Alan Whicker
Journey of a Lifetime

Celebrating a remarkable fifty years in front of the camera, broadcasting legend and undisputed travel king Alan Whicker dusts down his suitcase for a nostalgic journey around the globe. He revisits some of his most groundbreaking interviews, favourite destinations and reflects on his incredibly varied life and career. Classic clips from Whicker’s World are inter-cut with new material as the nation’s best-known international reporter reflects on how the world has changed for good and bad – over the last six decades.

Journey of a Lifetime is lyrical, uplifting and peppered with our favourite globetrotter’s brand of subtle satire.

Clarissa Dickson Wright
Rifling Through My Drawers

Clarissa Dickson Wright found fame alongside Jennifer Paterson as one half of the much loved TV cooking partnership, Two Fat Ladies. Celebrated cook and outspoken champion of the countryside, Clarissa opens her diary to bring us events, reflections and encounters from her ever-colourful life. From meeting the President of the Sandringham WI to being propositioned by a burly greyhound courser, and from eating boiled gannet to battling with the Health and Safety officials, she brings us a richly enjoyable feast. In a world of political correctness, Rifling Through My Drawers is a breath of fresh air.

Virginia Ironside
The Virginia Monologues

When she started to clock up the years in earnest, everyone tried not to mention it. But now Virginia Ironside is actually sixty-five she can’t see what all the fuss was about. It’s great to be old. You’re more confident, and if your memory’s going, at least you forget the bad times, like all those ghastly men you slept with in the other sixties. There’s nothing more fun than comparing your various ailments with other oldies, curtain-twitching, complaining or just mooching about. From Grandchildren and Being a Bore to Sex, Virginia Ironside tackles all the issues that face today’s distinguished oldies with optimism and enthusiasm.