Alan Whicker visits Rajasthan to examine Indian royal marriages. He meets the Maharajah of Jodphur and his wife, and rides their royal train. Whicker also meets the Princess of Alwar, a widow who is forbidden to remarry.

Alan Whicker visits Kerala to see the martial art of Kalarippayat, celebrates Passover with an old Jewish community, attends a festival where elephants in gold armour engage in a battle of Umbrellas, and meets some Britons who live there.

Alan Whicker visits the High Ranges of North Travancore in India and looks at the lives of the few remaining British tea planters.

Alan Whicker visits several of the Maharajahs of Rajasthan and watches a polo match played on bicycles

In the first of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.

In the second of a two-part edition, Alan Whicker visits the city of Bombay, meeting some of its wealthiest residents, including film stars and industrialists and inhabitants of the shanty slum areas.