Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered
Highlights from lost recordings from the 1970 and 80s.
- Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p8jsc
- Description
- Highlights from lost recordings from the 1970 and 80s.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2023-11-29 06:48
- last episode published
- 2014-03-30 00:00
- publication frequency
- 352.95 days
- Contributors
- BBC
- Owner
- BBC Radio 4
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 42
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- Categories
- Society & Culture
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2014-03-30 | 1970s America rediscovered through lost recordings of Letter from America, on the 10th anniversary of legendary journalist Alistair Cooke's death. Paddy O'Connell and guests including historian Dominic Sandbrook, Alvin Hall, Ann Treneman and Naomi Shra... |
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| 1989-12-08 | Give the Communist masses what they really want - a delivery of consumerism. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1... |
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| 1988-09-09 | Too strange to be believed, the natural phenomena that prompted the founding of the US national parks. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America... |
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| 1988-05-27 | Former White House aide Donald Regan makes public the First Lady's intrusion on policy and appointments. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From Ameri... |
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| 1988-04-15 | Enjoying a different pace of life at the Augusta National, a Georgia Shangri-La. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 ... |
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| 1987-09-11 | Papal visit crosses the entire continent to face all manner of religious problems from some 52 million US Catholics. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listene... |
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| 1987-06-26 | Small in stature, a giant on the screen - an appreciation of the life and work of Fred Astaire. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America progra... |
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| 1986-12-12 | Reagan describes press as 'sharks' while polls show Americans changing attitudes towards White House. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America ... |
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| 1986-07-18 | America's national anthem was chosen just over 50 years ago - is it time to salute to a new tune? This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America prog... |
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| 1986-06-27 | An expert opinion on why Americans can't sound English - and the English can't sound American. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America program... |
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