How Peter Cook and Dudley Moore fell foul of the law yet still escaped prosecution by Alan Travis, Home Affairs Editor

' 1970s DPP files reveal Derek and Clive furore' Police wanted comics prosecuted for obscenityIt started out as a private joke between Peter Cook and Dudley Moore but within a few years no fewer than four British police forces were demanding the two comics be prosecuted for obscenity.The infamous "Derek and Clive" tapes recorded in ad-libbed late night sessions in New York in 1973 included a series of scabrous, foul-…

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