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1996:

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   An interview with Alistair Cooke

   with Alistair Cooke on May 7, 1996

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   16 min

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Alistair Cooke (November 20, 1908 ? March 30, 2004) was a legendary British-American journalist and broadcaster. In 1934, he became a film critic for the BBC. He was also London correspondent for NBC. Each week, he recorded a 15-minute talk for American listeners on life in Britain, under the series title of “London Letter”. He also sat on a committee for the BBC headed by George Bernard Shaw on correct pronunciation.

Cooke first “American Letter” was broadcast on March 24, 1946; the series came to an end 58 years later, in March 2004. Along the way, it changed names to “Letter from America” and gained and an enormous audience, being broadcast by the BBC World Service. Alstair received a special BAFTA silver award for his contribution to Anglo-American relations, and was awarded an honorary knighthood. However, he could not be called “Sir Alistair” since he had lost his British nationality during World War II.

In 1971, Cooke became the presenter of the new “Masterpiece Theatre”, and remained presenter for 22 years.”Alistair Cooke’s America”, was first broadcast in both Britain and the US in 1973, and was followed by a book of the same title.

Source- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Cooke