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Gordon Bennett!

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Bennett and Lincoln The first of two programmes in which
Sam Cassimally portrays the life of the legendary Gordon Bennett who founded the New York Herald in 1835 and boosted circulation with scandalous reports and notorious japes. Bennett became so influential that even Abraham Lincoln found himself beating a path to his door.
Director Peter Kavanagh Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Cassimally
Unknown:
Gordon Bennett
Unknown:
Abraham Lincoln
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Abraham Lincoln:
William Roberts
Mary Lincoln:
Gayle Hunnicut
Chevalier Wikoff:
Hugh Dixon
Dan Sickles:
Nigel Carrington
Governor Seward:
Ronald Herdman
MrHickman:
Terence Edmond
John Hay:
Kerry Shale
John Watt:
James Greene
Magnus Magnusson:
Himself
Elizabeth Kelly:
Herself
Source: Radio Times

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