ANOTHER LOSS WITH THE DEATH OF ALAN WHICKER.

The death was announced today of one of the United Kingdom's best ever TV personalities. Alan Whicker will not necessarily be familiar to many beyond these shores; but believe me he was a superb interviewer and raconteur. He was worldly, the most important ingredient required to be on top of his investigative profession. The current lot, particularly those employed by the BBC, where Whicker came to prominence, can only now enquire: "why isn't Government giving more of taxpayer GB's money to the so-called under privileged", they are the ones down to their last iphone. Whicker, a blast from the past, would be asking them, "what their contribution was today?"

If he interviewed, for example, a student of geography, he might ask the student to draw an outline of England and then mark where Manchester is situated. In one of his 'Whicker's World' episodes from Australia, he was interviewing a union leader; I seem to recall his first question was enquiring why, even down under, most of the Trade Union leaders were Celts, just as here in Britain?

During WWII, although a commissioned officer, he led a photographic unit, covering the slow slog through Italy. In one of the towns, a German General surrendered to his unit, although Whicker referred him to the advancing Americans.

ONE OF THE LAST GREAT CORRESPONDENTS.