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He has also been published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="TV Times">TV Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Filmstar_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmstar (magazine)">Filmstar</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cult_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Cult Times">Cult Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Zone" title="TV Zone">TV Zone</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Stage" title="The Stage">The Stage</a></i>, and is the author of <i>Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures – The Inside Story</i>. In 2008, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Books" title="BBC Books">BBC Books</a> published <i>Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale</i>, based on a year-long email correspondence between Cook and <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> executive producer <a href="/wiki/Russell_T_Davies" title="Russell T Davies">Russell T Davies</a>. A revised and updated paperback edition, <i>The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter</i> (featuring 350 pages of new material, extending the correspondence by another year), was published in January 2010. </p><p>He is also known for writing and directing the short film <i>The Imp of the Perverse</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starring Dan Stokes, Jake Shiels and Myles Wheeler, as well as the documentary series <i>Becoming YouTube</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Benjamin Cook was born in <a href="/wiki/Isleworth" title="Isleworth">Isleworth</a>, London, England.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went to <a href="/wiki/Orleans_Park_School" title="Orleans Park School">Orleans Park School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Twickenham" title="Twickenham">Twickenham</a> from 1994 to 1999. At the age of 13, in 1996, he won a competition run by <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> children's news programme <i><a href="/wiki/Newsround" title="Newsround">Newsround</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went to <a href="/wiki/Richmond_upon_Thames_College" title="Richmond upon Thames College">Richmond upon Thames College</a> from 1999 to 2001, and then, from 2002 to 2006, attended <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_College,_Durham" title="Collingwood College, Durham">Collingwood College</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Durham">University of Durham</a>, where he studied English Literature.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He is half Italian,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has held Italian citizenship since 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cook started out writing for the <a href="/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">Radio Times</a> from around 2008 to 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-RT9208_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT9208-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doctor_Who_Magazine"><i>Doctor Who Magazine</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Doctor Who Magazine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cook first wrote for <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_Magazine" title="Doctor Who Magazine">Doctor Who Magazine</a></i> (<i>DWM</i>) in March 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-DWM400_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWM400-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, his catalogue of interviews for the publication ranges from <a href="/wiki/David_Tennant" title="David Tennant">David Tennant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billie_Piper" title="Billie Piper">Billie Piper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kylie_Minogue" title="Kylie Minogue">Kylie Minogue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_E_Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard E Grant">Richard E Grant</a> to <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kay" title="Peter Kay">Peter Kay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Church" title="Charlotte Church">Charlotte Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/McFly" title="McFly">McFly</a>, and the first ever major print interview with <a href="/wiki/Matt_Smith_(British_actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Smith (British actor)">Matt Smith</a>. Cook's regular back-page interview column, <i>Who on Earth is...</i>, has featured such diverse names as <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cribbins" title="Bernard Cribbins">Bernard Cribbins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Dalton" title="Timothy Dalton">Timothy Dalton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duncan_James" title="Duncan James">Duncan James</a> from <a href="/wiki/Blue_(boy_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue (boy band)">Blue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Professor_Richard_Dawkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Professor Richard Dawkins">Professor Richard Dawkins</a>. </p><p>Cook has compiled six <i>DWM</i> Special Editions – published between 2005 and 2010, under the umbrella title <i>In Their Own Words</i> – providing a chronological commentary on the making of the TV series, from 1963 to 2009, by those involved in its production, collated from extracts of interviews previously published in <i>DWM</i>. </p><p>In 2002, Cook tracked down elusive <i>Doctor Who</i> scriptwriter <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Bailey_(screenwriter)" title="Christopher Bailey (screenwriter)">Christopher Bailey</a> and interviewed him for <i>DWM</i>. This inspired <a href="/wiki/Robert_Shearman" title="Robert Shearman">Robert Shearman</a> to write <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deadline_(Doctor_Who)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deadline (Doctor Who) (page does not exist)">Deadline</a></i>, an acclaimed audio play starring <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> as retired writer Martin Bannister (loosely based on Bailey) and Ian Brooker as journalist Sydney (loosely based on Cook), reporter for the fictional <i>Juliet Bravo Magazine</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2008, Cook had a contentious interview with actor <a href="/wiki/Clive_Swift" title="Clive Swift">Clive Swift</a> with Swift terminating the interview.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An an interview in January 2010 with outgoing <i>Doctor Who</i> star David Tennant received wider coverage due to Tennant's criticism of <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> who at the time was Leader of the Opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Writer's_Tale"><span id="The_Writer.27s_Tale"></span><i>The Writer's Tale</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Writer's Tale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Overly_detailed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-overly_detailed" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking#Article_spinoffs:_.22Summary_style.22_meta-articles_and_summary_sections" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking">spinning off</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Handling_trivia#Recommendations_for_handling_trivia" title="Wikipedia:Handling trivia">relocating</a> any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia's inclusion policy</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2008, BBC Books published <i>Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale</i>, based on an in-depth email correspondence between Cook and <i>Doctor Who</i> executive producer Russell T Davies, spanning February 2007 to March 2008, during production of the show's <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_(series_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Who (series 4)">fourth series</a>. Extracts were published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> on 16 and 17 September 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the book itself met with positive reviews. Esther Walker of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> predicted that "the fans will adore it. Davies has engaged with the book totally and there is full disclosure from him about everything."