46 year-old Greg Cook's deadpan style and mastery of the spoken word led John Plowman, head of BBC Comedy to describe him as 'Les Dawson for the 21st century'.
A prolific writer of comedy, he has several hours of tested material to draw on, but reserves the right to dish up a blistering set drawn from this morning's newspapers. Religion, politics, sport, terrorism, poetry, the police, philosophy, royalty and his long-suffering mum have all been given the Greg Cook treatment, since he began performing in May 2002.
Open spots on the Manchester circuit have given way to regular headline work all over the UK and as far afield as the Middle East.
He abandoned a law degree after 2 years to devote more time to writing and performing comedy. 'Law and comedy are essentially the same gig,' says Greg, 'telling lies for money. But this way I don't have to wear a tie.'
