The Cook Report - Hot Dog Wars S05E01 (1991) ) ARCHIVED
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- This programme in 1991 was prompted by the assassination of Gary Thompson, the millionaire hot
dog and burger overlord of the Midlands. He was murdered as he returned home with tens of
thousands of pounds in takings in the boot of his Rolls Royce. He controlled all the best sites and
those traders who did not meet his terms were subjected to intimidation, violence and fire-
bombings. Thompson’s death sparked all-out war as rivals fought to take over his empire. It was a
prize worth seizing. Over a weekend, big music and sporting events could produce an income of
£250,000.
And the team was to discover, that at small locations - burger stalls on street corners in London and
across the country - gangs were in control and violence was rife. Roger Cook was in the middle of it
and the target of some of it. Some of the characters involved were as bizarre as they were vicious.
In the Midlands, Joe Persico, a man with convictions for kidnap and torture, was a leading contender
to take over the Thompson empire. He first threatened to kill Cook - and then abruptly changed
tack and offered to buy the Cook Report mobile burger van following the publicity the film had given
it. It was an extraordinary programme that exposed the underworld behind the everyday and
produced a huge audience response.
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Cook had some balls. Hasn't been an investigative journalist like him since.
This man had more guts, integrity and journalistic ability than the entire bloody BBC has now.
Roger's disguise makes him look like Bubbles from The Trailer Park Boys.
There will never be another Roger cook ever again. I don't think anyone's got balls of steel to do what he did. Used to love watching it with the family when I was a kid. The good old days !
I cant believe that guy runs the whole planet and still has time to sell hotdogs. 😮😮
Cook was fearless. he was just impossible to intimidate. He was a badass before the phrase badass was even coined.
I love this, thanks for uploading. I found this unintentionally hilarious at times, if I didn't know it was Roger Cook I'd swear it was a Brass Eye episode!
Roger was as convincing in disguise as Jeremy Beadle and Batman.
I wouldn't relish getting into the hotdog business myself!
Dunno what’s more shocking the fact that people are getting violent over hot dogs or that Cook willingly sported that moustache. 😂
The clouseau moustache had me in stitches!🥸😂💯
Back in the days when ITV still made proper investigative shows, Now we have to make do with love island and other such crap television has definitely declined over the years,,
Amongst the many pointless and worthless videos posted on TH-cam each and every day there are videos like this that really give you a sense of gratitude towards both the people who originally recorded the show/saved the footage and those who upload it on here so people like me who have never seen it before and never would've seen it if not for those people.
Nobby Anderson went from nought to cockney is 3 seconds. Thought he was going to attack roger with some jellied eels lol
Dripping of the 90’s. Love it!
A genuine unsung hero of British television. Nobody would have the balls to do it these days.
Remember watching it in 1991 with my late auntie Mary. Her reaction to “who is this young man with the colourful language?” was to laugh and say “that’s one way of putting it!”
I watched this when it came out. Very impressive - he is dealing with violent people and he does not look scared at all.
You can’t get any better than Rodge… what a legend.