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America: 5: Inventing a Nation

on BBC Two England

A Personal History of the United States Written and narrated by Alistair Cooke

"An episode not to be missed if, like me, you find American politics completely baffling. The cool Alistair Cooke does an ABC job on the American constitution from, among other places, Washington, Virginia and the Rocky Mountains of Tennessee." (Sunday People)

Book: Alistair Cooke's America, £6.50, from bookshops

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Presenter:
Alistair Cooke
Producer:
Ann Turner
Director:
Michael Gill

BBC Two England

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