India

India (1978)


Episodes: 6

Star Cast: Alan Whicker ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 India: He's a Stuck Up Maharajah - I'm Not Going to Marry Him...

Air Date: 1978-10-10

Alan Whicker visits Rajasthan to examine Indian royal marriages. He meets the Maharajah of Jodphur and his wife, and rides their royal train. Whicker also meets the Princess of Alwar, a widow who is forbidden to remarry.

Ep.2 India: Elephants Go Into All the Gardens - They're Just Like Rabbits...

Air Date: 1978-10-17

Alan Whicker visits Kerala to see the martial art of Kalarippayat, celebrates Passover with an old Jewish community, attends a festival where elephants in gold armour engage in a battle of Umbrellas, and meets some Britons who live there.

Ep.3 India: A Form of Frightener Put on by the Union...

Air Date: 1978-10-24

Alan Whicker visits the High Ranges of North Travancore in India and looks at the lives of the few remaining British tea planters.

Ep.4 India: Even Though You're a Maharajah, You're a Human Being First...

Air Date: 1978-10-31

Alan Whicker visits several of the Maharajahs of Rajasthan and watches a polo match played on bicycles

Ep.5 India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 1

Air Date: 1978-11-07

In the first of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.

Ep.6 India: Don't Feel Guilty About Your Cadillac - And I Won't Feel Guilty About My Bicycle: Part 2

Air Date: 1978-11-07

In the second of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.