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A Personal History of the United States, written and narrated by Alistair Cooke 3: Home from Home
ALISTAIR COOKE examines the colonists who went out from 17th-century England. Merchant adventurers founded plantations in Virginia and the south; religious dissidents, the Pilgrims and Puritans, landed up in New England.
The master of the spoken word has found an excellent cameraman
(GLASGOW EVENING CITIZEN)
One programme I wouldn't willingly miss (DAILY MAIL) Director and associate producer ANN TURNER
Producer MICHAEL GILL
Book, Alistair Cooke 's America, £6.00, from bookshops

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Alistair Cooke
Unknown:
Alistair Cooke
Producer:
Ann Turner
Producer:
Michael Gill
Unknown:
Alistair Cooke
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