For '' Radio Times '' magazine , Cook has written on E4 teen drama '' Skins '' ( " The assertion that it 's our job simply to reflect life is always a cop-out , " co-creator Bryan Elsley told him . " But people who think it 's our duty to educate young people on the correct way to live are just as bonkers " ) , ITV talent show '' The X Factor '' ( " We were n't always fighting , " Dannii Minogue confessed about ex-judge Sharon Osbourne , " but Sharon made it clear that she did n't like me , so she wo n't be missed . Not by me " ) , short-livedrama '' Demons '' ( " I did n't entirely understand '' Demons '' , " actor Richard Wilson told Cook . " I just had to say I did and hope no-one caught on " ) , the BBC 's '' The Omid Djalili Show '' ( " The first series was OK , but we all agreed it was there to be bettered , " said Omid Djalili . " It was a bit slapdash , to be honest " ) , '' Dan Cruickshank 's Adventures in Architecture '' and '' Wild China '' , Comedy Central 's '' Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire '' , as well as BBC dramas '' Doctor Who '' , '' The Sarah Jane Adventures '' , '' Merlin '' , '' Little Dorrit '' and '' Spooks '' . In 2009 , Cook interviewed US boy band the Jonas Brothers for '' Radio Times '' , in which they spoke out about the controversy surrounding comedian Russell Brand 's ridicule of their chastity rings at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards : " You know what ? We were happy to see he recognised their value , " reasoned Joe . " You have to learn to laugh , " Kevin added . The next year , Cook conducted the " first Twitter interview " with Stephen Fry , asking him how he accounted for ( fellow 2010 National Television Award nominee ) Piers Morgan 's career : " It 's pretty hard to imagine , is n't it ? " replied Fry . " Biodiversity is the answer ... Just as nature needs a few snakes and bugs , TV needs Piers Morgan and me ! " Cook first wrote for '' Doctor Who Magazine '' ( '' DWM '' ) in March 1999 . Since then , his catalogue of interviews for the publication ranges from David Tennant , Billie Piper , Kylie Minogue and Richard E Grant to Peter Kay , Charlotte Church and McFly , and the first ever major print interview with Matt Smith . Cook 's regular back-page interview column , '' Who on Earth is ... '' , has featured such diverse names as Bernard Cribbins , Timothy Dalton , Duncan James from Blue and Professor Richard Dawkins
2008 MTV Video Music Awards
2008 MTV Video Music Awards
Benjamin Cook (journalist)