Letter from America: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

BBC

Ronald Reagan’s presidency, from Reagonomics and the invasion of Grenada in his first term, to the Iran-contra scandal and reconciliation with Soviet leader Mihail Gorbachev in his second. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of...

Episodes

Gorbachev's perilous experiment

Yasser Arafat's speech at the UN, 1988

Fears over US deficit

A dirty campaign

The 1988 presidential election

George H W Bush vs Michael Dukakis

The Bess Myerson trial begins

Baseball and politics in 1988

Testing public opinion

1988 televised debates, and Thatcher in 1979

Looking good on TV

Hurricane Gilbert

The Democratic outsider

Yellowstone National Park, 1988

Etiquette for presidential candidates and the heat wave of Summer 1988

Dan Quayle for vice president

President Reagan’s final Republican Convention

Ed Koch, Mayor of New York

Day care and recreation

America's polluted waters