There are few more momentous moments in modern American history than the Watergate break-in and Richard Nixon's subsequent fall from power. Continue to Variety SKIP AD.

Frost, who was 74 when he died, had a career in the U.K. spanning the possibilities of TV presenting: satire (That Was the Week That Was), entertainment hosting, and serious political interviews.

More than 10,000. That’s how many interviews Sir David Frost conducted across his extraordinary career in television, spanning almost 50 years.. Frost is best known for his historic conversation ...

The interview gave an unparalleled opportunity to study Nixon's face, a picture of political cunning under a mask of suspicion, thanks to British chat show host David Frost's lenghty inquisition.

The fourth episode of the six-part 'David Frost Vs' series will air Sunday at 9PM on MSNBC, and this episode focuses on Frost's interview with former President Richard Nixon after the Watergate ...

David Frost interviewing former President Richard Nixon in Monarch Bay, California, 1977. John Bryson/Getty Images.

Frost, who died in 2013 at age 74, was portrayed by Michael Sheen in director Ron Howard's Oscar-nominated 2008 film Frost Vs. Nixon, which covered a series of 1977 interviews Frost conducted with ...