Former President Barack Obama continues reading from the first volume of his presidential memoirs offering a unique and deeply personal account of life in high office. Today he shares his early impressions of working in the Oval Office and the heady first days of being President Elect. He is shown the ropes by outgoing President Bush Jnr and he begins to appoint his immediate team of advisers – a team which includes Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. In January he and his family experience the glitz of his Inauguration and the crowds on the Mall. Now he is officially President can he live up to their expectations?

Elected in 2008 Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States and the first African American in the White House. A Promised Land charts the unrelenting demands of presidential life and the landmarks of his first term. Threaded through it all there are tantalising glimpses of family life with Michelle, Malia and Sasha at one of the world’s most famous addresses.

Abridged by Katrin Williams.
Produced by Julian Wilkinson; the editor is Di Speirs. Show less