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America: 13: The More Abundant Life

BBC Two
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A Personal History of the United States, written and narrated by Alistair Cooke
To give Americans a more abundant life was the stated aim of President Franklin Roosevelt when he put through the development programmes of the 'New Deal.'
In this last programme, Alistair Cooke travels from New England to Hawaii in considering how far the United States has lived up to this and other of its earlier aspirations.
It was impossible to see him go without a tear. (VIRGINIA IRONSIDE, DAILY MAIL) It has succeeded in presenting what I thought was impossible - a balanced view of his extraordinary adopted country. (BENNY GREEN, JEWISH CHRONICLE)
Book, "Alistair Cooke's America", £6.50, from bookshops

Contributors

Writer/narrator:
Alistair Cooke
Associate Producer:
Ann Turner
Producer:
Michael Gill
Source: Radio Times

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