A personal history of the United States written and narrated by Alistair Cooke
Travelling from Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain to Boston and Williamsburg, ALISTAIR COOKE unravels the tangled events that led the American colonists into conflict with Britain. Against all odds they succeeded in defeating one of the crack armies of Europe. How did they do it?
Cooke has allayed many of my fears by rising above the anecdotal to achieve the analytical: must viewing (OBSERVER) The usual collection of old prints, helicopter shots and elegant Alistair (SUNDAY TIMES)
Associate producer ANN TURNER
Produced and directed by MICHAEL GILL .