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 ...

Cooke, the long time host of the U.S. public television show Masterpiece Theatre, and known for his Letter from America broadcasts for the BBC, died in New York in March 2004 from lung cancer.

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 ...

Alistair Cooke, the quintessentially urbane host of television ‘ s ” Omnibus ” and ” Masterpiece Theatre ” and interpreter of U.S. culture for decades on British radio… ...

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.

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 ...

LONDON (AP) _ 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 ...

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 ...

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including audio from the final episode of Masterpiece Theatre hosted by Alistair Cooke; Sen. John Kerry (D-MA); President George ...

Produced by Boston's WGBH-TV, "Masterpiece Theatre" has been the main beneficiary of ExxonMobil's public TV money -- more than $250 million since the series premiered Jan. 10, 1971.