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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British broadcaster and journalist Alan Whicker, whose career spanned five decades and whose clipped delivery style was parodied by Monty Python, died on Friday at the age ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The dapper Briton was made into a television icon on Whicker's World, where he was rarely seen without his blazer and tie. Part travelogue, part social commentary, Whicker's World ran for more than ...