For those of a certain age - my latest discovery. Great programme by Alvin Hall on BBC4X and well worth a listen #AlistairCooke #AlvinHall #America #BBC4X

For those of a certain age - my latest discovery. Great programme by Alvin Hall on BBC4X and well worth a listen #AlistairCooke #AlvinHall #America #BBC4X

The Unseen Alistair Cooke A revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th century, Alistair Cooke, whose Radio 4 programme Letter from America spanned 58 years.

Recalling all of those Sunday morning 'Letter from America' episodes (before my hearing made it difficult to hear that affable voice) it was a delight to get closer to #AlistairCooke through this. You should too.
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Reporting America in the age of outrage | City St George's, University of London Top journalists discuss the challenges of reporting amid a cacophony of voices in today’s fast-moving political world in an event commemorating Alistair Cooke.

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Watched #Parkinson 1979 interview with "Letter from America" journalist, scholar & presenter, the late arguably great Mr #AlistairCooke #US differed in character from #UK in so many ways: for him a defining difference is: the UK obsess on explaining the past. But US obsess on defining their future.

For those of a certain age - wish he was still around to make sense of what is going on in America for us #AlistairCooke #LetterFromAmerica

For those of a certain age - wish he was still around to make sense of what is going on in America for us 🇬🇧🇺🇸
#AlistairCooke #LetterFromAmerica

#AlistairCooke was born Alfred Cooke in Lancashire #OnThisDay in 1908, becoming a journalist, radio broadcaster & TV personality; he became known for his "Letter from America" & his hosting the PBS "Masterpiece Theatre" series from 1971 to 1992; he died in 2004:

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Before the era of podcasts #AlistairCooke had an incredible following on the BBC 8.5/10 #LetterfromAmerica

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#alistaircooke #bornonthisday /2 “ …the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby.”

Remembering the great #alistaircooke #bornonthisday “In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the first place …/1

Alistair Cooke

Wilfred Laurier (1841), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Edwin Hubble (1889), #AlistairCooke (1908), Pauli Murray (1910), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Hu Yaobang (1915), Robert Byrd (1917), Nadine Gordimer (1923), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Dick Smothers (1939) & Joe Biden (1942) were born #OnThisDay...