THEN – Big Cook Little Cook
Big Cook, Ben, was played by actor Stephen March. His most notable role was when he was cast in this programme. Not only this, but he was also a co-host on the show Space Hoppers.
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He is recognised as one half of the comedy duo ‘Electric Forecast’ with his on-screen Big Cook, Little Cook partner – Dan Wright. More appearances with Wright occurred when he starred on his co-stars documentary ‘F*** Off, I’m Ginger’.
Alongside starring as fictional characters on television shows, he also made a guest appearance on Crash Test Dummies that was shown on Sky 1 back in 2007.
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He attended an Anglo European School in Essex from a young age. It was in 2001 when the duo ‘Electric Forecast’ was first debuted. In 2003 the pair performed together at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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It was back in 2004 the pair started hosting Big Cook, Little Cook and since then they have had numerous different opportunities to host other shows.
However, on his own, Wright has made two guest appearances on the CBBC show ‘Scoop’. Not only this, but he also starred in ‘Fit’, another CBBC show. In 2014 he landed himself a recurring role on the third series of the ‘4 O’Clock Club’ where he played the role of Mr Nunn.
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Aside from acting, he has made many guest appearances on the talkshow ‘The Wright Stuff’. In fact, he has made a massive 16 appearances on this show alone.
Aside from acting, he is also a recognised Comedian. Back in 2012 he performed a stand-up act titled ‘Michael Jackson Touched Me’. This received excellent praise, despite it’s unusual name. His performance managed to gain a nomination for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival.