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Early Alistair Cooke Episodes found on B-side of Old Opera Recordings

Early Alistair Cooke episodes found on B-side of old opera recordings

The Head of the History Department, Professor Tim Lockley MBE, features in a Times article about the discovery of three complete and two partial copies of Alistair Cooke’s famous ‘Letter from America’ series, dating from the late 1940s and the early 1950s, which were missing from the BBC archives.

Read the article in full here.

Prof Lockley has also been interviewed by Vic Minnett of BBC CWR for their feature ‘Vicapedia’ discussing why cricketers wear white jumpers.

Listen again on BBC Sounds from 2:40.

Thu 19 Dec 2024, 09:48