Alistair Cooke was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and America: A Personal History of the United States, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He was the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.
Cooke during an interview in 1974
Alistair Cooke (front row, left) at the bicentennial of the First Continental Congress, September 25, 1974; Barbara Jordan addresses the joint Houses of Congress.
Blackpool Aspire Academy is a secondary school located in the Layton area of Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
New school building on Blackpool Old Road (2016)