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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Jesse Jackson in Cuba
Jesse Jackson meets Fidel Castro in Cuba and negotiates the release of 22 US prisoners.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Holiday in San Francisco
Cooke visits San Francisco, his honeymoon destination during the Alcatraz mutiny of 1946.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Americanisms
Translating American words across the Atlantic, how English language changes over time.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke 1984 and the nuclear threat
Opinion polls reveal the American public's fear of nuclear war with the USSR.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke NORAID and the Harrods bombing
The Irish Northern Aid Committee and the 1983 bombing of Harrods by the Provisional IRA.
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The Reith Lectures Douglas Wass: Government and the Governed: 1983, Participation - the Sole Bond
6/6 Sir Douglas Wass makes the case for a more autonomous Royal Commission.
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The Reith Lectures Douglas Wass: Government and the Governed: 1983, Opening Up Government.
5/6 Sir Douglas Wass examines the effect on government of more public access to information.
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The Reith Lectures Douglas Wass: Government and the Governed: 1983, Critical Opposition - Part of the Policy
4/6 Sir Douglas Wass examines the executive power of Parliament.
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke The Day After
The first screening of The Day After, and the response of the television audience.
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The Reith Lectures Douglas Wass: Government and the Governed: 1983, The Privileged Adviser
3/6 Sir Douglas Wass asks which Civil Service reforms would strengthen it and which weaken it.
