The investigative reporter, who turned the TV doorstep into an art form, has died aged 83 after a short illness, which had nothing to do with the 12 death threats he received from those he exposed

Journalist Roger Cook has died at the age of 83, ITV has announced in a sad statement

The New Zealand-born star won a Bafta special award for his long-running show ‘The Cook Report’

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In a career spanning five decades, he was best known for the ITV current affairs programme The Cook Report

Roger Cook, the trailblazing investigative reporter best known for fronting ITV's current affairs show The Cook Report, has died

Cook pursued criminals, con-men and corrupt officials in ITV’s The Cook Report, which ran for 16 series

The investigative reporter, who turned the TV doorstep into an art form, has died aged 83 after a short illness, which had nothing to do with the 12 death threats he received from…