Clive James: Postcard from... - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1989

Clive James visits Rio de Janeiro, where the poor live by their wits in the city's favelas while wealthy Cariocas live in a world that is very different, making contact with their less fortunate neighbours only when a servant is paid or a millionaire is mugged.

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1989

Chicago is America's best-kept secret. Clive James discovers there's more to it than memories of Al Capone and Mayor Daley.

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1989

Clive James returns to Paris, the city calls his spiritual home. As a young man he wondered how to meet the women of Paris. This time he does, including writers, models and actresses.

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: May 17, 1990

Clive James is given a boat tour of the Miami islands by an ex-CIA agent and speeds out into the Gulf of Mexico with US Customs to track down drug runners.

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: May 24, 1990

Rome was once the focal point for the world's jet set. Now Clive James travels to the eternal city in search of the dolce vita and to acquire some Roman sophistication. During his stay, he meets a socialite prince, Mussolini's son and learns a lesson from a sexologist.

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: May 31, 1990

Clive James sets off to visit the city once known as the 'Paris of the east' and discovers a China on the brink of revolution. This is his personal view of a crucial moment in Shanghai's history.

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1990

Clive James explores how to succeed in Los Angeles by learning the secret of the film business from Hollywood experts, advisers to the stars and the celebrities themselves.

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: May 30, 1991

Clive James returns home to Australia to explore his home town of Sydney. He revisits old haunts and discovers new ones.

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jul 31, 1991

Clive James recalls his experiences in 1960s London and trades anecdotes with Victoria Wood, Terence Donovan, Peter Cook and Michael Caine along the way.

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1993

Clive James makes his first visit to the Middle East, where he explores the pyramids, tries to buy a camel and talks to Omar Sharif about his love for Cairo's traditions of tolerance and cosmopolitanism.

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1994

Clive James reluctantly revisits New York City. His exploits include being fitted with a bulletproof vest, hiring a bodyguard and interviews with famous native New Yorkers.

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1995

Clive James visits the bustling city of Bombay. Pursued by beggars, he makes his escape to Bollywood, where he finds stunt work in a costume epic. He also watches a street dentist and visits a roadside astrologer.

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1995

Clive James visits Berlin for a lighthearted look at the city, post-reunification, and the massive changes that have taken place there since - architecturally, socially and culturally.

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Aug 27, 1996

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1996

Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1996

Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Apr 8, 1998

Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1999