Loans warning on economy, January 1986

01/24/86 • 14 min

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

International debt is threatening the stability of the world economy, warns MIT expert. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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Martin Luther King day

Three years after it became law, a national holiday to celebrate the civil rights' leader is observed across the US.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger disaster, 1986

Alistair Cooke reflects on the life and death of Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian astronaut who was killed in the space shuttle Challenger disaster on 28th January 1986.