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Roger Cook, who has died aged 83, made a reputation as Britain’s toughest investigative reporter
Initially on BBC Radio 4’s Checkpoint and subsequently The Cook Report on TV.
The ‘master door-stepper’ TV journalist who tackled crooks head-on in The Cook Report
Burly and fearless, the anorak-clad Cook was thrown downstairs, coshed, hurled headfirst into a rockery, attacked by dogs, and beaten up
Cook: thanks to his exposés, people went to prison, others were freed, laws were changed and countless con tricks exposed
Telegraph Obituaries
15 June 2026
Note: The Cook Report often engaged PI Agencies to assist in some of their episodes.
Posted by: Ian (D. Withers)
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