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Fred Astaire, 1987
Small in stature, a giant on the screen - an appreciation of the life and work of Fred Astaire. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 6...
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Fred Astaire, 1987 is an episode from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered by BBC. Small in stature, a giant on the screen - an appreciation of the life and work of Fred Astaire. This arch...
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Published Jun 26, 1987, 14:18 long, audio available.
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What is Fred Astaire, 1987 about?
Small in stature, a giant on the screen - an appreciation of the life and work of Fred Astaire. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.
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Fred Astaire, 1987 is an episode from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered by BBC.
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This episode is 14:18 long.
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This episode was published on Jun 26, 1987.
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Fred Astaire, 1987 is from Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered by BBC.
What are the episode details?
Published Jun 26, 1987 and 14:18 long