David Cook
David Cook was a British author, screenwriter and actor.
Works
Rainbow
Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories. Join George, Bungle, Zippy, and all their friends at the Rainbow House, always an exciting place to be.
Release Date1972-10-16
Charactersd Himself
Episode Count105
Vote Count19
All Creatures Great and Small
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
Release Date1978-01-08
Charactersd Mr. Hopps
Episode Count2
Vote Count43
Brief Encounter
Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.
Release Date1974-11-12
Charactersd Schoolmaster
Vote Count11
A Kind of Loving
As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.
Release Date1962-04-12
Charactersd Draughtsman (uncredited)
Vote Count57
The Emergency Channel
Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?
Release Date1973-11-08
Charactersd Wilf
Playhouse
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Release Date1974-03-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.
Release Date1996-01-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count9
Vote Count17
Second Best
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Release Date1994-09-30
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count38
Walter
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel to this film, titled "Walter and June", was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title "Loving Walter".
Release Date1982-11-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
Walter and June
Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".
Release Date1983-04-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Closing Numbers
Keith, Anna and their son Peter are a close, loving family living in a smart suburban street of a provincial city. Anna is a typical middle-class housewife, filling her day with good works, until one day, when she finds a note that leads to a shattering discovery - her husband has been having an affair. Anna's intense shock at finding out Keith's secret is compounded when she arranges to meet his lover. When Steve arrives at the meeting place, Anna is forced to accept the fact that Keith has been leading a double life for the length of their marriage. Steve stresses the risk of AIDS and urges Anna to have an AIDS test. To show her what it can be like to live with the disease, he introduces her to Jim, who needs 24-hour care and has developed a realistic attitude towards his own death. When Keith leaves home suddenly, Anna is forced to tell her son about the threat of HIV, but Peter turns violently against her and runs away.
Release Date1993-11-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count7
Mary's Wife
A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
Release Date1980-05-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Missing Persons
During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.
Release Date1990-05-30
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1
"If Only..."
Micky is dead. Brian was his mate. Brian won't go to school, won't go out and he won't talk - except to Micky.
Release Date1980-03-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Why Here?
Four former inmates of a hospital for the mentally handicapped, move in next door to a middle aged couple in suburbia.
Release Date1977-08-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter