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

Nixon resignation, Patty Hearst, the death of Elvis and John Wayne.

Reagan the Space Shuttle and The World Series.

A Papal visit, a loans warning and the computer age.

See Cooke’s original scripts for Letter from America

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

From Halloween to Columbus day, how Americans commemorate events.

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

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

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

What shaped America’s view on world events.

Television, American movie stars and great jazz musicians.

Courts and caucuses, political parties and primaries demystified.

Interviews and programmes about Alistair Cooke.