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Alan Whicker in Hong Kong

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-04-08 18:10

Thanks to Vanessa for the link.

There are a couple of interviews with Jackie Pullinger at 14:00 and 16:35.

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Submitted by harryhktc on Thu, 2014-04-10 03:38.

AW refers to himself and a 2 man team doing his earlier Whicker's Worlds.

How times change - the BBC are sending a 272 member team to Brazil for the World Cup !

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Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2014-04-10 18:46.

If memory serves me Mr Whicker made much of having to interview YK Pao - owner of Worldwide Shipping - during his morning swim at Repulse Bay. I suspect he needed more than a two man team for that.

I interviewed Mr Pao in 1971 over tea in his Ice House Street offices as an ordinary journalist. 

I am sure a swimming interview made better television than simply asking questions across a desk.

Submitted by Chinarail on Sun, 2014-04-13 14:34.

Two man team?

According to Monty Python there were several Alan Whickers who all looked alike: