The last of six conversations between Cliff Morgan and guests who are invited to talk about the people who have greatly influenced them. Today: Alistair Cooke
Broadcaster, journalist, voice of every American's Englishman and everyone's voice of America. This evening brings to Radio 4 his 2,055th Letter from
America, offered as always with the poised and intimate delivery that has made him one of the best-known voices in broadcasting history.
From Blackpool via Cambridge University, he moved to the United States, where he has lived for half a century. Jazz enthusiast, golf connoisseur, lover and master of language, he has kept a shrewd commentator's eye on events on either side of the Atlantic. 'I'm an observer' he says, 'noting the changes.' Are there heroes, in his eyes, who have withstood the test of time?
Producer PETER GRIFFITHS