Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

The story

TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his partnership with Dudley Moore. With contributions from Cook's school friends Peter Rabey and Jonathan Harlow; Cook's first wife Wendy Cook; Cambridge University friends Tim Harrold and Roger Law; Adrian Slade (ex-president of Cambridge Footlights); Jonathan Miller; Sir David Frost; Ned Sherrin; John Bassett (creator, Beyond The Fringe); Willie Donaldson (producer, Beyond The Fringe); John Cleese; Eric Idle; Michael Parkinson; Brenda Vaccaro; John Fortune; Nicholas Luard (co-owner with Cook of The Establishment club); actress Gaye Brown; Christopher Booker; Ian Hislop; Victor Lownes and Michael Bawtree (friends of Cook); Joe McGrath; Dick Clement; Mel Smith; Clive Anderson; tv producer and executive Paul Jackson; Harry Enfield, radio presenter Clive Bull, and archival interview footage of both Cook and Dudley Moore.

Cast

P Peter CookSelf (archive footage) D Dudley MooreSelf (archive footage) C Clive AndersonSelf J John CleeseSelf E Eric IdleSelf I Ian HislopSelf J Jonathan MillerSelf B Brenda VaccaroSelf M Michael ParkinsonSelf M Mel SmithSelf J John FortuneSelf D Dick ClementSelf

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D David FrostSelf N Ned SherrinSelf W Wendy CookSelf C Christopher BookerSelf R Roger LawSelf V Victor LownesSelf P Peter RabeySelf J Jonathan HarlowSelf N Nicholas LuardSelf G Gaye BrownSelf J Joseph McGrathSelf W Willie DonaldsonSelf T Tim HarroldSelf H Harry EnfieldSelf A Adrian SladeSelf P Paul JacksonSelf M Michael BawtreeSelf C Clive BullSelf