1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (TV program) Wolffe, and Pat Buchanan had appeared on a frequent basis. "Race for the White House" and "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" aired nightly at 6 PM Eastern on MSNBC. The show began airing on March 17, 2008, as Race for the White House with a focus on the 2008 Presidential election campaign. "Race for the White House" was simulcast on Air America Radio (whose regular 6 PM host, Rachel Maddow, is a panelist on the show). During Democrats and Republican Convention weeks, Gregory hosted convention coverage broadcasting from Denver (DNC, week of August 27) and Saint Paul (RNC, week of September 1).
Avenue House Grounds commission a statue of former local resident Spike Milligan cast in bronze by local sculptor John Somerville and erected by the stables block in the grounds of Avenue House. The statue of Spike sitting on a bench was unveiled on 4 September 2014 at a ceremony attended by a number of local dignitaries and showbusiness celebrities including Roy Hudd, Michael Parkinson, Maureen Lipman, Terry Gilliam, Kathy Lette, Denis Norden and Lynsey de Paul. Avenue House Grounds Avenue House Grounds is a ten-acre (four hectares) Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation on East End Road in Church End, Finchley in