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US Ambassador Matthew Barzun on JG Winant
American Ambassador Matthew Barzun chooses his wartime UK predecessor, John Gil Winant. With Matthew Parris. From 2015.
Matthew Parris meets the American Ambassador Matthew Barzun whose choice of great life is his wartime predecessor, John Gil Winant - the man widely held to have helped seal the special relationship between Britain and America and to have brought the US into the war effort.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
Last on
Sun 6 Sep 2020
05:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Matthew Parris |
| Interviewed Guest | Matthew W Barzun |
| Producer | Maggie Ayre |
Broadcasts
Tue 19 May 2015 16:30BBC Radio 4- Fri 22 May 2015 23:00BBC Radio 4
- Thu 3 Sep 2020 18:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 4 Sep 2020 00:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 5 Sep 2020 07:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 5 Sep 2020 17:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 6 Sep 2020 05:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
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