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'''Lucy Cooke''' is a British zoologist, author, television producer, director and presenter.
| name = Lucy Cooke
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |48|2018|04|22|slash=y}}
| birth_place = [[East Sussex]], England
| alma_mater = [[New College, Oxford]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])
| nationality = [[British people|British]]
| occupation = Zoologist, author, television producer and director
| organization = Sloth Appreciation Society
}}
'''Lucy Cooke''' (born {{birth based on age as of date |48|2018|04|22|noage=1|slash=y}}<ref name="guard-22apr2018">{{cite news |last1=Piskorz |first1=Juliana |title=Lucy Cooke: ‘I loved to drink, smoke and have a good time. Getting cancer at 45 marked an end to that’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/22/lucy-cooke-i-loved-to-drink-smoke-and-have-a-good-time-getting-cancer-at-45-marked-an-end-to-that |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="time-4nov2023">{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Lucy |title=The Biggest Myths About Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom |url=https://time.com/6330821/maternal-instinct-myth-animal-kingdom-essay/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=4 November 2023}}</ref>) is a British zoologist, author, television producer, director, and presenter.


==Early life and education==
==Education==
Cooke was born and raised in [[East Sussex]].<ref name="wu-lc">{{cite web |title=Lucy Cooke - Wild UK |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3PqPbbFk7Z5glnjpFMcnwBC/lucy-cooke |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="coast-2apr2019">{{cite news |last1=Reece |first1=Alex |title=My Coast: Lucy Cooke |url=https://www.coastmagazine.co.uk/people/coast-celebrities/my-coast-lucy-cooke/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[Coast (magazine)|Coast]] |date=2 April 2019}}</ref> She has an undergraduate masters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/oxford-ma-0|title=The Oxford MA &#124; New College}}</ref> in [[zoology]] from [[New College, Oxford]], where she was tutored by [[Richard Dawkins]].<ref name="amazon">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lucy-Cooke/e/B00QE2JSTC |title=Lucy Cooke|website=Amazon |accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="rb-9may2022">{{cite news |last1=Boyd |first1=Lou |title=Learn how Lucy Cooke is starting a gender revolution in the animal kingdom |url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/theredbulletin/lucy-cooke-zoologist-animal-kingdom-gender-interview |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[The Red Bulletin]] |date=9 May 2022}}</ref>
Cooke read [[zoology]] at [[New College, Oxford]], where she specialised in zoology and animal behaviour under [[Richard Dawkins]].<ref>[http://www.lucycooke.tv/about/]</ref>


==Career==
==Producer and Director==
Cooke began her career in television comedy production, and then moved into documentaries, later specialising in natural history.<ref name="iw-30oct2012">{{cite news |last1=Renninger |first1=Bryce J. |title=How Lucy Cooke Became The ‘Steven Spielberg of [Cute] Sloth Filmmaking’ and Helped Save Ugly Animals |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/how-lucy-cooke-became-the-steven-spielberg-of-cute-sloth-filmmaking-and-helped-save-ugly-animals-43815/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=30 October 2012}}</ref> Among others, she is credited as director and producer for ''[[Balderdash and Piffle]]'', director for ''[[Terry Jones' Medieval Lives|Medieval Lives]]'' and ''[[You Don't Know You're Born]]'', and presenter of ''[[Springwatch]]''.<ref name="amazon"/>
After working on the Jonathan Ross Show, [[Harry Enfield]] and other television comedy shows, Cooke began producing science, travel and history documentaries. She has produced episodes of ''The Lonely Planet'', ''Crisis Demand'', ''Aussies - Who Gives a XXXX,'' and was the series producer for ''The Recycled History of Recycling and Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore''.


