Frank E. Cooke (1923–2007)[1] was an English broadcaster and writer dedicated to making the Bible accessible to ordinary people.
Cooke left school without any qualifications, and one of his early jobs was cleaning the floors of the London Stock Exchange while he developed his career as a jazz clarinetist.
He became a Baptist minister and held pastorates at Bacup in Lancashire, at Hinckley, at Purley and at Andover.
[2] For four years he was the interim pastor of a new church at Amesbury until it became sufficiently large to call its first full-time minister.
He was experienced not only as a writer, but also as a broadcaster, having been involved in writing and presenting for many radio and TV programmes.