David Attenborough takes up Alistair Cooke's radio slot

telegraph.co.uk

Jan. 29, 2009

Sir David Attenborough is to broadcast a weekly monologue in the radio slot previously occupied by Alistair Cooke's Letter From America.

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."

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.