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Harry Shearer voices Mr Burns from The Simpsons, so
is well placed to play that other caricatured scoundrel, Richard Nixon, in a series of vignettes based on transcripts from Oval Office tapes in which he rants about Jews, homosexuals and black people.
There is a sliver of light relief in Nixon’s bumptious offer of marketing advice to a group of dairy lobbyists. Milk helps you sleep!
About this programme
3/11. Harry Shearer stars as disgraced former American president Richard Nixon in a comedy drama based on transcripts of almost 200 hours of tape recordings made during his time in office. The story examines Nixon's attitudes toward foreign policy, social issues and the crises that would eventually end his presidency, and reconstructs conversations he held with associates including Henry Kissinger and White House chief of staff Bob Haldeman. With Henry Goodman, Demetri Goritsas and Corey Johnson.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Richard Nixon
- Harry Shearer
- Henry Kissinger
- Henry Goodman
- Bob Haldeman
- Demetri Goritsas
- John D Ehrlichman
- Corey Johnson
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