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November 13, 1965

Whicker's World

01. The Beauty Queens

A week before the Miss World contest, Alan Whicker talks to the contestants, asking about their their personal lives and ambitions, and their reasons for entering the contest.

November 13, 1965

02. A Very Serious Doctor

Alan Whicker reports on alternative healing methods and the people who go to practitioners who offer Bee Cure, Spirit Operation, Radiesthesia, Witchcraft, Acupuncture, Osteopathy, Hypnotism, and Faith Healing.

January 15, 1966

03. People in Trouble

Alan Whicker reports on anonymous societies and the work of individuals to help alcoholics, gamblers, neurotics, divorcées, potential suicides, drug addicts, etc.

June 4, 1966

04. How They Filmed 'Grand Prix'

Alan Whicker goes behind the scenes of the film Grand Prix (1966), set in the world of motor racing in Monte Carlo and directed by John Frankenheimer..

October 1, 1966

05. The Italian Private Eyes

Alan Whicker looks at the private detective agency run by Tom Ponzi in Italy.

January 14, 1967

06. The World of James Bond

Alan Whicker examines the success of the James Bond films, and reports from the set of the 007 movie You Only Live Twice (1967).

March 25, 1967

07. The Stresses of Divorce

Alan Whicker examines the pressure on people in the public eye which often causes the end of their marriages. Interviewees include novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, model Sandra Paul, Peter Scott, David Wynne-Morgan and Robin Douglas-Home.

April 22, 1967

08. If They Don't Like You, You're Dead

Alan Whicker examines what makes people laugh and talks to Bernie Winters, Ned Sherrin, Ted Rogers, Johnny Speight, Alfred Marks, and Charlie Chester among others.

May 20, 1967

09. A Dubious Fraternity

Alan Whicker investigates the world of the small-time crook.

June 17, 1967

10. The Quest for Beauty

Alan Whicker examines the beauty industry and how people stave off the ageing process with persistence, pain, money, and remarkable ingenuity.

August 14, 1967

11. Love Generation

Alan Whicker reports on the "love generation", the hippies in San Francisco and their counter-culture life.

September 9, 1967

12. Conflict in Kentucky

Alan Whicker attends the 93rd running of the Kentucky Derby, with the Derby Festival in turmoil due to civil unrest.

October 7, 1967

13. A Handful of Horrors: I Don't Like My Monsters to Have Oedipus Complexes

Alan Whicker talks to people in the "horror industry" to find out why we like being frightened. Among the interviewees are Hammer Horror star Christopher Lee and Dalek creator Terry Nation

January 27, 1968

14. Two Sides of Fleet Street

Alan Whicker looks at British journalism in Fleet Street, and focuses on two very different newspapers; The Times and The Daily Mirror.

May 18, 1968

15. The Road from Rose Linda's - Alan Whicker Meets the Cats' Eyes Man

In this edition, Alan Whicker meets Percy Shaw, the inventor of cats' eyes reflectors for roads, who, despite his wealth, lives a relatively simple life in Halifax, North Yorkshire.

May 25, 1968