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“I GO TO THE THEATRE TO BE ENTERTAINED…I DON’T WANT TO SEE PLAYS ABOUT RAPE, SODOMY AND DRUG ADDICTION…I CAN GET ALL THAT AT HOME” The 1980s are often described as Peter Cook’s wilderness years. I’m going to be controversial and say that I don’t think this decade was entirely wasted. Cook never reached the…

“FEARED BY THE BAD! LOVED BY THE GOOD!” Growing up with an internationally renowned local legend Heroes have always figured quite significantly for me and none more so than Nottingham’s most famous son and outlaw; Robin Hood. I cannot actually remember a time when I didn’t know that name or know the stories surrounding him…

“I thought up the Seven Deadly Sins in one afternoon. The only thing I’ve come up with recently is advertising.” In many ways, the 70s proved to be a difficult time for Peter Cook professionally and mentally. With the success of the 60s came the depression of the 70s. The 70s saw the end to…

How a classic Christmas BBC children’s drama became an annual tradition I have vivid recollections of 1984, mainly because it was the year that I began secondary school. It was a year that stands out in my mind as people kept talking about a certain book by George Orwell which at the time, even as…