickeric was far better than mine, and their moustaches were darker, they looked more handsome, and they were an enormous success.
	www.bfi.org.uk /features/interviews/whicker.html (8854 words)

	Ananova - TV veteran Whicker out of retirement
		TV veteran Alan Whicker is coming out of retirement to present a new show.
		During the war Whicker was in the Army's Film Unit, charting the progress of the Allies through Italy and Sicily, and in the new show he will retrace his steps.
		Whicker's World began in 1958 and remained a fixture in the TV schedules until the 1990s.
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_846563.html?menu=news.latestheadlines (199 words)

	Defence Internet \| Defence News \| Whicker remembers days gone by
		Whicker’s uncle George had also invited a Brigadier, an amiable fellow who was evidently impressed by the youthful subaltern.
		Whicker happened to be the only allied officer in the area.
		Whicker was never going to remain in uniform after the war.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/WhickerRemembersDaysGoneBy.htm (1377 words)

	Pipex - Entertainment - TV Pick - Friday, September 16 - Broadband Internet
		The eponymous host may be one of the best interviewers in the business, but he looks like a mere amateur compared to Alan Whicker, one of the special guests on this week's programme.
		Alan's appeal also struck the Monty Python team and their sketch Whicker's Island - in which Eric Idle and company all dressed as the dapper journalist - apparently left him giggling for weeks afterwards.
		Whicker's War detailed his time as a soldier and after a lengthy delay, he's finally brought out a book to accompany the show.
	entertainment.pipex.com /Pipex/News/Story_Page/0,13319,5430_678061,00.html (589 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| Whicker celebrates 80th birthday
		Whicker's natural ease with high society led to exclusive interviews with reclusive billionaire John Paul Getty and the Sultan of Brunei, among others.
		But Whicker is also a serious journalist, and his interviews with the Latin American dictators Stroessner of Paraguay and "Papa Doc" Duvalier of Haiti continue to be acclaimed by contemporary journalists.
		Whicker, who lives in Jersey with his girlfriend of more than 30 years, Valerie Kleeman, was made a CBE in the New Year Honours.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4135261.stm (511 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Recent article in the Sunday Times. - A3912130
		Alan Whicker stated that in part of the article that World War 2 had been almost a "Gentlemanly War".
		Alan Whicker knows nothing about the Prisoners of War Camps and the long march, where men had been starved.
		He also stated the Prisoners had been treated in a tolerable fashion, Germany tore up the Geneva Conventions, the German Prisoners of War were treated tolerably, they had food, they did not suffer with lice, yet the British and French Prisoners of War were all walking alive with lice all over their bodies.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A3912130 (488 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Breakfast \| The Whicker man
		Known for his charm, wit and impeccably smooth delivery, Alan Whicker is probably one of the world's most famous television reporters.
		Alan said he'd been looking at doing another series of Whicker's World, and he'd been looking through 50 years of archives.
		Alan said that looking back, his favourite place, that he had visited was the Pacific Rim countries including Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/6376341.stm (235 words)

	Guardian \| City diary
		You'd assume Alan was the sort of guy who was permanently sitting in business class, sipping champagne and saying "Hello, I'm Alan Whicker." But no, there he was among the scrum at Gatwick.
		· Even knowing that Alan Whicker now flies with it may not lighten the mood at EasyJet today, after the news that the advertising standards authority is investigating its latest ads.
		One batch of complaints is over its use of the word "bullocks" - really - but the other is from The Economist for EasyJet's half-inching its famous "I never read the Economist" signed management trainee (aged 42), for one of its ads.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4649074-103676,00.html (652 words)

	AUSTRALIA DAY FOUNDATION UK
		Alan started his career in the army and joined the British forces as they advanced through Italy at the end of World War 11.
		Alan Whicker pioneered the personality-centered style of documentary that was later followed by
		Alan Whicker was made a ‘Commander of the British Empire’ in the 2005 New Year Honours — appropriate recognition of his life-time contribution to television and the Nation.
	home.btconnect.com /DSGPLC/awards2005.html (1293 words)

	Sunday Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For the past decade Whicker has been mostly absent; a gener ation now might have no idea who he is, and wonder just what those ads, where this stiffly spiffy old geezer turns up in a drawer, or trundling along a baggage recovery belt clutching a microphone, are supposed to be all about.
		In TV terms, having Whicker doing his thing in 2004 is like seeing Pele pull on his old Brazil shirt and demonstrating he’s still got it.
		Whicker, though, has the polished knack of being able to put himself into his film while ensuring he never becomes its subject.
	www.sundayherald.com /print44054 (985 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 Tuesday - Welcome return of a TV legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		His legendary programme, Whicker’s World, which launched in 1959, opened a window on the world for British viewers and his interviews with the likes of J Paul Getty, in which the billionaire confessed to keeping a pay phone in his house, garnered both awards and critical acclaim.
		The most intimate moment, however, was when he returned, escorted by a local historian, to the villa in Taormina, where he and his fellow officers spend a few happy and restful weeks, before crossing the straits of Messina and embarking on the arduous battle up the long leg of Italy.
		The faults in Whicker’s War were slight and swamped by the pleasure of seeing him back on the television selling, not websites such as in his Travelocity adverts, but something more valuable: himself.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=949002004 (892 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Whicker's War: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alan Whicker has been a broadcaster for over 40 years on both BBC and independent channels.
		Until this year when he was persuaded, as part of the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Italy, to tell his remarkable war experiences in two fabulously reviewed hour-long television pieces.
		Alan Whicker joined the Army Film and Photo Unit as an 18-year-old army officer, following the Allied advance through Italy, from Sicily to Venice.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0007205074 (427 words)

