Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Synopsis

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. (Synopsis BFI)

Main Cast

Peter Cook

Self

Age : 57 | Popularity : 8%

Dudley Moore

Self

Age : 66 | Popularity : 21%

Clive Anderson

Self

Age : 71 | Popularity : 7%

John Cleese

Self

Age : 84 | Popularity : 23%

Eric Idle

Self

Age : 81 | Popularity : 6%

Ian Hislop

Self

Age : 63 | Popularity : 6%

Jonathan Miller

Self

Age : 85 | Popularity : 8%

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Age : 40 | Popularity : 23%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Lucy Kenwright
Department	Role	Name

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