Last week’s column was done and dusted when I learned from The Times’s diary that — as I correctly speculated in it — the broadcaster Alan Whicker had indeed been much amused by Monty Python’s Whicker ...

All obituaries of Alan Whicker mentioned Monty Python’s spoof, Whicker Island (above) — though there was less uniformity over the age of the deceased, most newspapers saying he was 87 rather than the ...

The broadcaster and journalist, best known for Whicker's World, traveled the globe in a TV career spanning six decades. YouTube British broadcaster and journalist Alan Whicker has died aged 87. The ...

GLOBETROTTING TV star Alan Whicker, who brought the lifestyles of the rich and famous into UK homes for decades, has been hailed as a unique and original figure in broadcasting after his death at the ...

Alan Whicker Broadcaster BORN AUGUST 2, 1925 - DIED JULY 12, 2013, AGED 87 He was the man who opened a window on to a colourful, exotic world for post-war television viewers in Britain. Alan Whicker, ...

Alan Whicker, who has died at his home in Jersey aged 87, was one of the most popular faces on British television for almost six decades, probably best-known for the globetrotting documentary series ...

Broadcaster and journalist Alan Whicker, who travelled the world in a TV career stretching nearly 60 years, has died aged 87, it was announced on Friday. Whicker, whose most famous television ...