	News - Isle of Man Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More
		A recent series, Whicker's War, was a success and he is a prolific writer, broadcaster and photographer.
		Alan and his wife Valerie, who accompanies him on his worldly travels, arrived in the Island on Wednesday for a three-day visit.
		Alan visited Castletown and other parts of the south on his final day in the Island.
	www.iomonline.co.im /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=870&ArticleID=855046 (469 words)

	Whicker's War - Alan Whicker - View and compare prices and buy online: dooyoo.co.uk
		Genre: Biography / Year: 2005 Alan Whicker has been a broadcaster for over 40 years on both BBC and independent channels.
		Alan Whicker joined the Army Film and Photo Unit as an 18-year-old army officer, following the Allied advance through Italy, from Sicily to Venice.
		He filmed the troops on the front line, met Montgomery, and other military luminaries, filmed the battered body of Mussolini after his execution and accepted the surrender of the SS in Milan.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/whicker-s-war-alan-whicker/prices (291 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Features - Reliving Whicker's world war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		And while the conflict raged, there were those few days of rest and rehab for Captain Whicker and his chaps in Capri (they didn't get to meet Gracie Fields).
		Over the years it also sparked several parodies, from Benny Hill's Knicker World, to Stanley Baxter's Whicked World and the Monty Python sketch Whicker Island in which each cast member was dressed identically as Whicker, all bemoaning the lack of billionaires to interview.
		In the same year, he launched Whicker's War, a two-part documentary where he returned to Italy to talk about his military service.
	news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=2212592005 (1682 words)

	Speakers Corner - Speaker Information for Alan Whicker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alan is best known for his ‘Whicker's World’ series of personal reports, and for his revealing in-depth interviews with famous figures.
		Since the late 1950s, when the long-running Whicker's World documentary series was first screened, Whicker (a former journalist and reporter for television's ‘Tonight’ programme) has probed the often secretive and unobserved private worlds of the rich and famous.
		Whicker has also focused on individuals with influence or prestige that are rarely seen in the public eye.
	www.speakers-corner.co.uk /~speakersc/speakersearch.php?showspeaker=3 (630 words)

	Whicker's War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In this remarkable series for Channel 4, Alan Whicker - one of television's most respected and distinguished broadcasters - reveals how his career began during the turmoil of the Second World War.
		As an 18-year-old army officer, Alan Whicker joined the British Army Film and Photo Unit as it followed the Allied advance through Italy, from Sicily to Venice.
		Whicker's War is Alan Whicker's most intensely personal television project to date, full of classic Whicker observations and wit.
	ddvideo.co.uk /p2_21499_Whickers-War.htm (329 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Bookshop \| 9780007211296 - Whicker's War by Alan Whicker
		Alan Whicker's television shows invented the language of travel television and earned him the status a British media icon.
		This book uses these programmes as the starting point to tell the story of Alan Whicker's war.
		Alan Whicker joined the Army Film and Photo Unit as an 18-year-old army officer, following the Allied advance through Italy.
	www.guardianbookshop.co.uk /BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=0007211295 (64 words)

	Whicker’s World
		For this was no old dump, but a town with a future, an urban Eldorado where the businessmen of today can enjoy the facilities of tomorrow in the comfort of yesterday.
		Third Whicker You can’t teach an old dog new tricks and so (turning to a swimming pool with lots of Whickers around it, wandering with stick mikes and muttering) you find them...
		The third Whicker stands beside a priest in a white robe.
	home1.gte.net /mjmservices/Python/Ep27.htm (3600 words)

	Wanderlust magazine - Interview: Alan Whicker
		Alan Whicker has been bringing the world into our living rooms for over 40 years now with Whicker’s World, Whicker’s War – in which he rediscovered his war photographer haunts – and now as the face of Travelocity.
		Finally, in Whicker’s World, you always used to take a quote from the show and use it as a title.
		I was lucky to survive the war, unlike so many of my friends, and when I went back to film Whicker’s War and looked around, I realised that this was where my luck began.
	www.wanderlust.co.uk /features/feat66a.html (633 words)

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