Sue Cook

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Sue Cook
Born
Susan Lorraine Thomas

(1949-03-30) 30 March 1949 (age 72)
Ruislip, Middlesex, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materLeicester University
OccupationTelevision presenter, author
EmployerBBC
Notable work
  • On Dangerous Ground (2006)
  • Force of Nature (2009)
Television
Spouse(s)
Children2
Parent(s)William and Kathleen Thomas
Websitesuecook.com Edit this at Wikidata

Susan Cook (born Susan Lorraine Thomas, 30 March 1949, Ruislip, Middlesex) is a British television presenter and author. She is best known for co-presenting (with Nick Ross) the BBC One factual crime show Crimewatch from 1984 until 1995.

Early life[]

Cook's father, William Thomas, worked for the Commission on Industrial Relations (later Acas). She has two younger brothers and lived on Burnham Avenue in Ickenham. She attended , then passed her eleven plus exam, enabling her to attend the newly opened Vyners Grammar School, also in Ickenham on Warren Road. She gained ten O-levels and three A-levels, and went on to the University of Leicester, graduating in 1971[1] with an honours degree in psychology.

Career[]

Cook's broadcasting career began as a producer, presenter and DJ for London's Capital Radio before moving to the BBC where, over the next thirty years, she presented programmes for both radio and television—notably, You and Yours, Making History, Nationwide, Breakfast Time, We're Going Places, Children in Need, Out of Court and Crimewatch.[citation needed]

Other BBC TV presenting credits include Pebble Mill at One, Daytime Live, Omnibus at the Proms, Having a Baby, the documentary series Hampton Court Palace, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Maternity Hospital, the 1994 Pilot for Out of This World, (the series presented by Carol Vorderman, in 1996), and the Children's Royal Variety Performance. She was a regular guest on Call My Bluff, and a member of Holiday's team of reporters. For Channel 4 she hosted The Chelsea Flower Show, the Hampton Court Flower Show and the popular afternoon series Collectors’ Lot. She also appeared briefly as herself in the BBC television drama serial Edge of Darkness (1985) and in The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986).

Cook is a recurring character in the comedy series I'm Alan Partridge, in which she is an unseen friend of Partridge's.[2]

Recognition[]

The University of Leicester conferred an honorary D.Litt degree on Cook in 1997[3] in recognition of her contribution to British broadcasting.

Publications[]

Cook's first two novels, On Dangerous Ground (2006) and Force of Nature (2009), were first published by Hodder Headline. Both novels are now available on Amazon as eBooks. She devised and presents a supportive series for writers, The Write Lines, for BBC Oxford and is a patron of the annual . She is currently[when?] writing her third novel.

Film[]

Cook was the executive producer of Tracker (2010), a film which starred Ray Winstone and was directed by Cook's husband, with whom she collaborated on the screenplay.[4] It was released in the UK in April 2011.

She is adapting her first novel, On Dangerous Ground, for the screen.

Charities[]

Cook is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, and a patron of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, the Children's Liver Disease Foundation and Humanists UK.

References[]

  1. ^ "University of Leicester Bulletin" (PDF). University of Leicester. December 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Sue Cook reflects on two decades of broadcasting at the BBC". The Independent. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "University of Leicester Bulletin" (PDF). University of Leicester. April 1997. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Richard Hardie Interviews Sue Cook - Broadcaster, Film Producer and Author". authorsreach.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

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