- Title: Letter From America
- Date: 30th May 1995
- Summary: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE PRESIDENT: BRITISH BORN, NOW WASHINGTON RESIDENT, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS EMBARKS ON AN OCCASIONAL SERIES OF LETTERS FROM AMERICA. WITH THE CONSIDERED DETACHMENT OF AN EXPAT, THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN OUTSIDER AND A BRAND OF VICIOUS ELEGANCE ALL HIS OWN, HITCHENS TAKES A GLITTERING SCALPEL TO ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICA. IN THIS FIRST PROGRAMME HITCHENS TURNS THE SPOTLIGHT ON GOVERNOR PETE WILSON OF CALIFORNIA - "A DISMAL SMUDGE OF ANTI-CHARISMA WHO SEEMS A LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION". DUBBED BY NIXON AS 'THE MAN TO WATCH', WILSON HAS MADE A CAREER OF CENTRIST POSTURING AND RAMPANT OPPORTUNISM, HITCHENS FINDS THAT CALIFORNIA, ONCE A CRUCIBLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE, MAY NOW BE NURTURING ONE OF THE BLANDEST CANDIDATES EVER TO SET SIGHTS ON THE PRESIDENCY.
- Description:CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS' (IN HIS MOTHER TERESA MOULD) TAKES A SHOT AT AMERICAN CULTURAL ICONS LIKE PETE WILSON,SPIKE LEE AND THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:BANDUNG LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:30/05/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s