Alistair Cooke: The Biography by Nick Clarke
Alistair Cooke, for 52 years the unmistakable voice of BBC's "Letter from America", was 90 in 1998. Drawing upon correspondence, private papers and the reminiscences of family and friends, this is the biography of one the most famous names in British broadcasting history.
Nick Clarke read Modern Languages at Cambridge and after three years with the Yorkshire Post joined the BBC TV News in Manchester as a reporter in 1973. He spent five years on The Money Programme, three years on Newsnight and has been a presenter with BBC Radio 4 since 1989, initially with The World This Weekend, moving in 1994 to The World at One. He also presented Radio 4's Round Britain quiz and was a regular guest panellist on The News Quiz. He died in November 2006.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752837093 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752837095 |
| Title | Alistair Cooke: The Biography |
| Author | Nick Clarke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2000-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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