Alistair Cooke at the BBC

BBC Archive material

Alistair Cooke at the BBC

For 58 years, Cooke presented his radio series Letter from America, the world's longest-running speech radio program. Over almost 60 years, his 15-minute reflections touched on everything from the assassinations of the Kennedys to the terrorist attacks of 11 September. Alistair Cooke's biographer, Nick Clarke, introduces a selection of archive recordings, including radio and television interviews and extracts from Letter From America, in a fascinating in-depth look at the career of the veteran journalist. Available now on CD.

Such experience, wisdom and education are unlikely ever again to combine in one journalist - Mark Lawson.




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