The American view on the world
What shaped America’s view on world events, examined by Alistair Cooke in his weekly BBC reports.
The atom bomb warning of 1939
How two refugees warned Roosevelt of the German nuclear threat.
Release date:
American reactions to Bloody Sunday, 1972
News of 'Deep interrogation' used by the British against the IRA shocks Americans.
Release date:
Margaret Thatcher's re-election and the 'special relationship', 1983
An American perspective on the re-election of Margaret Thatcher.
Release date:
Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 1986
What can be learned from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 26th April 1986?
Release date:
The Falklands, the BBC and censorship, 1982
An examination of the reporting of the conflict in the Falklands.
Release date:
Tiananmen Square protests, 1989
The 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square and the military crackdown on those involved.
Release date:
The opening of the Berlin Wall, 1989
Gorbachev proclaims that Germany will not become a capitalist state after reunification.
Release date:
1989 in review
A review of the major news stories of 1989, including revolutions and invasions.
Release date:
The August Coup, 1991
Gennady Yanayev and the Gang of Eight grab for power in the 1991 coup against Gorbachev.
Release date:
Americanisms
Translating American words across the Atlantic, how English language changes over time.
Release date:
