Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
Where to watch free (US)
No free providers found in US.
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
Ned Sherrin
Self
Wendy Cook
Self
Christopher Booker
Self
Roger Law
Self
Victor Lownes
Self
Peter Rabey
Self
Jonathan Harlow
Self
Production Companies
BBC