Nick Clarke talked about his book [Alistair Cooke: A Biography], published by Arcade Publishing. The book is the first authorized biography of the BBC journalist and host of Masterpiece Theater. Mr.

To most Americans, ALISTAIR COOKE was the baronial M.C. of Masterpiece Theatre--a genial gent so famous that he was gently parodied as Alistair Cookie on Sesame Street and Alistair Beagle in ...

Alistair Cooke. Americans of a certain age remember Cooke as the host of Masterpiece Theater from its inception in 1970 till 1992, and the writer-presenter of Alistair Cooke’s America.

Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster who epitomized highbrow television as host of "Masterpiece Theatre" and whose "Letter from America" was a radio fixture in Britain for 58 years, has died, the ...

LONDON -- Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster who epitomized highbrow television as host of "Masterpiece Theatre" and whose "Letter From America" was a radio fixture in Britain for 58 years, has ...

Alistair Cooke, the ultra-civilized, silver-haired British broadcaster best known to American audiences as the host of "Masterpiece Theatre," died Tuesday at his home in New York. He had heart ...

LONDON, March 30 -- Alistair Cooke, who died at midnight Tuesday in New York at age 95, was fond of citing George Bernard Shaw's dictum that the United States and Britain are "two nations divided ...

He was 95. Cooke died at his home in New York at midnight, a spokeswoman at the BBC's press office said. No cause of death was given, but Cooke had retired earlier this month because of heart disease.

PHOTO: Alistair Cooke speaks at the taping of the 2,000th program of Letter From America at the British Broadcasting Company’s Manhattan studio, June 17, 1987. REUTERS/Helayne Seidman ...

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