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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Episodes

  1.

    Christmas in Vermont, 1976

    A traditional New England Christmas for the Cooke family.

  2. Racial discrimination, 1976

    Racial discrimination in private US clubs.

  3. Immigrant work ethic

    Immigrant work ethic. Prejudices about national character.

  4. Bertram Lance appointed budget director

    Bertram Lance appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

  5. Friedman warns on inflation

    Milton Friedman warns Carter on potential for inflation.

  6. Assassinations committee

    Doubt over FBI evidence as new probe into assassinations is launched.

  7. Shining the light on payola

    The Sunshine laws and endemic payola.

  8. Jimmy Carter elected president, 1976

    How Americans feel about Jimmy Carter.

  9. Presidential election, November 1976

    Carter wins presidential election.

  10. Presidential election polls, October 1976

    What the pollsters predict about the presidential election.

  11. Politics v baseball

    World Series final clashes with Carter-Ford TV debate.

  12. 15/10/1976

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  13. Presidential candidates' TV debates

    Carter v Ford presidential campaign TV debates.

  14. Unsporting manners

    Unsporting manners. Violence erupts outside Yankee Stadium.

  15. Carter Playboy interview, September 1976

    Carter Playboy interview. Public reaction to Carter's 'adultery in my heart' admission.

  16. Vietnam asks for UN membership

    Vietnam's UN membership request delayed by presidential campaign.

  17. Double-deck bus trouble in NY

    NY double-deck bus order a mistake.

  18. 03/09/1976

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  19. Jimmy Carter's background

    This episode contains references to racially offensive character names.

  20. Reagan loses Republican nomination

    Reagan loses Republican nomination. Chinese rejection of US aid after earthquake.

  21. Republican convention Kansas

    Buckley joins Republican presidential hopefuls at Kansas convention.

  22. Ford bounces back in opinion polls

    Ford bounces back in opinion polls. Carter now not such a shoe-in.

  23. China earthquake

    Massive earthquake in China. US offers of aid are rebuffed by Chinese.

  24. Special relationship especially warm

    US-UK special relationship especially warm this summer.

  25. Private security firms

    Private security firms expand. National Democratic convention in NY.

  26. Britain's heatwave

    Britain swelters in a heatwave without air conditioning.

  27. Party conventions

    Party conventions aren't what they used to be.

  28. Italian elections

    Italy's Communists fail to win support they'd hoped for.

  29. Ford and Reagan battle for Republican nomination

    Republicans split between Ford or Reagan for presidential nominee.

  30. Carter and Ford face conventions

    Carter and Ford at opposite ends of popularity stakes as they prepare for conventions.

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