Peter Cook (I)

Andy Parsons on Peter Cook

With his brilliant satirical stand-up, groundbreaking TV sketches and unremitting swearing, Peter Cook set me on the path to a life in comedy.

Comedy Greats appear on Royal Mail stamps

Spike Milligan, The Two Ronnies, Billy Connolly, Morecambe & Wise, Norman Wisdom, Lenny Henry, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Monty Python, French & Saunders and Victoria Wood feature on ten special Royal Mail stamps.

Peter Cook: the most inspiring British comic ever

Peter Cook died 20 years ago today.

Remembering Peter Cook

The self-proclaimed 'funniest man in the world' died 20 years ago.

Peter Cook to be honoured by Torquay

A Torquay-born comedian who was a pioneer of British satire in the 1960s is to have a blue plaque dedicated to his memory in the town tomorrow.

Radio Times review

As part of its 50th birthday celebrations, BBC2 has tiptoed downstairs to the vaults, cleared the dust from the shelves and picked some little-seen and little-remembered comedy treasures from the past half-century.

It has an enviably rich archive to trawl, one full of familiar faces. There are surprises, too, including the unbroadcast pilot of QI. Early BBC2 stalwarts aren't forgotten: there are sketches from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and Spike Milligan, whose thoroughly surreal and bizarre Q series ran for well over ten years.

We also get to see an early Borat work-in-progress from Sacha Baron Cohen, as an Albanian called Christo.

The Establishment Club, comedy review

When this reprise of Peter Cook's 1960s satirical club debuted in 2012 it was an underwhelming affair. George Galloway and comedian Terry Alderton topped and tailed the bill that night. They do so again today, but luckily the parallels end there.

Who would be in your comedy dream team?

Which comedians who work best together? Mark Thomas with Doug Stanhope? Bill Bailey and Richard Ayoade? John Oliver alongside Peter Cook?

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The odd couple

A look back at the work of Pete and Dud.