Alistair Cooke At The BBC - CD

3 CDs

This CD compilation includes clips from Letter from America plus extracts from programs celebrating Alistair Cooke's 90th birthday in 1998.

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.