Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe (2002)

0.0/10 90 min Documentary Comedy

Overview

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

Peter Cook

Self (archive footage)

Dudley Moore

Self (archive footage)

Clive Anderson

Self

John Cleese

Self

Eric Idle

Self

Ian Hislop

Self

Jonathan Miller

Self

Brenda Vaccaro

Self

Michael Parkinson

Self

Mel Smith

Self

John Fortune

Self

Dick Clement

Self

David Frost

Self

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