Benjamin Cook (journalist)#YouTube

At the age of 13, in 1996, Cook won a competition run by BBC children's news programme Newsround.[http://unreality-sf.net/interviews/thewriterstale.html USF > Features > Russell T Davies & Benjamin Cook interview]

He first wrote for Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) in March 1999{{cite journal|last=Spilsbury|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Spilsbury|title=Four Hundred DWMs!|journal=Doctor Who Magazine|issue=400}} and his catalogue of interviews for the publication includes Tom Baker, David Tennant, Billie Piper, Bernard Cribbins, Kylie Minogue, Richard E Grant, Timothy Dalton, and the first ever major print interview with Matt Smith. He compiled six DWM Special Editions – published between 2005 and 2010, under the umbrella title In Their Own Words – providing a chronological commentary on the making of the TV series, from 1963 to 2009, by those involved in its production, collated from extracts of interviews previously published in DWM. He also contributed to the 2006 Doctor Who Annual and the 2011 and 2012 editions of The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who. His 2002 interview with the elusive Doctor Who scriptwriter Christopher Bailey inspired Robert Shearman to write Deadline, an acclaimed audio play starring Derek Jacobi.http://www.btinternet.com/~david.darlington/WORDS/DWM/346RobShearman.htm {{dead link|date=June 2011}}

Cook began writing for the Radio Times in 2008.{{cite journal|last=Hudson|first=Gill|date=9 February 2008|title=Teenage Rampage|journal=Radio Times}}Hudson, Gill (Ed.). Generation X!, Radio Times 16–22 August 2008Hudson, Gill (Ed.). Mock Tudor, Radio Times 18–24 April 2009Preston, Ben (Ed.). King of the Tweets, Radio Times 9–15 January 2010 His book Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale, based on an in-depth email correspondence between Cook and Doctor Who executive producer Russell T Davies during the production of the show's fourth series in 2007 and 2008, was published by BBC Books in 2008 to enthusiastic reviewsLinley, Julian (Ed.). Reviews: Books, Heat 499{{cite web |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=book_review_doctor_who_the |title= SFX | GamesRadar+|website=www.sfx.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925011805/http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=book_review_doctor_who_the |archive-date=25 September 2008}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=388|title=The Writer's Tale – Russell T Davies|first=Darren|last=Scott|date=2 October 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716163136/http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=388|archivedate=16 July 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2008/11/russell-t-davies-on-writing/ |title=The Stage / TV Today / Russell T Davies on writing |access-date=10 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604205034/http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2008/11/russell-t-davies-on-writing/ |archive-date=4 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|last=Bielby|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Bielby|title=Dark Stars|journal=Death Ray|issue=16}}{{Cite web |url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Struggling-to-find-the-perfect.4785670.jp |title=Struggling to find the perfect Christmas present? From bronze horses to Harry Hill, our team of arts writers offer their recommendations – The Scotsman |access-date=14 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109130133/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Struggling-to-find-the-perfect.4785670.jp |archive-date=9 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/04/tvandradio | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=You. Would. Make. A. Good. Dalek | first=Veronica | last=Horwell | date=4 October 2008 | access-date=26 April 2010}}[http://www.sci-fi-online.com/2008_reviews/book/08-09-25_who-writerstale.htm Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale (Hardback) – Book review][http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/index.asp?spage=http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/reviews/reviews-books-thewriterstale.htm Doctor Who Online]{{Cite web |url=http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=3009 |title=Critical mass : Off The Telly |access-date=5 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608043739/http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=3009 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} and selection for the Richard & Judy Book Club.[http://www.thewriterstale.com/news/?p=292 Richard and Judy pick The Writer's Tale » Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060200/http://www.thewriterstale.com/news/?p=292 |date=23 October 2013 }}[https://www.youtube.com/user/ibebenjamin#p/f/4/E_Gj0eaLI_M YouTube – ibebenjamin's Channel] A revised, updated and expanded edition, The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter was published in 2010{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jpJr1q1LxUMC|title=Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter|last1=Cook|first1=Benjamin|last2=Davies|first2=Russell T.|date=31 March 2013|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781448141371|language=en}} to similar acclaim,{{cite web |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=20_things_we_learnt_from |title= SFX | GamesRadar+|website=www.sfx.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113182114/http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=20_things_we_learnt_from |archive-date=13 January 2010}}Rusbridger, Alan (Ed.). Review, The Guardian 6 February 2010Delaney, Sam (Ed.). The Hot List, Heat 561 although Private Eye criticised the book as "breathlessly self-congratulatory".Hislop, Ian (Ed.). Literary Review, Private Eye 1254

Cook created Becoming YouTube, a 12-part documentary series incorporating sketch comedy and fantasy sequences featuring popular stars of the British YouTube community, in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2014/04/20/benjamin-cook-interview/|title=Benjamin Cook: Becoming YouTube and Beyond – TenEighty – YouTube News, Features, and Interviews|website=teneightymagazine.com|language=en-GB|access-date=5 October 2017}}{{cite AV media |date=16 August 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttx1yQF2SNM |title=BECOMING YOUTUBE {{!}} Trailer |publisher=ninebrassmonkeys |via=YouTube |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228045342/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttx1yQF2SNM |archive-date=28 December 2019 |url-status=live}} A second series followed three years later.[http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/01/14/ben-cook-chats-about-becoming-youtube-2/ TenEightyUK Magazine interview with Benjamin Cook] He announced the short comedy series Project: Library, written by himself, Tim Hautekiet and Jack Howard, in 2014.{{cite AV media |date=23 February 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dKrTkDhGt4 |title=Everything Changes {{!}} BECOMING YOUTUBE {{!}} Video 12 |publisher=ninebrassmonkeys |via=YouTube |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214155254/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dKrTkDhGt4 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=live}} Later the same year he was also involved with the development of Tofu, an eight-part sex-culture web series commissioned by Channel 4 to accompany Russell T Davies' Cucumber and Banana.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a585343/channel-4-web-series-tofu-seeks-sexcapades-from-members-of-the-public.html#~oXTwUE0zgF2W45|title = Channel 4's Tofu seeks 'sexcapades'| website=Digital Spy |date = 21 July 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/tofu/episode-guide|title = Tofu - All 4}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2015-01/22/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-cucumber-banana-and-tofu-on-channel-4-e4-and-4od|title=10 things you need to know about hit series' Cucumber, Banana and Tofu|date=26 January 2015}}

• Cook, Benjamin (2003). Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures – The Inside Story. Berkshire: Big Finish. {{ISBN|978-1-84435-034-6}}.
• Davies, Russell T; and Cook, Benjamin (2008). Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale. London: BBC Books. {{ISBN|978-1-84607-571-1}}.
• Davies, Russell T; and Cook, Benjamin (2010). Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter. London: BBC Books. {{ISBN|978-1-84607-861-3}}.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110424040026/http://benjamincook.net/ Official website]
• [https://twitter.com/benjamin_cook Benjamin Cook] on Twitter
• [https://www.youtube.com/ninebrassmonkeys Benjamin Cook (ninebrassmonkeys)] on YouTube

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