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Roger Cook’s infamous antiques dealer doorstep | Newsnight archive

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Investigative journalist Roger Cook, the reporter credited with having invented the ‘doorstep’ interview technique, has died aged 83. From the Newsnight archive, this report involves Roger doorstepping a dealer of fake antiques in 1981.

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