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  1. Oct 15, 2012 · A new online archive featuring more than 900 of Alistair Cooke's Letter From America, broadcast on Radio 4 between 1946 and 2004, is launched by the BBC.

  2. Following the sad death of Alistair Cooke after 58 years in broadcasting, this impressive collection features all three volumes of Letters from America - The Early Years: 1946-1968, The Middle Years: The 1970s and The Final Years: 1982-2003.

  3. Oct 7, 2022 · From its first edition to its last, it was presented by Alistair Cooke, who would speak of a topical issue in the US, tying together different strands of observation and anecdote and often ending on a humorous or poignant note.

  4. Letter from America was a weekly fifteen-minute speech radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and its predecessor, the Home Service, and around the world through the BBC World Service.

  5. Feb 10, 2021 · Beginning in 1946, Alistair Cooke's 'Letters from America' programme was broadcast uninterrupted on BBC Radio until shortly before his death in 2004. This book selects the very best of these broadcasts, providing a portrait not just of an entire continent, but of the man himself.

  6. Covering key moments from the assassination of Kennedy through Vietnam and Watergate to September 11, Iraq and anticipating the 2004 elections, this book provides a defining collection of...

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  8. The archive covers some of the biggest events in recent US history up until Cooke's death in 2004. The 920 episodes will be available on the Radio 4 website from 1 November, as the BBC celebrates...

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