The Nixon Interviews
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The Nixon Interviews are a famous 1977 television series of in-depth conversations in which British journalist David Frost questioned former U.S. President Richard Nixon about his presidency and the Watergate scandal.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Nixon Interviews canonical | 3 |
| 1977 Frost–Nixon interviews | 1 |
| Frost/Nixon interviews | 1 |
| Frost–Nixon interviews (1977 television series) | 1 |
| The Nixon Interviews (1977) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3473410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nixon Interviews Context triple: [David Frost, notableWork, The Nixon Interviews]
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A.
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon is the former U.S. president’s autobiographical account reflecting on his political career, presidency, and resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
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B.
The Nixon Defense
The Nixon Defense is a historical and legal analysis book by former White House Counsel John Dean that reconstructs Richard Nixon’s Watergate strategy using newly released tapes and documents.
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C.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Assassination of Richard Nixon is a 2004 drama film starring Sean Penn that portrays the true story of a troubled salesman who plots to hijack a plane and crash it into the White House in the early 1970s.
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D.
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
The Trial of Henry Kissinger is a polemical book by Christopher Hitchens that argues Henry Kissinger should be prosecuted for alleged war crimes and human rights abuses committed during his tenure in U.S. foreign policy.
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E.
Kissinger memoir trilogy
The Kissinger memoir trilogy is a three-volume series of autobiographical books by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, chronicling his role in shaping American foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nixon Interviews Target entity description: The Nixon Interviews are a famous 1977 television series of in-depth conversations in which British journalist David Frost questioned former U.S. President Richard Nixon about his presidency and the Watergate scandal.
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A.
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon is the former U.S. president’s autobiographical account reflecting on his political career, presidency, and resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
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B.
The Nixon Defense
The Nixon Defense is a historical and legal analysis book by former White House Counsel John Dean that reconstructs Richard Nixon’s Watergate strategy using newly released tapes and documents.
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C.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Assassination of Richard Nixon is a 2004 drama film starring Sean Penn that portrays the true story of a troubled salesman who plots to hijack a plane and crash it into the White House in the early 1970s.
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D.
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
The Trial of Henry Kissinger is a polemical book by Christopher Hitchens that argues Henry Kissinger should be prosecuted for alleged war crimes and human rights abuses committed during his tenure in U.S. foreign policy.
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E.
Kissinger memoir trilogy
The Kissinger memoir trilogy is a three-volume series of autobiographical books by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, chronicling his role in shaping American foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political interview
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television interview program ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| depicts |
Nixon’s foreign policy record
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Nixon’s reflections on Watergate ⓘ post-presidency of Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| featuresTopic |
abuse of presidential power
ⓘ
journalism and politics ⓘ political accountability ⓘ |
| firstAirDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Frost/Nixon
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surface form:
Frost/Nixon interviews
|
| hasApproximateEditedBroadcastTime | about 4 hours ⓘ |
| hasApproximateTotalRunningTime | about 11 hours ⓘ |
| hasAudience | international television audience ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasDistributor | syndicated television ⓘ |
| hasExecutiveProducer | David Frost ⓘ |
| hasFormat | long-form television interview ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
current affairs television
ⓘ
political television ⓘ talk show ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
influential moment in political broadcasting
ⓘ
major public examination of Watergate by Nixon ⓘ |
| hasInterviewee | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| hasInterviewer | David Frost ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuote |
“I gave them a sword and they stuck it in.”
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“I let down my friends, I let down the country.” ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfEpisodes | 4 ⓘ |
| hasPresenter | David Frost ⓘ |
| hasSubjectPerson | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Nixon Interviews self-link ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Frost/Nixon
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surface form:
film "Frost/Nixon" (2008)
play "Frost/Nixon" ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
Nixon’s partial admission of wrongdoing in Watergate
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high television ratings ⓘ intense, confrontational questioning ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nixon’s resignation
ⓘ
Nixon administration ⓘ
surface form:
Richard Nixon presidency
Vietnam War ⓘ Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany | David Paradine Productions ⓘ |
| wasFilmedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| wasRecordedIn | 1977 ⓘ |
| wasSyndicatedBy |
ITV
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surface form:
ITV (UK)
various U.S. television stations ⓘ |
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Subject: The Nixon Interviews Description of subject: The Nixon Interviews are a famous 1977 television series of in-depth conversations in which British journalist David Frost questioned former U.S. President Richard Nixon about his presidency and the Watergate scandal.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
David Frost
this entity surface form:
Frost/Nixon interviews
subject surface form:
David Frost
this entity surface form:
The Nixon Interviews (1977)
this entity surface form:
1977 Frost–Nixon interviews
this entity surface form:
Frost–Nixon interviews (1977 television series)