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Benjamin Cook @benjamin_cook

Writer • Journo • TV/video/podcast editor. Business enquiries: ninebrassmonkeys@gmail.com

Joined February 2009
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Benjamin Cook@benjamin_cook
7 Dec 2025
LIVE NOW on @BBCiPlayer! THE SEA DEVILS – our 90-minute 2025 re-cut, with new music by @Lornebalfe, fresh sound by @MarkAyresRWS, and a few surprises. 👀 Perfect Sunday-morning viewing, before its TV debut on BBC Four tonight at 7pm. 🌊😈 GO, GO, GO!!! bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Gav Rymill 🤖@themindrobber
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A Doctor Who themed quiz game show!!! 🪩🧩🧠 Play along at home and see how your brain compares to our four brilliant contestants as they try to figure out the most obscure correct answers! Watch now! 📺 👉🏻youtu.be/DvCCB6UuMLY?is=ng0d…
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I for one am happy for him. 😐
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm
Jun 12
Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire in history.
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SEX!!! Now that I’ve got your attention: Tofu, the 2015 @Channel4 documentary I made about sex and sexuality, is back on streaming to mark the release of Russell T Davies’ devastating new drama Tip Toe. Never seen it? Eight episodes of pure filth, with proper heart. Enjoy. 🔗⬇️
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“I brush up all right, don’t I?” RIP Anthony Head. I interviewed him back in 2006, and he was every bit as gorgeous a human, in every sense, as you’d hope. What a sad loss.
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Liam Hamilton@LiamHamilton16
Jun 1
Good start for Channel 4’s new drama #TipToe (Quay Street Productions) starring David Morrissey & Alan Cumming last night, 1.1m viewers put it ahead of BBC1’s equally star studded #ThisEngland at 9pm & the most watched show in the slot. Ratings data courtesy of @Digital_i_
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Oliver Arkinstall-Jones@ArkyJono
May 19
A bit late to the party, but here's a retro style film poster for "The Daleks' Masterplan". Still can't get my head around the fact that the story is now nearly half complete, thanks to the incredible work of Film is Fabulous!
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Lewis@lewispringle
May 13
May have just stumbled onto something extremely rare and significant. Typing Coronation Street 1960 into Shutterstock, they have telesnaps via ITV of what is called Episode 1 of Coronation Street which looks to be the first dry runs/pilot episode. This is incredible to see!
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Anthony Lamb@AnthonyLamb
May 6
The Dalek control room set from Devil's Planet. Colour version is in @DWMtweets issue 629, out now! Rendered in #Blender3D
A black and white CG render of the Dalek control room. The black Supreme Dalek is in the middle, with out of focus Silver Daleks in the foreground and background. A large central control unit sits behind the Supreme.

ALT A black and white CG render of the Dalek control room. The black Supreme Dalek is in the middle, with out of focus Silver Daleks in the foreground and background. A large central control unit sits behind the Supreme.

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The Observer
@ObserverUK
May 2
‘I didn’t think coming out would still be a big deal. But it is’ says @russelldavies63 The man behind Queer as Folk and It’s a Sin is one of the great chroniclers of British gay life. He talks to Erica Wagner about his new show, Tip Toe, and the ongoing struggle for acceptance bit.ly/4cMhUlF

Russell T Davies: ‘I didn’t think coming out would still ...

The man behind Queer as Folk and It’s a Sin is one of the great chroniclers of British gay life. He talks about his new show, Tip Toe, and the continuing struggle for acceptance

observer.co.uk
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Doctor Who Magazine@DWMtweets
Apr 29
🚨OUT NOW: Doctor Who Magazine Issue 629! 💜 🔥 Including special in-depth coverage of the two returned Daleks’ Master Plan episodes! The incredible story behind @filmisfabulous & what it means for future missing episode discoveries… 🔗doctorwhomagazine.com/doctor… #dwm #dwmtweets
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Owen 🌠@WhovianLife
Apr 28
now this. this is a gorgeous cover 😍😍 #DoctorWho
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Eoghan@DoctorWhoHome1
Apr 28
Best @DWMtweets cover of the 2020s?
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Ste Carruthers ✌@Wigan_Steven
Apr 29
Best @DWMtweets cover in YEARS.
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josh snares@josh_snares
Apr 28
Possibly the most beautiful cover yet?! I feel very honoured to be included in this lineup of Doctor Who icons! 💕
Benjamin Cook@benjamin_cook
Apr 28
Peter Purves and Adrienne Hill become DWM cover stars for the first time! 🥳 Inside, my interviews with: Film is Fabulous! Purves! Manning! Waterhouse! Aaronovitch! Davies! Shearman! McTighe! Pegg! Cant! Bentham! Dee! Rayner! Sandifer! Snares! Sweet! Vincent-Rudzki! …and more!
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Peter Purves and Adrienne Hill become DWM cover stars for the first time! 🥳 Inside, my interviews with: Film is Fabulous! Purves! Manning! Waterhouse! Aaronovitch! Davies! Shearman! McTighe! Pegg! Cant! Bentham! Dee! Rayner! Sandifer! Snares! Sweet! Vincent-Rudzki! …and more!
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⬆️ CC: @filmisfabulous! @purves_peter @ManningOfficial @MinettaLane @Ben_Aaronovitch @russelldavies63 @ShearmanRobert @PeteMcTighe @ChristelDee @ElSandifer @josh_snares @DrMatthewSweet @dwmtweets
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With incredible cover art by @LeeBinding. Dalek art inside the mag by @AnthonyLamb. Plus: Ben Willsher! Photo restorations/colourisations by @claytonhickman!
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Will Hines@willhines
Apr 25
If I ever directed a major motion picture, I would simply do everything right.
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filmisfabulous@filmisfabulous
Apr 24
The Morecambe & Wise Show Further to reports, Film is Fabulous! is delighted to confirm recovery of a missing episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show from 68. Team expects formal protocols to be agreed with BBC Archives on Tues, 28th April, at which time details will be published
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