The First Million Miles The last of the series
Alan Whicker looks back at some of the people, places and experiences on which he reported during his first ten years in television.
That great cushion of wealth is tough to walk away from....'
Monte Carlo was glittering but wet, Paul Getty was the world's richest man and Peter Benjamin , a docker, had just won the pools when Alan Whicker encountered them in the 60s. The beautiful Baroness Thyssen seemed to have everything, including a millionaire husband. Suddenly divorce changed her life. Whicker visits her again to find out how she coped.
Assistant producer AMANDA THEUNISSEN Producer CHRISTOPHER LEWIS BBC Bristol
(Postponed from 18 July)