The First Million Miles!
Six programmes in which
Alan Whicker looks back at some of the people, places and experiences on which he reported during his first ten years in television.
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'Women grasp the feel of the times more than men,' says Whicker, introducing this programme about the women he filmed in the 60s. There was the Duchess of Alba with her 68 titles; the English Beauty Queen circus, with back-combed hair and one-piece swimsuits; Japan's Geisha girls, now almost extinct: and the moving account of Miss Shibama's escape from Hiroshima after the bomb.
Researcher un PAUL
Assistant producer AMANDA THEUNISSEN
Producer CHRISTOPHER LEWIS. BBC Bristol