Peter Cook and Dudley Moore sketch show banned for 'blasphemy' to air 50 years on

A long-lost recording of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s radio comedy based on the Bible has been found.

The recording – made in 1964 – called The Dead Sea Tapes was pulled over fears it would break blasphemy laws in the US and UK.

The tapes were found among a number of unaired recordings in the attic at Cook’s old house in London. They will now be including as part of a BBC Four documentary called The Undiscovered Peter Cook.

The Dead Sea Tapes sketches included the recollections of acquaintances of Jesus – such as his tailors - who did not make it into the Bible.