<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentAtT_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentAtT-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a>'s Robert Colvile called the book "Remarkably open", adding: "Despite the self-deprecating bonhomie, there's a ruthless confidence to Davies."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a five-star review for <i><a href="/wiki/Heat_(magazine)" title="Heat (magazine)">Heat</a></i> magazine, Boyd Hilton called it "a funny, revealing insight into the workings of the genius who puts the show together."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In another five-star review, <i><a href="/wiki/SFX_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="SFX Magazine">SFX Magazine</a></i> said, "You can douse all the other books about new <i>Who</i> in lighter fuel and spark up your Zippo – this is all you need. It's the only one that opens a door into the brain of the series' showrunner."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darren Scott of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pink_Paper" class="mw-redirect" title="The Pink Paper">The Pink Paper</a></i> – which also awarded the book five stars – agreed: "If you're an uber fan of the show... or an aspiring (or even established) writer, this book will very, very quickly fall into the 'can't put down' category."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott Matthewman of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Stage" title="The Stage">The Stage</a></i> said, "I can't recommend <i>The Writer's Tale</i> highly enough... It's a genuine insight into the entire television production process."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "<i>The Writer's Tale</i> is an enormous book, but consumed compulsively it doesn't last very long at all," said Thom Hutchinson of <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Ray_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Death Ray magazine">Death Ray</a></i> magazine. "We learn, brilliantly, the difference between bellowing media personage Big Russell and the apprehensive, chain-smoking obsessive who exists alone and silent in the early hours."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a>'</i>s team of arts writers said: "<i>The Writer's Tale</i> offers a fascinating insight into the writing of one of TV's biggest hits."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Veronica Horwell of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> called it "the <i>Doctor Who Annual</i> for adults", suggesting that 500-odd pages "is not nearly enough, should have been 1001 pages, because Davies doesn't need to be writing fiction, shaping stuff retrieved from the flux of his Great Maybe, to be a storyteller. He's the <a href="/wiki/Scheherazade" title="Scheherazade">Scheherazade</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Bay" title="Cardiff Bay">Cardiff Bay</a>." Horwell described Davies as "a total romantic about writing. It's his love, his drug, his force for change: over the year even invisible, unopinionated Cook emerges as a proper companion who challenges Davies over the last image in the series. And wins. Brilliant."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the blogosphere, <i>Sci-Fi Online</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Daniel Salter claimed that <i>The Writer's Tale</i> "could be one of the most important <i>Doctor Who</i> books you're ever likely to read, even if it's not always about <i>Doctor Who</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Page after page of banter that's just as exciting and suspenseful as the show itself," enthused Sebastian J. Brook of <i>Doctor Who Online</i>. "Cook's fearless and intelligent approach to asking questions pave [sic] the way for some fantastic responses as he manages to temper Davies' fun, energetic and sometimes insecure narrative with good, solid and sometimes cheeky responses."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Off The Telly</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Graham Kibble-White concluded: "Candid, lucid and an all-too painful evocation of the challenges inherit in writing and running perhaps the most important show on the BBC".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2008, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Richard_and_Judy" title="Richard and Judy">Richard and Judy</a>, the couple credited with revolutionising the reading habits of Britons, had selected <i>The Writer's Tale</i> for their Christmas Presents book strand – in the Serious Non-Fiction category – as part of the prestigious <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_%26_Judy_Book_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard & Judy Book Club">Richard & Judy Book Club</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple described the book as "an absolute snapshot into the mind of a creative writer... It's a free flow of thought – a stream of consciousness. It's a great book."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 December 2008, inspired by <i>The Writer's Tale</i>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brooker" title="Charlie Brooker">Charlie Brooker</a> devoted an extended edition of his <a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brooker%27s_Screenwipe" title="Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe">Screenwipe</a></i> entirely to interviews with prestigious writers, including Russell T Davies. </p><p>In June 2009, <i>The Writer's Tale</i> was shortlisted in the "Best Non-Fiction" category at the 2009 <a href="/wiki/British_Fantasy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="British Fantasy Awards">British Fantasy Awards</a>, but ultimately lost out to <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jones_(author)" title="Stephen Jones (author)">Stephen Jones</a>' <i>Basil Copper: A Life in Books</i>. </p><p>Published in January 2010, the paperback edition, <i>The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter</i>, updates Davies and Cook's correspondence to September 2009, to cover Davies' final year as Head Writer and Executive Producer of <i>Doctor Who</i>, taking in David Tennant's final few episodes as the Doctor.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critical reception was generally positive. <i>SFX</i> magazine's Ian Berriman described the book as "satisfyingly voyeuristic" and said, "It's well worth buying, even if you've already got the original edition."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Guardian</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Vera Rule called it "Far more than a ritual 'making of'" and the "Best masterclass in telly I've ever attended," adding: "Made me cry."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Heat</i> magazine included the book on its "Hot List" of "The Top Ten Things We At <i>Heat</i> Are Completely Obsessed With This Week."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <i><a href="/wiki/Private_Eye_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Private Eye (magazine)">Private Eye</a></i> criticised the tome for being "breathlessly self-congratulatory" – "a bring-your-own-extolment party in which readers are invited to bask in the outrageous genius of this bear-like TV demagogue."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Asked, in a February 2010 interview, whether there were any plans to conduct a similar correspondence with Davies' successor as showunner, <a href="/wiki/Steven_Moffat" title="Steven Moffat">Steven Moffat</a>, Cook replied: </p><blockquote><p>Not at the moment. Well, not by me. Maybe Steven's e-mailing someone else! But look, e-mailing me isn't a prerequisite for taking the job of showrunner. I'm not handed down from head writer to head writer, like a soup recipe. Or a genetic disorder. <i>The Writer's Tale</i> sort of came about by accident, really, and it was quite an organic process, at a time when Russell already had three series under his belt...<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="YouTube_and_other_work">YouTube and other work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: YouTube and other work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 August 2012, Cook released a trailer on his YouTube account <span class="anchor" id="ninebrassmonkeys"></span><i>ninebrassmonkeys</i> for his project, <i>Becoming YouTube</i>, a 12-part "weekly" video series about the British YouTube community.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Presented in a documentary style and incorporating sketch comedy and fantasy sequences featuring popular YouTube stars. The first episode was launched on 9 December 2012. After uploading the last episode of <i>Becoming YouTube</i> of the first series on 23 February 2014, he announced Project:Library, which is written by Cook, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Hautekiet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Hautekiet (page does not exist)">Tim Hautekiet</a> and Jack Howard.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 April 2013, Cook was featured in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> in an article about Britain's 20 most popular video bloggers and about his success with <i>Becoming YouTube</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook is also involved with the development of Tofu, an 8-part sex-culture web series commissioned by Channel 4 to accompany the television productions Cucumber and Banana.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 January 2015, Benjamin Cook uploaded a trailer for the 2nd season of his project, <i>Becoming YouTube</i>, claimed to be the last in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-teneighty_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teneighty-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He conducted interviews with a number of YouTube personalities including <a href="/wiki/Charlie_McDonnell" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie McDonnell">Charlie McDonnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Blackery" title="Emma Blackery">Emma Blackery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Howard_(Youtuber)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Howard (Youtuber) (page does not exist)">Jack Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Howell" title="Daniel Howell">Daniel Howell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Lester" title="Phil Lester">Phil Lester</a>, amongst others.<sup id="cite_ref-teneighty_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teneighty-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tofu"><i>Tofu</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tofu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tofu_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tofu (TV series)">Tofu</a> is a British online documentary series presented by Cook released in 2015 on <a href="/wiki/4oD" class="mw-redirect" title="4oD">4oD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4's</a> video-on-demand service. The series complements two series by <a href="/wiki/Russell_T_Davies" title="Russell T Davies">Russell T Davies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cucumber_(British_TV_series)" title="Cucumber (British TV series)">Cucumber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Banana_(TV_series)" title="Banana (TV series)">Banana</a>. Cook interviews the cast members and the public about modern sex, sexuality, and issues referenced or arisen in the 2 shows. Like Cucumber and Banana, the name of the series refers to the same urological scale of hardness of the male erection which starts at <i>tofu</i>, goes through <i>peeled banana</i> and <i>banana</i>, and ends at <i>cucumber</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_bibliography">Selected bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Selected bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cook, Benjamin (2003). <i>Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures – The Inside Story</i>. Berkshire: Big Finish. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84435-034-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84435-034-6">978-1-84435-034-6</a>.</li> <li>Hickman, Clayton, ed. (2005), "Cook, Benjamin", <i>Doctor Who Annual 2006</i>, pp. 47–52. Kent: Panini Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-904419-73-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-904419-73-0">978-1-904419-73-0</a>.</li> <li>Davies, Russell T; and Cook, Benjamin (2008). <i>Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale</i>. London: BBC Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84607-571-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84607-571-1">978-1-84607-571-1</a>.</li> <li>Davies, Russell T; and Cook, Benjamin (2010). <i>Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter</i>. London: BBC Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84607-861-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84607-861-3">978-1-84607-861-3</a>.</li> <li>Hickman, Clayton, ed. (2010), "Cook, Benjamin", <i>The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011</i>, pp. 104–107. London: BBC Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84607-991-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84607-991-7">978-1-84607-991-7</a>.</li> <li>Hickman, Clayton, ed. (2011), "Cook, Benjamin", <i>The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2012</i>, pp. 10–14, 36–39, 64–67, 94–97, 154–159. London: BBC Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84990-230-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84990-230-4">978-1-84990-230-4</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Cook_(journalist)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OC1EPWvBoc"><i>The Imp of the Perverse | Short Film (2015)</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Ninebrassmonkeys" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninebrassmonkeys">ninebrassmonkeys</a>. 16 June 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220709225331/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OC1EPWvBoc">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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