BBC - Radio 4 - The Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture 2005 Page 1 of 2 Home TV Radio Talk Where I Live A-Z Index 5 August 2005 Text only BBC Homepage BBC Radio MISSED A PROGRAMME? Radio 4 THE ALISTAIR COOKE MEMORIAL LECTURE Go to the Listen Again page PROGRAMME FINDER: A-Z Directory Audio Help Listen Again What's On Listings Alistair Cooke Monday 20:00 - 20:45 Presenters Letter from America An American Patriot Today PROGRAMME The first Letter...(1946) GENRES: The last Letter...(2004) News|Curr't Affairs Programme Details Monday 4 July 8pm - 8.45pm Obituary Arts and Drama In a tribute to one Comedy|Quizzes Listen again of the most Science insightful Listen again to the lecture Religion|Ethics observers of Listen again to the Radio 4 tribute to Alistair Cooke History America, the BBC Factual presents the Alistair Cooke Message TOP PROGRAMMES Memorial Lecture. THIS WEEK: Boards The Archers In Our Time The Today Today Programme An American Patriot Today Programme Woman's Hour The lecturer is Senator John McCain, one of the most Afternoon Play popular politicians in the United States today. Home Truths See Also You and Yours In front of an invited audience at the English Speaking Union in London, on the day that Americans celebrate their File on 4 on Radio 4 independence from Britain 229 years ago, Senator McCain Front Row will argue that "to be an American patriot is to support a The Now Show moral mission at home and abroad". Today Messageboards Today in Parliament Introduced by broadcaster Nick Clarke, the biographer of Radio 4 Tickets Any Questions Alistair Cooke. Radio 4 Help Listen to the latest news bulletin Senator John McCain About the BBC U.S. Senator John McCain has a long career of public on bbc.co.uk Contact Us service. Help BBC News After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1958, John BBC World Service McCain began his career as a Naval aviator. BBC Business Like this page? Send it to a friend! In 1982, he was elected to Congress representing what was then the first congressional district of Arizona. In 1986, he on the web was elected to the United States Senate to take the place of Arizona's great Senator Barry Goldwater. Senator McCain ABC News is currently the senior senator from Arizona. Australian news In 2000, McCain ran unsuccessfully for the Republican CNN file://C:\Users\John\Documents\Web Pages\BBC - Radio 4 - The Alistair Cooke Memorial... 3/15/2011 BBC - Radio 4 - The Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture 2005 Page 2 of 2 nomination for President of the United States. Google news Reuters He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and serves on the Armed Services, and Africa.com Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees. Hindustan Times Le Monde Senator McCain has seven children and four grandchildren. He and his wife, Cindy, reside in Phoenix. The BBC is not responsible for the Useful Links: content of external US Senate sites Senator McCain's web site Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy file://C:\Users\John\Documents\Web Pages\BBC - Radio 4 - The Alistair Cooke Memorial... 3/15/2011.