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14 Facts About Sue Cook

1.

Susan Lorraine Cook is a British television presenter and author.

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Sue Cook's father, William Thomas, was a senior executive with the Commission on Industrial Relations.

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Sue Cook has two younger brothers and lived in Ickenham.

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Sue Cook gained ten O-levels and three A-levels, and went on to the University of Leicester, graduating in 1971 with an honours degree in psychology.

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Sue Cook's broadcasting career began as a producer, presenter and DJ for London's Capital Radio.

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In 1984, Sue Cook was the joint presenter with Nick Ross on the launch of Crimewatch, staying for eleven years.

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Sue Cook was a regular guest on Call My Bluff, and a member of Holidays team of reporters.

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Sue Cook appeared briefly as herself in the BBC television drama serial Edge of Darkness and in The Life and Loves of a She-Devil.

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Sue Cook is a recurring character in the comedy series I'm Alan Partridge, in which she is an unseen friend of Partridge's.

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Sue Cook devised and presented a supportive series for writers, The Write Lines, for BBC Oxford.

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Sue Cook was the executive producer of Tracker, a film which starred Ray Winstone and was directed by her husband, Ian Sharp, with whom she collaborated on the screenplay.

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Sue Cook is adapting her first novel, On Dangerous Ground, for the screen.

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Sue Cook is an Ambassador for the Prince's Trust, and a patron of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, the Children's Liver Disease Foundation, the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity and Humanists UK.

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In 2025, Sue Cook was named Britain's number one secret crush by readers of BBC Gardeners' World magazine.