Plane Spotter, The Fitzrovia Gallery, 2018
3 years ago
Dorian Crook, uncontroversial Air Traffic Controller, acclaimed Comedian and a Trans-European aviator, graduated with a BA in Fine Arts towards the end of the last century, but has never had ...
Bob Mortimer: And Away
3 years ago
Jim’s mate Dorian Crook would come on stage wearing a tweed suit and a cravat and tell one-liners. On every punchline, the audience would shout, ‘Fuck off, Toff!’ and Dorian ...
Matt Lucas: Little Me
3 years ago
“Dorian Crook was (and still is) a man from another age. The late fifties, I would say. The clothes he wore, the car he drove – even the jokes he ...
True confessions of a plane spotter
3 years ago
WE’RE S-P-O-T-T-I-N-G. WE’RE SPOTTING: another song the Pet Shop Boys should have made, but can be forgiven for overlooking. No, ‘plane spotting’ never was and never will be fashionable. It’s ...
8 ways to annoy your Air Traffic Controller
6 years ago
Most pilots learn to fly simply to annoy Air Traffic Controllers. We asked our favourite ATCO, Dorian Crook, for the top 8 ways to keep these coffee-sucking control freaks furious.
1. ...
Joker Face
7 years ago
I was in a very quiet country pub one night wondering how they make a living. A poster said “Friday night: Dave Wilson” Thinking there was a band, I went ...
Edinburgh Fringe Festival show 1993
31 years ago
Edinburgh Fringe Festival show 1993 at the Gilded Balloon, with Matt Lucas as Sir Bernard Chumley.