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This last selection of Cooke’s letters focuses on the turbulent times in the US in the first years of the new millennium, covering the famously controversial 2000 election, in which George W. Bush narrowly...
A specially compiled collection including interviews and ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts, charting the career of journalist Alistair Cooke. Introduced by Nick Clarke, Cooke’s biographer.
A collection of 12 Alistair Cooke broadcasts from 1946 to 1968. Cooke presents his opinions and reflections on topics ranging from the decisions of presidents and prime ministers to sporting triumphs,...
Arts series introduced by Alistair Cooke. The programme contained three items - a pantomime by Jean-Louis Barrault, a dramatic sketch about Shakespeare’s youth, and a re-creation of high living among the...
US arts series introduced by Alistair Cooke. In a 45 min item entitled ‘The Theatre Breaks Loose’ directed by David Greene, critic Walter Kerr chronicles the history of theatre from the Greeks to the...
US cultural magazine series hosted by Alistair Cooke. In this episode Leonard Bernstein contends that since music is received directly by the heart and does not need to be processed by the brain first, opera...
US anthology arts series introduced by Alistair Cooke. The programme includes a 40-minute item in which Cooke visits the Yale University Shakespeare Festival. University President A. Whitney Griswold...
Anthology arts series hosted by Alistair Cooke. A preview of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, then under construction and scheduled to be completed in 1964. The episode includes an extract (Act...
Anthology arts series hosted by Alistair Cooke. This episodes includes a 5 minute item showing a rehearsal for King Lear with director Peter Brook. composer Virgil Thomson and Natasha Parry as Cordelia. The...
Anthology arts series hosted by Alistair Cooke. One section (16 mins) includes José Limon’s contemporary ballet inspired by Othello. Music by Henry Purcell arranged by Simon Sadoff. The director of the...
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