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Fortunately in the eyes of the historian, Peter Cook is better remembered for his role as Sir Arthur Geppy in the sketch based on the 1963 The Great Train Robbery, full of misunderstandings but nevertheless more than likely to happen involving the police. In fact this was the complete opposite as new historical evidence has come to show in the documentary "The Great Train Robbery Secret Tapes: Revealed" that Detective Jack Slipper and fellow copper Peter Jones of Scotland Yard, took part in a hunt for Ronnie Biggs with the help of journalist Colin Mackenzie taped in secret in 1974, almost becoming successful. Unfortunately, they tried long and hard to get authorities to extradite him back to the UK, but this was unsuccessful.

What was also unsuccessful for Biggs and his fellow robbers, who took part in The Great Train Robbery was how he was originally caught, according to Brenda Haugen (author of "The Great Train Robbery: History-Making Heist"), they were discovered by members of the public because of the amount sightings, and the outbreak of the tragic news. The farmers in the local community notice the weird goings-on, particularly a farmer called John Maris. According to Haugen, he had "seen heavy curtains put up in all the windows of Leatherslade Farm, a truck in the shed and a locked garage". Maris had heard of the robbery and thought it was suspicious enough to be THE hideout that the police were looking for, although he phoned police with his suspicions, he was one of 400 sightings, although he did, however manage to get through to them and a day after, before the police came to investigate Leatherslade Farm.

On the other hand, the Judge Sketch is far from being a ridiculous, the sketch was written on the afternoon of the Jeremy Thorpe trial, and was based on the judge's biased advice to the jury in returning the verdict as not guilty and therefore clearing Thorpe's name. It appeals today because there are judges who do side with the those who are high-ranking members of society, (like those in high-office or in royalty). The allegations made by the model Norman Scott stated that Thorpe had hired a hit-man to murder him, but his dog got shot instead. This was because he had declared to an astonished judge and jury that he was Jeremy Thorpe's lover (it was against the law to have a homosexual relationship at that time), and there was only an attempt on his life because Jeremy Thorpe threatened Scott, if word ever got out. It has been suggested that the judge advised the jury to return the verdict as "Not Guilty" and therefore clear Thorpe's name. Although Thorpe