Whicker's World - Season 17

First aired: 5/3/1992 8 episodes
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Episodes

1. A Taste of Spain: A Difficult Country to Fall Out of Love With

Aired: 5/3/1992

In the first of eight programmes exploring Spain in the 1990s, Alan Whicker meets a priest who owns a chain of restaurants.

2. A Taste of Spain: The Most Famous Nose in the World

Aired: 5/10/1992

Alan Whicker visits the villages of Andalucia.

3. A Taste of Spain: Even the Splendid Mayor Went to Jail

Aired: 5/17/1992

Alan Whicker goes to a lavish poolside party in Marbella and meets billionaire businessman Adnan Khashoggi. He also meets writer Peter Viertel, husband of actress Deborah Kerr.

4. A Taste of Spain: He Expected Me to Lay Out His Socks

Aired: 5/24/1992

Alan Whicker talks to some British expatriates who have settled permanently in Spain.

5. A Taste of Spain: When You're a Duke, People Think You're an Idiot

Aired: 5/31/1992

Alan Whicker meets the Duke of Arion, an Olympic yachtsman who crewed for the King of Spain. He is also the biggest producer of tomatoes in Spain and owns a gin company.

6. A Taste of Spain: It Was Very Bad to Be Divorced - You Were Known as the Black Duck

Aired: 6/7/1992

Alan Whicker meets various women of modern Spain, including a TV sex therapist and a divorce lawyer, and discusses how the status of women in Spain has changed in recent years.

7. A Taste of Spain: Singing, Dancing, Drinking and Praying

Aired: 6/28/1992

Alan Whicker returns to Andalucia to celebrate the spring festival of Rocio, and also visits Expo '92 in Seville.

8. A Taste of Spain: This Hollywood-Style Ceremony Has Nothing to Do with Sport

Aired: 7/5/1992

Alan Whicker talks to Javier Mariscal, designer of the Olympic mascot, Frederico Correa, creator of the Olympic stadium in Barcelona, and architect Peter Hodgkinson.