Whicker, Alan
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 2 August 1925 at 05:30 (= 05:30 AM ) | ||
| Place | Cairo, Egypt, 30n03, 31e15 | ||
| Timezone | EET h2e (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   09°19'   06°02 Asc. 11°51'
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Biography
British world traveler born in Egypt, TV host of "Whicker's World" from 1958. A globe-trotting documentist, he featured interviews with the famous and his program was watched by more than ten million viewers. Whicker was with BBC from February 1957-68 before beginning the award-winning association with Yorkshire Television. It was calculated in the early '80s that Whicker traveled an average of 100,000 miles around the world each year. His autobiography, "Within Whicker's World" was published in March 1982.
Events
- Work : New Job 1958 (Began TV series "Whicker's World")
- Work : New Job February 1957 (BBC work, 11 years)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1982 (Autobiography released)
Source Notes
David Fisher quotes letter from him, September 1984
Categories
- Vocation : Travel : Adventurer
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality (Host of travel program)
- Lifestyle : Work : Travel for work (100,000 miles each year)
- Lifestyle : Home : Many moves
