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9:29Now PlayingIt’s a grubby business, being a private investigator. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make it big.
Alan Whicker flies to Rome, to meet Tom Ponzi, millionaire owner of an Italian detective agency that’s planning on going global. From trailing unfaithful spouses to corporate espionage, Ponzi’s company makes enough money to pay a slew of agents and afford a raft of equipment for bugging phones and surveillance.
There’s a stakeout, a car chase through Rome’s insane traffic and a dive to put a wreath on the underwater Christ of the Abyss. Just make sure you haven’t been followed…
Excerpt taken from Whicker’s World, originally broadcast on BBC One, Saturday 14 January, 1967.
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