Alistair Cooke's Letter from America scripts to go online

telegraph.co.uk

Nov. 19, 2008

Alistair Cooke's entire archive from his BBC radio programme Letter from America is to be put online in a digital archive providing a remarkable account of the recent history of the United States.

Redskins heiress charged with DUI

BOSTON, June 29 (UPI) -- The 20-year-old daughter of Jack Kent Cooke, the late owner of the Washington Redskins, has been charged in Boston with driving under the influence.

Alistair Cooke's daughter speaks out

LONDON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The daughter of legendary British broadcaster Alistair Cooke says more needs to be known about global trafficking in body parts such as happened to her father.

Stolen bones implanted in British patients

LONDON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Patients of the British National Health Service have reportedly been implanted with possibly contaminated bone from a batch stolen from the United States.

Woman, 79, accused of bank robbery attempt

CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A Chicago court has released a 79-year-old woman accused of attempted bank robbery on a $4,500 bond.

Mortician pleads guilty to stealing bones

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A New York funeral home owner has reportedly pleaded guilty to selling the bones of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke.

Cooke's daughter says his body butchered

NEW YORK, March 6 (UPI) -- "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke's daughter says New York body snatchers chopped off his legs and sold them to a tissue processing plant.

Alistair Cooke's bones stolen and sold

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke's bones were carved out by New York body snatchers and sold for $7,000, it was reported Thursday.

McCain to deliver Alistair Cooke lecture

LONDON, July 2 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will deliver the Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture at the English Speaking Union in London.

BBC Radio replaces Alistair Cooke's show

LONDON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- BBC Radio has tapped eight journalists for a new program to replace the late Alistair Cooke's long-running "Letter From America."

U.N. mourns Cooke death

UNITED NATIONS, March 30 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Tuesday paid tribute to the New York-based veteran print and broadcast journalist Alistair Cooke.

Radio's Alistair Cooke dead at 95

NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) -- Sir Alistair Cooke, the BBC broadcaster who straddled two continents and cultures, has died in his New York home. He was 95.

Broadcaster Alistair Cooke dies at 95

NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) -- Alistair Cooke, the veteran BBC broadcaster who straddled two continents and cultures, has died in his New York home. He was 95.

BBC scoops Alistair Cooke

LONDON, March 3 (UPI) -- British broadcaster Alistair Cooke is angry at the BBC, which jumped the gun and broke news of his retirement after nearly 60 years.

Alistar Cooke, 95, retires from radio

LONDON, March 2 (UPI) -- Britain's Alistar Cooke is ending his 70-year broadcasting career that included hosting the world's longest-running radio talk show.