Peter Cook picked by Jon Harvey aka Count Binface
Comedian Jon Harvey is better known by his alter ego - Count Binface. He has picked Peter Cook as his hero for Great Lives.
Peter Cook was at the centre of the satire boom of the early sixties, both on stage with Beyond the Fringe and with his Soho club, The Establishment. Later he became a famous double act with Dudley Moore, and was also less well known as Lord Gnome, the proprietor of Private Eye.
"I can't believe that after 600 episodes of Great Lives, no one has ever nominated him before."
A funny half hour on the life of Peter Cook, featuring archive of him both young and old. Jon Harvey makes the case for this comedy great along with the voices of biographer Harry Thompson, Jonathan Miller, Ian Hislop, Richard Ingrams, and - in an interview from 1993 - Chris Morris. Also includes an extract of The Strange Death of the Establishment from Radio 4 in 2004
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Great Lives
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
