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.
Alan Whicker
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 !
H.
Swimming Interview
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.
Whickers' World - All of them!
Two man team?
According to Monty Python there were several Alan Whickers who all looked alike: