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The Cook Report was a British current affairs television programme shown on ITV, produced for the network by Central Television from 1987 to 1998.
1989
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.
A close look at some of the reported incidents of satanic ritual abuse of children and adults in the UK and the US.
1991
1988
1990
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.
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1992
So-called "Friendly Fire" incidents; indeed this edition was later referred to by that title.
Investigating bullying in the army
1993
1995
1996
1996
Another episode on the subject of the care system gone wrong, this time exposing how vulnerable children in care are groomed into prostitution.
1987
1997
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.
1993
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.
1994
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.
1994
1997
1995