WLIW21 PBS
What's up at WLIW21
FROST/NIXON Watergate Video Excerpts
Monday, July 27th, 2009

On May 4, 1977 the world watched as British journalist Sir David Frost conducted an historic interview with former President Richard Nixon on the Watergate scandal. WLIW21 brings back the most compelling political interview ever Monday, August 3 at 8 p.m. for the 35th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation. Every day this week we’ll be posting video excerpts from FROST/NIXON: The Original Watergate Interviews leading up to WLIW21’s August 3 broadcast.

In today’s excerpt Nixon addresses the 18-minute gap:

To view this site, you need to have Flash Player 9
or later installed. Click here to get the latest Flash player.

In a story today about WLIW21’s rebroadcast of FROST/NIXON: The Original Watergate Interviews, Associated Press Television Writer David Bauder notes, “The broadcast hasn’t lost power with the passage of time. If anything, it’s even more fascinating as a historical document, the experience richer after the movie filled in the back story.” Read his full story, which also features an interview with Sir David Frost, here.

Donate now for the FROST/NIXON: The Original Watergate Interviews DVD.

share | Comments (0)    Email    Print   

post a comment
Please note that the WLIW21 editorial staff reserves the right to not post comments it deems to be inappropriate and/or malicious in nature, as well as edit comments for length, clarity and fairness. No solicitations or advertisements will be allowed. Users may link to other Web sites relevant to discussion, but most often links to commercial Web sites will not be permitted.

Yes, send me WLIW21 Highlights by email

home about schedule video programs kids education events shop support pressroom station toolkit career opportunities internships pbs.org privacy policy contact
©2010 WNET.ORG Properties, LLC All Rights Reserved.    450 West 33rd Street    New York, NY 10001    visit WNET.ORG