Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
Society & Culture
Misgivings over Gorbachev's liberalisation proposals as observers fear further splits from satellite nations.
This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.
Yasser Arafat's speech at the UN, 1988
Fears over US deficit
A dirty campaign
The 1988 presidential election
George H W Bush vs Michael Dukakis
The Bess Myerson trial begins
Baseball and politics in 1988
Testing public opinion
1988 televised debates, and Thatcher in 1979
Looking good on TV
Hurricane Gilbert
The Democratic outsider
Yellowstone National Park, 1988
Etiquette for presidential candidates and the heat wave of Summer 1988
Dan Quayle for vice president
President Reagan’s final Republican Convention
Ed Koch, Mayor of New York
Day care and recreation
America's polluted waters
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