Donald Alan Whicker CBE (2 August 1921 – 12 July 2013) was a British journalist and television presenter and broadcaster.

[note 1][3][4] When he was two years old his father Charles, a British Army officer, became seriously ill with a heart problem and died.

[10] While in Milan Whicker shot footage of the body of Benito Mussolini[4] and was also responsible for taking into custody British traitor John Amery.

In 1958, he started presenting Whicker's World, which began life as a segment on the Tonight programme before becoming a fully-fledged series itself in the 1960s.

[13] Whicker appeared in various adverts for American Express,[7] Barclaycard,[14] and was also the man behind the advertising slogan "Hello World", for travelocity.

[1][18][19] Broadcaster Michael Parkinson stated that Whicker was "a fine journalist and great storyteller", adding: "I can think of no other television reporter before or since who created such a wonderful catalogue of unforgettable programmes.

The Financial Times pointed out that his age had been queried, with school records showing his birthdate in August 1921, making him 91 when he died.

[1] Benny Hill, towards the end of his BBC series in 1968, impersonated Whicker in a parody called "Knicker's World".