Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980)

<p>Polls will chart Carter's performance in TV debate while the other two candidates both claim victory.</p><p>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.</p>

Candidates claim victory in TV debate

Independents switch to Reagan

Chrysler financial crisis deepens

Haig joins Cabinet

John Lennon’s assassination

The waiting game

Reagan's charm offensive

Reagan's political honeymoon

Why the pollsters got it wrong

Ronald Reagan’s victory, 1980

The World Series gets the vote, 1980