by DESMOND WILCOX
The characters we know from fiction who still live on today. Thirteen programmes which look at figures in an American landscape. 4: The First Lady
She is determined to set a style of her own. Rosalynn Carter , the farmer's wife from Georgia who now lives in the White House, intends to be remembered, first and foremost, as the President's Partner -' Jimmy's working partner ', she calls it.
In this exclusive documentary film Americans looks at ROSALYNN CARTER , as wife and mother in the White House, and goes with her as she travels abroad on behalf of the President to Puerto Rico and Mexico. For the first time she has allowed the Presidential family to be filmed in the private quarters at the White House. Mrs Carter reveals her present worries and her hopes for the future; and the problems of bringing up Amy. the most exposed ten-year-old in the world.
In the Oval Office, President Jimmy Carter talks frankly about his wife's new role and her qualities as a partner, friend-and critic.
Photography IAN STONE
Film recordist DICK MANTON Historical adviser
PROFESSOR MARCUS CUNLIFFE
Executive producer ADAM CLAPHAM Producer JOHN BIRD