Whicker's World

You Muddle Up Your Brains with a Little Booze - And They'll Take Your Knickers... (17x10)

: 03, 1985

The last of ten films in which Alan Whicker talks to a wide range of Brits who've gone to live and work in the USA. Sir Gordon White has, in ten years, turned $3,000 into a company worth a cool billion: "They only understand excellence in this country, you can't get by with mediocrity." America may be the land of opportunity, but when the axe falls it can be a cruel place - as Colin and Veronica Draper experienced. New York is also the home of a Scot, Albert Watson, one of America's most successful photographers. Vanessa Angel arrived in Manhattan at the age of 17. Three years later, she is a top model with an income of $200,000 a year. But, like many Brits in this series, she still has reservations about life with Uncle Sam: "They don't care about the quality of life - just how many Porsches they have..."