Introductory Letter from America

Wikipedia says that, “Letter from America was a weekly 15-minute radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and its predecessor, the Home Service . It ran for 2,869 broadcasts from 24 March 1946 to 20 February 2004, making it the longest-running speech radio programme in history. The programme was also broadcast for many years on the BBC World Service . Throughout its history, it was presented by Alistair Cooke .” Wikipedia goes on to say, “Each week, Cooke would speak of a topical issue in the USA, often tying together different strands of observation and anecdote.” They first asked Mr. Cooke to do a dozen “letters” but he went on to do the show for 58 years. (Published: 27 January 2014) Citation: Journal of European CME 2014, 3 : 23752 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jecme.v3.23752