
Writing
David Cook
Born 1940-09-21 · Preston, England, UK
David Cook was a British author, screenwriter and actor.
Acting credits
6.1Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
7.1As 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.
A Kind of Loving
1962
5.0Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.
Brief Encounter
1976
NRDean 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?
The Emergency Channel
1973
Behind the camera
6.8The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Second Best
1994
4.7Keith, 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.
Closing Numbers
1993
6.7Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".
Walter and June
1983
4.0During 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.
Missing Persons
1990
5.9A 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".
Walter
1982
Four former inmates of a hospital for the mentally handicapped, move in next door to a middle aged couple in suburbia.
Why Here?
1977
NRA married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
Mary's Wife
1980
NRMicky is dead. Brian was his mate. Brian won't go to school, won't go out and he won't talk - except to Micky.
"If Only..."
1980
