Whicker's World. QE2 A fast boat to China Part 1. Tahiti to Wellington.

This video is about Whicker's World. QE2 A fast boat to China Part 1. Episode 2 of Whicker's World "A fast boat to China" filmed on board QE2 in 1983. I was sound recordist on this 8 week filming trip round the Pacific from Tahiti to Japan. Alan Whicker had a unique style and talent and was the leading travel documentary presenter for four decades from the 50s to the nineties. His unmistakable voice and style of writing made him instantly recognisable and much imitated.

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  • @johnathandaviddunster38
    @johnathandaviddunster38 Жыл бұрын

    Whicker and team unsurpassed documentary makers , big part of my education 🌍🌎🌏🌋🏕🏖🚂🚍🏍🛵🛺🛑

  • @thunderpussy8956
    @thunderpussy89566 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this - I was an 80's child and loved Alan Whicker! Now I can share with my own family.

  • @M123OCT
    @M123OCT6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting this, Keith - I can't understand why it hasn't had more views. Great to look back on this quality journalism, beautifully written and delivered by AW. Nice easy pace too - how many TV shows now would an introductory theme lasting a whole minute? Great stuff.

  • @jacquelinearcher1158
    @jacquelinearcher11586 жыл бұрын

    I've been looking for years for these episodes...thank you for sharing...them...Not much has changed....except the fashions...and uk Crew.

  • @843thebear
    @843thebear3 жыл бұрын

    Keith, thank you for sharing this set of videos, they don't seem available to view anywhere else. Fantastic series to watch again.Memories of sat by the TV as a kid watching this with my parents and drooling at the glamour.

  • @MyLife-hl4or
    @MyLife-hl4or3 жыл бұрын

    Nice to see old friends - crew members - sadly a lot long gone now but those that remain, so does the friendship xx

  • @KKTR3
    @KKTR33 жыл бұрын

    Your a hero. Thank you for uploading

  • @taraalan1131
    @taraalan11314 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video

  • @MyLife-hl4or
    @MyLife-hl4or3 жыл бұрын

    Crew Chant in China at the football match made me laugh Whickers Here, Whickers There, Whickers every effin where LOL

  • @kevinpenney3156
    @kevinpenney31562 жыл бұрын

    Bless you Sir Harry

  • @J_Teriyaki
    @J_Teriyaki2 жыл бұрын

    Gee interior decoration has come a long way since

  • @richardgeorge8612
    @richardgeorge86124 жыл бұрын

    thanks for uploading this mate, used to love watching this grerat journalist

  • @krodgerson

    @krodgerson

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it. It was a great trip. K

  • @seeyouinmist3924
    @seeyouinmist39246 жыл бұрын

    Again, a big thanks Keith for posting this amazing series. I saw from the credits that you were indeed the sound man for this shoot. It must had been a fantastic experience. I got a great deal of pleasure watching it. Many thanks again. PS - did you record all of the sound on a small reel to reel, or maybe some other method? As a fellow sound man, would love to know.

  • @krodgerson

    @krodgerson

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes all recorded on a single track Nagra 4 recorder. I usually had two radio mics and a shotgun mic but also took an 8 channel mixer and extra music mics on this shoot. Nothing like the multi track recorders we have now.

  • @seeyouinmist3924

    @seeyouinmist3924

    6 жыл бұрын

    great info - many thanks keith!

  • @jatlarge6354
    @jatlarge63546 ай бұрын

    Michael Tuchner directed this??? The dude who made VILLAIN and FEAR IS THE KEY???

  • @bobtennant2499
    @bobtennant24995 жыл бұрын

    Keith, what is the title of the ending music for each episode and who is it by please? And thank you very much for sharing these. I absolutely loved this Documentary!

  • @blackline100
    @blackline1002 жыл бұрын

    Do you have a copy of the BBC2 original program could you please let me know thank you

  • @euanmackenzie743
    @euanmackenzie7436 жыл бұрын

    must be pretty cool to see your name third in the closing titles

  • @syedadeelhussain2691
    @syedadeelhussain26914 жыл бұрын

    Who will look after me? when I will get old? I don't even have that much money to buy cruise tickets, etc.

  • @nickfleming3495
    @nickfleming34958 ай бұрын

    Largest liner the world's ever likely to see.

  • @roberttilton7927

    @roberttilton7927

    5 ай бұрын

    That statement has just been blown out of the water by Royal Caribbean and their latest ship.

  • @gerardmackay8909

    @gerardmackay8909

    4 ай бұрын

    @@roberttilton7927 An ocean liner is constructed differently from RC mega cruise ships but he’s still not correct because the Queen Mary 2 is an ocean liner too and is more that twice the size that QE2 was.

  • @davidskews7829
    @davidskews7829 Жыл бұрын

    what's the ending theme music

  • @krodgerson

    @krodgerson

    11 ай бұрын

    It was picked from mood music library as was the opening theme. I really like it.

  • @seamusblack5876
    @seamusblack58763 жыл бұрын

    6:48 now that's the lady for me she's the spitting image of my conservative religious teacher when I was a teenager oh baby

  • @trevorsmith7753
    @trevorsmith77535 ай бұрын

    Sounds fine but the film quality was crap.

  • @DS-fo4ed
    @DS-fo4ed9 ай бұрын

    Ahh, when the bbc had half decent output rather than all this woke biased nonsense we get fed now

  • @jasontimperley9199
    @jasontimperley91995 ай бұрын

    Who on earth insisted on having that dreadful music competing with Alan’s far more enjoyable voice in the opening sequence. Bloody awful.