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The Cook Report is a documentary TV series that premiered on ITV1 on July 22, 1987. It has 16 seasons and 107 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 16 Episode 7 "Unfinished Business", aired on December 16, 1997.
The Cook Report was a British current affairs television programme shown on ITV, produced for the network by Central Television from 1987 to 1998.
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Episodes
107 episodes · 16 seasons
Season 1
1987 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 39 years ago
- E6
- E5
5. Worse Than the Mafia
- E4
4. Who Cares?
- E3
3. Close Encounters
Finale - E2
2. Child Pornography
- E1
1. Costa del Crime
Season 2
1988 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 38 years ago
- E9
9. Special: Going Home
- E8
8. Series 2 Update
- E7
7. Massacre of the Warwicks
- E6
6. Badgered to Death
- E2
2. Ada v Ativan
- E1
1. The Baby Trade
Season 3
1989 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 37 years ago
- E9
9. The Devil's Work
A close look at some of the reported incidents of satanic ritual abuse of children and adults in the UK and the US.
- E5
5. Island of Shame
- E1
1. The Elephant Man
In this first episode of a new series, Roger Cook investigates the ivory trade from East Africa to carving in Dubai and markets in Hong Kong.
Season 4
1990 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 36 years ago
- E8
8. The Cook Report Update 1990
- E7
7. Kidnap
- E5
5. Ten Pence in the Panda
- E4
4. Profits Before Patients
- E3
3. Stolen
- E2
2. Where Did the Money Go?
After the miners’ strike in 1984, there were accusations that Arthur Scargill had misappropriated National Union of Mineworkers funds and that money which should have gone to the striking miners had never reached them. The Cook Report investigated over two programmes. Witnesses said that, UK public donations aside, the funds had come from two sources – from Russian miners showing solidarity with their British brothers, and from the coffers of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.
- E1
1. Return to Spain
Season 5
1991 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 35 years ago
- E8
8. Series 5 Update
- E7
7. Gun Laws
- E6
6. Pawns in the Game
- E5
5. What a Record!
- E4
4. Raiders of the Lost Art
- E3
3. What a Fraud!
- E2
2. The Baby Business
- E1
1. Hot Dog Wars
Season 6
1992 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 34 years ago
- E8
8. Arkan
- E7
7. Series 6 Update
- E6
6. Ecstacy Kills
- E5
5. Bullied to Death
Investigating bullying in the army
- E4
4. What's in the Beef?
- E3
3. Death by Maverick
So-called "Friendly Fire" incidents; indeed this edition was later referred to by that title.
- E2
2. Bad Advice
- E1
1. Pity Polly
Season 7
1993 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 33 years ago
- E7
7. Series 7 Update
- E6
6. Bloody Murder
- E5
5. Don't Shoot the Pilot
- E4
4. Credit Card Thieves
- E3
3. The New Nazis
- E2
2. Deadly Medicine
- E1
1. Meet the Triads
Season 8
1993 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 33 years ago
- E7
7. Series 8 Update
- E6
6. Free to Kill
- E5
5. Bird Bandits
- E4
4. Car Sharks
- E3
3. Computer Porn
The problem of cracking down on illegal pornography, especially child porn, has just got a whole lot tougher, as not only can perpetrators swap discs, but they can now also use the new bulletin boards to trade far more surreptitiously.
- E2
2. Spanish Pirates
- E1
1. Dirty Bomb
Season 9
1994 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 32 years ago
- E7
7. Series 9 Update
- E6
6. Black Economy
- E5
5. The Laundry Man
- E4
4. Dirty Fighting
- E3
3. Kevin's Mum
Kevin lost his life at Hillsborough, but his mum believes he could have been saved. She wrote to Roger Cook, and the result was one of the first documentaries to say that not everything was as it seemed that tragic day.
- E2
2. Dying to Look Good
- E1
1. Child's Play
Season 10
1994 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 31 years ago
- E7
7. Series 10 Update
- E6
6. Cancer Quacks
- E5
5. Stalking the Stalkers
- E4
4. Money with Menaces
- E3
3. The Cot Death Poisonings 2
- E2
2. Muck and Money
- E1
1. Cot Death Poisonings
Season 11
1995 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 31 years ago
- E6
6. Series 11 Update
- E5
5. Looks Can Kill
- E4
4. Merchants of Death
- E3
3. Hitman for Hire
- E2
2. A False Sense of Security
- E1
1. Back Door to Misery
Season 12
1995 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 30 years ago
- E8
8. Series 12 Update
- E7
7. Suffer Little Children
- E6
6. Making a Packet
- E5
5. The Fixer
- E4
4. Beyond the Law
- E3
3. Can't Pay Won't Pay
- E2
2. The Artful Dodgers
- E1
1. Special: Children in Danger
Season 13
1996 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 30 years ago
- E6
6. Kill or Cure?
- E5
5. Gold Diggers
- E4
4. The Baby Bandits
- E3
3. Safe as Houses?
- E2
2. Episode 2
- E1
1. Episode 1
Season 14
1996 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 29 years ago
- E7
7. Series 14 Update
- E6
6. In the Name of Peace
- E5
5. Prime Suspect
- E4
4. Who Cares? (II)
Another episode on the subject of the care system gone wrong, this time exposing how vulnerable children in care are groomed into prostitution.
- E3
3. A Body to Die For
- E2
2. The Fugitives
- E1
1. Terror in the Skies
Season 15
1997 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 29 years ago
- E7
7. Truth Behind the Front
- E6
6. Putting the Record Straight: Part 2
- E5
5. Putting the Record Straight: Part 1
- E4
4. Ringing Us Dry
- E3
3. Watching the Detectives
- E2
2. The Man from Del Monte
- E1
1. Making a Killing
Season 16
1997 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 28 years ago
- E7
7. Unfinished Business
Roger Cook looks back at cases from the last seven series of the show to see how his investigations have resulted in positive changes for individuals or even for the law as a whole.
- E6
6. Heroin an all Time High
- E5
5. Only Fools and Fakes
- E4
4. Bags of Trouble
- E3
3. Cheating at Cards
- E2
2. Flesh and Blood
- E1
1. Lady Killer?
Cast & crew
Created by Kevin Laffan
The Cook Report FAQ
Will there be new episodes of The Cook Report?
The Cook Report has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on December 16, 1997.
When did the latest episode of The Cook Report come out?
The most recent episode of The Cook Report, Season 16 Episode 7 "Unfinished Business", aired on December 16, 1997.
How many seasons of The Cook Report are there?
The Cook Report has 16 seasons with 107 episodes in total.
When did The Cook Report first air?
The Cook Report first aired on ITV1 on July 22, 1987.
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