Peter Cook – MRQE

Supergirl

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman’s cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

The Secret Policeman’s Ball (TV)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Amnesty decided not to present a benefit show in 1978 in order to consider how to make better use of the performing talent so favourably disposed to assist it in raising funds. Peter Luff left Amnesty in 1978 and the organisation’s new fund-raising officer, Peter Walker, was deputed to work with Lewis on reconfiguring the show to raise more money and greater awareness of Amnesty. Lewis proposed to Cleese that in addition to the comedy performances the show should feature some contemporary rock musicians. Cleese delegated this responsibility to Lewis who recruited Who guitarist Pete Townshend to perform, as well as New Wave singer-songwriter Tom Robinson.

Beyond the Fringe (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1962) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway (October 1962).

Pleasure at Her Majesty’s (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty’s pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman’s Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John Cleese, Amnesty’s Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain’s comedic talent of the era, setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas…

Bedazzled

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Stanley is infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works with him. He meets George Spiggott AKA the devil and sells his soul for 7 wishes, which Stanley uses to try and make Margaret his own first as an intellectual, then as a rock star, then as a wealthy industrialist. As each fails, he becomes more aware of how empty his life had been and how much more he has to live for.

Getting It Right

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of life and lives in a basement, Joan is an over-sexed millionairess, married to a Greek architect. But Gavin prefers the ugly assistant in the barbershop. Written by Mattias Thuresson

Without a Clue

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public’s mind.

Whoops Apocalypse

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world’s most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it’s the American President, but her closest ally the British Prime Minister appears to have gone stark raving mad.

Yellowbeard

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he’s sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim’s Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.

Derek and Clive Get the Horn

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary recording the making of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s comedy album Derek and Clive Ad Nauseam.