Title: Alistair Cooke
Content: England, the son of Mary Elizabeth (Byrne) and Samuel Cooke. His father was a Methodist lay preacher and metalsmith by trade; his mother's family were of Irish Protestant origin. He was educated at Blackpool Grammar School, Blackpool and won a scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he gained an honours degree (2:1) in English. He was heavily involved in the arts, was editor of "Granta", and set up the Mummers, Cambridge's first theatre group open to both sexes, from which he notably rejected a young James Mason, telling him to stick to architecture. Cooke changed his name to Alistair when

Title: Alistair Cooke
Content: Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included "Letter from America" and "", he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS "Masterpiece Theatre" from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present "Letter from America" until shortly before his death. He was the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke. He was born Alfred Cooke in Salford, Lancashire,

Title: Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden
Content: Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden Alistair Basil Cooke, Baron Lexden, OBE (born 20 April 1945), is a British historian, author and politician who sits as a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords. Lord Lexden has been official historian of the Conservative Party since 2009; Consultant and Editor in Chief, Conservative Research Department since 2004 and official historian and archivist of the Carlton Club since 2007. Cooke was born on 20 April 1945, second son of Dr Basil Cooke and Nancy Irene Cooke (née Neal). He was educated at the independent Framlingham College, Suffolk. He went on to study at

Title: Alistair Cooke
Content: Cooke's first visit to the United States was in 1932 on a two-year Commonwealth Fund Fellowship, now Harkness Fellowship to Yale and Harvard, where his acting and music skills came to the fore with visits to Hollywood. He replaced Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, as BBC's film critic on 8 October 1934 and gave his first BBC broadcast: ""I declare that I am a critic trying to interest a lot of people into seeing interesting films,” he told his audience. “I have no personal interest in any company. As a critic I am without politics and without class.""

Title: Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden
Content: frequent contributor "The Times" Letters and Obituary pages. As well as pamphlets on Northern Ireland and constitutional issues and articles in historical journals and educational publications. Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden Alistair Basil Cooke, Baron Lexden, OBE (born 20 April 1945), is a British historian, author and politician who sits as a Conservative life peer in the House of Lords. Lord Lexden has been official historian of the Conservative Party since 2009; Consultant and Editor in Chief, Conservative Research Department since 2004 and official historian and archivist of the Carlton Club since 2007. Cooke was born on 20 April 1945, second

Question: What is Alistair Cooke's real first name?
Answer: Alfred