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Sue Cook (born Susan Lorraine Thomas, 30 March 1949) is a British television presenter and author. She is best known for co-presenting (with
Nick Ross Nicholas David Ross (born 7 August 1947) is a British radio and television presenter. During the 1980s and 1990s he was one of the most ubiquitous of British broadcasters but is best known for hosting the BBC TV programme ''Crimewatch'', whi ...
) the
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factual
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show ''
Crimewatch ''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was o ...
'' from 1984 until 1995.


Early life

Sue Cook (born Susan Lorraine Thomas, 30 March 1949) is a British television presenter and author. She is best known for co-presenting (with
Nick Ross Nicholas David Ross (born 7 August 1947) is a British radio and television presenter. During the 1980s and 1990s he was one of the most ubiquitous of British broadcasters but is best known for hosting the BBC TV programme ''Crimewatch'', whi ...
) the
BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
factual
crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...
show ''
Crimewatch ''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was o ...
'' from 1984 until 1995. Cook's mother, Kathleen Thomas was born in 1919Sue Cook was guest on Nigel Farage "Talking Pints" Talk TV, Freeview ch 236, August 2022, confirmed 10 GCE passes and was Queen’s Guide as a child. Her mother is 103 years old. and still lives in her own home in Ickenham, Middlesex. Her father, William Thomas, was a senior executive with the Commission on Industrial Relations (later
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). She has two younger brothers and lived on Burnham Avenue in
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. She attended
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, then the newly opened Vyners Grammar School, also in Ickenham on Warren Road. She gained ten
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and three
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s, and went on to the
University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...
, graduating in 1971 with an honours degree in
psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
. She gained the Queen’s Guide Award in 1964.


Career

Sue Cook's broadcasting career began as a producer, presenter and DJ for London's
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before moving to the
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where, over the next thirty years, she presented programmes for both radio and television—notably, ''
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'', ''Making History'', '' Nationwide'', ''
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'', ''We're Going Places'', ''
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'', '' Children in Need'', ''Out of Court. In 1984 Cook was the joint Presenter with Nick Ross on BBC's successful launch of'' ''
Crimewatch ''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was o ...
'' staying for eleven years. Other BBC TV presenting credits include ''
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'',
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, ‘’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 ''Call My Bluff'' is a British panel game show based on the short-lived US version of the same name. It was originally hosted by Robin Ray and later, most notably, by Robert Robinson. Its most prominent panellist was Frank Muir. Format The g ...
'', and a member of ''
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''s team of reporters. For
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she hosted The ''Chelsea Flower Show'', the ''Hampton Court Flower Show'' and the popular afternoon series ''
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''. She also appeared briefly as herself in the BBC television drama serial ''
Edge of Darkness ''Edge of Darkness'' is a British television drama serial produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International and originally broadcast in six 55-minute episodes in late 1985. A mixture of crime drama and politica ...
'' (1985) and in ''
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil ''The Life and Loves of a She-Devil'' is a 1983 novel by British feminism, feminist author Fay Weldon. A story about a highly unattractive woman who goes to great lengths to take revenge on her husband and his attractive lover, Weldon stated tha ...
'' (1986). Cook is a recurring character in the comedy series '' I'm Alan Partridge'', in which she is an unseen friend of Partridge's.


Recognition

The
University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...
conferred an honorary
D.Litt Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor ...
degree on Cook in 1997 in recognition of her contribution to British broadcasting.


Publications

Cook's two novels, ''On Dangerous Ground'' (2006) and ''Force of Nature'' (2009), were published by Hodder Headline. She devised and presents a supportive series for writers, ''The Write Lines'', for BBC Oxford.


Film

Cook was the executive producer of '' Tracker'' (2010), a film which starred
Ray Winstone Raymond Andrew Winstone (; born 19 February 1957) is an English television, stage and film actor with a career spanning five decades. Having worked with many prominent directors, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Winstone is perha ...
and was directed by her husband,
Ian Sharp Ian Sharp (born 13 November 1946, Clitheroe, Lancashire) is an English film and television director. He is best known for directing the SAS action thriller ''Who Dares Wins'' (1982) and directing the action sequences of the James Bond film ''G ...
, with whom she collaborated on the screenplay. 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 The Prince's Trust ( cy, Ymddiriedolaeth y Tywysog) is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds who are u ...
, and a patron of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, the
Children's Liver Disease Foundation Children's Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) is a UK charity taking action against the effects of childhood liver disease, providing information, emotional support, research funds and a voice for all affected. CLDF was founded in 1980 by the paren ...
, the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity,
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and Humanists UK.


References


External links

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''The Write Lines'' website''Times Educational Supplement'', April 1999
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