volumes, The Best of Whicker, is set for release on 16 October 2017. To date, of all the BBC episodes, only the 2009 Journey Of A Lifetime series has been released, along with a 1968 episode on the 2020 Blu-ray release of The Power of the Daleks. In May 2016, Network also began releasing each full ITV series of Whicker's World in chronological order, beginning with the 1968 series, followed by Whicker's New World from 1969. This was followed in July 2017 by two more DVD sets, Whicker In Europe (1970) and Whicker's Walkabout: Seven Scenes Down Under (1970). Two further sets, comprising the 1971 series and 1972's Whicker's Orient, were released in November 2017. Merchandising Several books, written by Whicker, were published as tie-ins to the series, including Whicker's New World (1985) and Whicker's World Down Under (1988). Whicker's autobiography, Within Whicker's World, was published in 1982, which chronicled many of the journeys he had made in the series. A second volume, Whicker's World - Take 2, was published in 2002, and a third volume, Journey of a Lifetime, was published in 2009. The Whicker's World brand also spread into other merchandise tie-ins. In the 1970s, Whitman Publishing released Whicker's World jigsaw puzzles featuring stills from Whicker's travels. A board game based on Whicker's World was released in 1989 by Paul Lamond Games. Cultural impact In the late-1960s, the series was spoofed by the British comedian Benny Hill who did a sketch on his show called "Knickers World". It was parodied again in 1972 by Monty Python's Flying Circus, who did a sketch set on a tropical island called "Whicker Island" where all of the inhabitants were Alan Whicker clones. In the 1980s, Whicker appeared in several television commercials for Barclaycard that were based on Whicker's World and featured Whicker in various foreign locations. In 1981, Whicker's World was spoofed by The Evasions, a British funk group whose novelty song "Wikka Wrap" featured songwriter Graham de Wilde impersonating Whicker. The single reached the UK Top 20 in June 1981; the song was later sampled in American rapper Coolio's 1996 song "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)". Graham de Wilde also composed the theme tune for the 1980s BBC episodes of Whicker's World. Legacy The Whicker's World Foundation is an organisation that was created by Alan Whicker to encourage the making of quality documentary programmes. Overseen by Whicker's partner Valerie