Alan Whicker's Journey of a Lifetime — Season 1, Episode 3: The Americas
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
The journalist travels from west to east across America, where he tracks down a Hollywood plastic surgeon and his wife he met 30 years ago and re-examines the interview with Haitian dictator Papa Doc Duvalier that won him the prestigious Dumont Award. He also explores the wealthy closed community of Palm Beach, revisits the Sixties programme where he filmed the trial of a couple facing the death penalty and looks at footage of the country's first so-called serial killer
About Alan Whicker's Journey of a Lifetime
Alan Whicker travels the world on a journey reflecting his varied career. Celebrating a remarkable fifty years on our screens, broadcasting legend and undisputed travel king Alan Whicker dusts down his suitcase for a nostalgic journey around the globe. He revisits some of his most groundbreaking interviews, favourite destinations and reflects on his incredibly varied life and career. In this landmark series, Alan Whicker takes us on an autobiographical journey through the second half of the 20th century. Classic clips from Whicker's World are inter-cut with new material as the nation s best-known international reporter retraces his steps, catches up with past interviewees and reflects on how the world has changed for good and bad - over the last six decades.