Letter from America by theme

Discover the best of Letter from America broadcasts - from elections and presidents to movies and television.

• Presidents of the United States

  Presidents – FDR, Truman, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan.

• Alistair Cooke's scripts

  See Cooke’s original scripts for Letter from America

• Significant moments in modern American history

  History as it happened – from the Wall Street Crash to 9/11.

• United States: war and terror

  America's involvement in wars in the 20th and early 21st centuries.

• The American view on the world

  What shaped America’s view on world events.

• Music, movies and television in America

  Television, American movie stars and great jazz musicians.

• Race and the United States

  From the civil rights movement through to affirmative action cases in the 1990s.

• Nixon and Watergate

  The story of Richard Nixon, from his re-election, through to his disgrace after Watergate.

• American institutions explained

  Courts and caucuses, political parties and primaries demystified.

• Festivals, celebrations and commemorations

  From Halloween to Columbus day, how Americans commemorate events.

• US Presidential Elections

  Great moments from presidential races.

• About Alistair Cooke

  Interviews and programmes about Alistair Cooke.