In 1977, Nixon agreed to a series of historic interviews with David Frost. They were aired on prime time US television and watched by millions. Nixon was confident that the interviews would launch him favorably back into public life. Instead, it sealed his fate as a political pariah. Reston worked tirelessly with Frost to develop the interrogation strategy to force Nixon into admitting culpability. His memoir was written in 1977 is an authentic, landmark historical document, relevant today as ever. Frost / Nixon has now been dramatised as a play and film.