Episodes List
Ep.1 A Taste of Spain: A Difficult Country to Fall Out of Love With
Air Date: 1992-05-03
In the first of eight programmes exploring Spain in the 1990s, Alan Whicker meets a priest who owns a chain of restaurants.
Ep.2 A Taste of Spain: The Most Famous Nose in the World
Air Date: 1992-05-10
Alan Whicker visits the villages of Andalucia.
Ep.3 A Taste of Spain: Even the Splendid Mayor Went to Jail
Air Date: 1992-05-17
Alan Whicker goes to a lavish poolside party in Marbella and meets billionaire businessman Adnan Khashoggi. He also meets writer Peter Viertel, husband of actress Deborah Kerr.
Ep.4 A Taste of Spain: He Expected Me to Lay Out His Socks
Air Date: 1992-05-24
Alan Whicker talks to some British expatriates who have settled permanently in Spain.
Ep.5 A Taste of Spain: When You're a Duke, People Think You're an Idiot
Air Date: 1992-05-31
Alan Whicker meets the Duke of Arion, an Olympic yachtsman who crewed for the King of Spain. He is also the biggest producer of tomatoes in Spain and owns a gin company.
Ep.6 A Taste of Spain: It Was Very Bad to Be Divorced - You Were Known as the Black Duck
Air Date: 1992-06-07
Alan Whicker meets various women of modern Spain, including a TV sex therapist and a divorce lawyer, and discusses how the status of women in Spain has changed in recent years.
Ep.7 A Taste of Spain: Singing, Dancing, Drinking and Praying
Air Date: 1992-06-28
Alan Whicker returns to Andalucia to celebrate the spring festival of Rocio, and also visits Expo '92 in Seville.
Ep.8 A Taste of Spain: This Hollywood-Style Ceremony Has Nothing to Do with Sport
Air Date: 1992-07-05
Alan Whicker talks to Javier Mariscal, designer of the Olympic mascot, Frederico Correa, creator of the Olympic stadium in Barcelona, and architect Peter Hodgkinson.