Cooke has presented a range of natural history programmes for the BBC.<ref name="cbs-24dec2023">{{cite news |last1=Alfonsi |first1=Sharyn |title=Sloths, the world's slowest mammal, turn survival of the fittest upside down |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sloths-survival-worlds-slowest-mammal-60-minutes-transcript/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[60 Minutes]] |publisher=[[CBS]] |date=24 December 2023}}</ref> In 2015 she presented Nature's Boldest Thieves and Animals Unexpected.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC One - Nature's Boldest Thieves|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0513l8q|access-date=2020-07-13|website=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2016 she was a co-presenter on the four part series Ingenious Animals. She was a team captain on the BBC Quiz show Curious Creatures, which ran for two series from 2017 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Two - Curious Creatures|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08w9yr7|access-date=2020-07-13|website=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2019, she presented the Animal Planet series Nature's Strangest Mysteries: Solved.
Cooke directed and produced three episodes of [[Terry Jones' Medieval Lives]], ''Tony Robinson Explores Australia,'' ''Balderdash and Piffle'' and ''You Don't Know You're Born''. She wrote, produced and directed ''Final Chance to Save Jaguars with Bill Bailey'' <ref>[http://www.lucycooke.tv/tv-radio/]</ref> and ''Meet the Sloths''<ref>[http://www.lucycooke.tv/tv-radio/]</ref>. Later Cooke founded Slothville, ''the Sloth Appreciation Society''.


In 2020, she presented ''Inside the Bat Cave'', which was broadcast on the BBC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside the Bat Cave|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-press-and-journal-aberdeen-and-aberdeenshire/20201031/283704071980916|access-date=2021-11-05|via=PressReader |publisher=The Press and Journal}}</ref>
==Television Presenter==
Cooke produced and co-presented Freaks and Creeps, a series investigating the evolutionary history of some of the planet's ugliest animals, for [[National Geographic Wild]] in 2012. The following year, she co-presented the live broadcast Easter Eggs Live on [[Channel 4]]. She has also featured as a guest reporter on [[Springwatch]] <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qgm3/episodes/player]</ref>.


Cooke is the author of ''The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife'',<ref name="npr">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/04/22/604121405/who-cares-if-theyre-cute-this-zoologist-accepts-animals-on-their-own-terms|title=Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms|last1=Garcia-Navarro|first1=Lulu|website=National Public Radio|accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref> which investigates popular misconceptions about animals, including [[Sloth|sloths]], [[Hyena|hyenas]], [[Penguin|penguins]], and [[Giant panda|pandas]].<ref name="nyt-25may2018">{{cite news |last1=Lescaze |first1=Zoë |title=What We Get Wrong About Animals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/books/review/the-truth-about-animals-lucy-cooke.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 May 2018}}</ref> She had previously written three books about sloths: ''A Little Book of Sloth'', ''The Power of Sloth'', and ''Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus'', and presented a [[TED Talk]] on the subject.<ref name="amazon"/><ref name="ted-sloth">{{cite web |last1=Cooke |first1=Lucy |title=Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_cooke_sloths_the_strange_life_of_the_world_s_slowest_mammal |website=[[TED (conference)|TED]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref> She also founded the Sloth Appreciation Society.<ref name="bbc-sloth">{{cite news |title=Why we should all live like a sloth |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1hd4BrFhRKXtvklV5snnGyj/why-we-should-all-live-like-a-sloth |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="sv-home">{{cite web |title=Sloth Appreciation Society |url=http://www.slothville.com/ |website=Slothville |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
Since 2014, Cooke has presented a number of animal-themed documentaries for the [[BBC]], including Talk to the Animals (2014), Nature's Boldest Thieves (2015), Animals Unexpected (2015), Nature's Miracle Survivors (2016) and Ingenious Animals (2016). In Autumn 2016, she presented Amazing Animal Births for ITV1. <ref>[http://www.lucycooke.tv/tv-radio/]</ref>


Cooke is also the author of ''Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution & the female animal'', published in 2022, which is also published as ''Bitch: On the female of the species''.<ref name="guard-11mar2022">{{cite news |last1=Glausiusz |first1=Josie |title=Bitch by Lucy Cooke review – a joyous debunking of gender stereotypes in nature |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/11/bitch-by-lucy-cooke-review-joyous-debunking-gender-stereotypes-nature-wild-darwin-female |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
==Author==
Cooke is the author of two books about sloths, ''A Little Book of Sloth'' (2013, {{ISBN|978-1442445574}}), ''The Power of Sloth'' (2014, {{ISBN|978-1445127903}}).


