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It was a stunning moment in American history, and for two reporters perhaps the greatest scoop of the modern age. Forty years ago this week, President Richard Nixon sat down in front of a television camera and did something no American President had ever done before him - he resigned. Owen Bennett-Jones looks back at how Watergate unfolded; then you’ll hear from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein – the Washington Post journalists whose investigations into the scandal contributed to his downfall.

(Photo: American president Richard Nixon announces his resignation on national television, following the Watergate scandal. Credit: Pierre Manevy/Express/Getty Images)