A Taste of Spain

Season 17 · 1992 · 8 episodes

Episodes

1A Taste of Spain: A Difficult Country to Fall Out of Love WithIn the first of eight programmes exploring Spain in the 1990s, Alan Whicker meets a priest who owns a chain of restaurants.
2A Taste of Spain: The Most Famous Nose in the WorldAlan Whicker visits the villages of Andalucia.
3A Taste of Spain: Even the Splendid Mayor Went to JailAlan 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.
4A Taste of Spain: He Expected Me to Lay Out His SocksAlan Whicker talks to some British expatriates who have settled permanently in Spain.
5A Taste of Spain: When You're a Duke, People Think You're an IdiotAlan 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.
6A Taste of Spain: It Was Very Bad to Be Divorced - You Were Known as the Black DuckAlan 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.
7A Taste of Spain: Singing, Dancing, Drinking and PrayingAlan Whicker returns to Andalucia to celebrate the spring festival of Rocio, and also visits Expo '92 in Seville.
8A Taste of Spain: This Hollywood-Style Ceremony Has Nothing to Do with SportAlan Whicker talks to Javier Mariscal, designer of the Olympic mascot, Frederico Correa, creator of the Olympic stadium in Barcelona, and architect Peter Hodgkinson.