==References==
==Personal life==
Cooke was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] in 2015, after which she adopted a healthier lifestyle.<ref name="guard-22apr2018" /> She moved back to her hometown of [[Hastings]], East Sussex in 2019.<ref name="coast-2apr2019" />
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== Bibliography ==
* ''A Little Book of Sloth'' (2013)
* ''The Power of Sloth'' (2014)
* ''The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife'' (2017)
* ''Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus'' (2018)
* ''Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution and the female animal (2022),'' <sub>also published as ''Bitch: On the Female of the Species''</sub>

== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDB name|1199092}}
*{{official website|lucycooke.tv}}
*{{instagram|luckycooke}}
*{{imdb name|nm11210594}}


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Latest revision as of 07:00, 15 January 2024

Lucy Cooke
Born1969/1970 (age 54–55)
East Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materNew College, Oxford (MS)
Occupation(s)Zoologist, author, television producer and director
OrganizationSloth Appreciation Society

Lucy Cooke (born 1969/1970[1][2]) is a British zoologist, author, television producer, director, and presenter.

Early life and education

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Cooke was born and raised in East Sussex.[3][4] She has an undergraduate masters[5] in zoology from New College, Oxford, where she was tutored by Richard Dawkins.[6][7]

Career

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Cooke began her career in television comedy production, and then moved into documentaries, later specialising in natural history.[8] Among others, she is credited as director and producer for Balderdash and Piffle, director for Medieval Lives and You Don't Know You're Born, and presenter of Springwatch.[6]

Cooke has presented a range of natural history programmes for the BBC.[9] In 2015 she presented Nature's Boldest Thieves and Animals Unexpected.[10] In 2016 she was a co-presenter on the four part series Ingenious Animals. She was a team captain on the BBC Quiz show Curious Creatures, which ran for two series from 2017 to 2018.[11] In 2019, she presented the Animal Planet series Nature's Strangest Mysteries: Solved.

In 2020, she presented Inside the Bat Cave, which was broadcast on the BBC.[12]

Cooke is the author of The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife,[13] which investigates popular misconceptions about animals, including sloths, hyenas, penguins, and pandas.[14] She had previously written three books about sloths: A Little Book of Sloth, The Power of Sloth, and Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus, and presented a TED Talk on the subject.[6][15] She also founded the Sloth Appreciation Society.[16][17]

Cooke is also the author of Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution & the female animal, published in 2022, which is also published as Bitch: On the female of the species.[18]

Personal life

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Cooke was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, after which she adopted a healthier lifestyle.[1] She moved back to her hometown of Hastings, East Sussex in 2019.[4]

Bibliography

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  • A Little Book of Sloth (2013)
  • The Power of Sloth (2014)
  • The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife (2017)
  • Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus (2018)
  • Bitch: A revolutionary guide to sex, evolution and the female animal (2022), also published as Bitch: On the Female of the Species

References

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  1. ^ a b Piskorz, Juliana (22 April 2018). "Lucy Cooke: 'I loved to drink, smoke and have a good time. Getting cancer at 45 marked an end to that'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ^ Cooke, Lucy (4 November 2023). "The Biggest Myths About Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom". Time. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Lucy Cooke - Wild UK". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Reece, Alex (2 April 2019). "My Coast: Lucy Cooke". Coast. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ^ "The Oxford MA | New College".
  6. ^ a b c "Lucy Cooke". Amazon. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  7. ^ Boyd, Lou (9 May 2022). "Learn how Lucy Cooke is starting a gender revolution in the animal kingdom". The Red Bulletin. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. ^ Renninger, Bryce J. (30 October 2012). "How Lucy Cooke Became The 'Steven Spielberg of [Cute] Sloth Filmmaking' and Helped Save Ugly Animals". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  9. ^ Alfonsi, Sharyn (24 December 2023). "Sloths, the world's slowest mammal, turn survival of the fittest upside down". 60 Minutes. CBS. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  10. ^ "BBC One - Nature's Boldest Thieves". BBC. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  11. ^ "BBC Two - Curious Creatures". BBC. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  12. ^ "Inside the Bat Cave". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 2021-11-05 – via PressReader.
  13. ^ Garcia-Navarro, Lulu. "Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms". National Public Radio. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  14. ^ Lescaze, Zoë (25 May 2018). "What We Get Wrong About Animals". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  15. ^ Cooke, Lucy. "Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal". TED. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Why we should all live like a sloth". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Sloth Appreciation Society". Slothville. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  18. ^ Glausiusz, Josie (11 March 2022). "Bitch by Lucy Cooke review – a joyous debunking of gender stereotypes in nature". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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