Alan Whicker

Alan Donald Whicker CBE was a British journalist and television presenter and broadcaster. His career spanned almost 60160years, during which time he presented the documentary television programme Whickers World for over 30160years. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to broadcasting.

Whicker was born to British parents in Cairo, Egypt, in 1921. When he was three years old, his father Charles became seriously ill and the family moved to Richmond in Surrey, where he and his mother remained after the death of his father. He attended Haberdashers Askes Boys School where he excelled at crosscountry running and, after leaving school atduring the Second World War, he was commissioned as an officer in the Devonshire Regiment of the British Army. He then joined the British Armys Film and Photo Unit in Italy in 1943, filming at Anzio and meeting such influential figures as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. He was also responsible for taking into custody British traitor John Amery.

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