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John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet who first became famous as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. Best known for his poem I Wanna Be Yours, written in 1982 and adapted into the ballad that closes out the band Arctic Monkeys most successful album 2013’s AM and recently clocking its billionth stream on Spotify (as of April2023)

Aliases
  • John Cooper Clark
English
Filmography

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

2014
as John Cooper Clarke

Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

1982
as Self

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

2007
as Himself

John Cooper Clarke - South of the Border: Live From Londons South Bank

2013
as John Cooper Clarke

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

2012
as John Cooper Clarke

Dennis and Lois

2019
as John Cooper Clarke

Urgh! A Music War

1981
as Himself

Ill Manors

2012
as Himself/Poet

Control

2007
as Himself

The Innes Book of Records

1979
as Himself

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

2018
as Himself

Writer

Episode The Secret Life of Books
Confessions of an English Opium Eater 		2015
Movie Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt 1982

Host

Episode The Secret Life of Books
Confessions of an English Opium Eater 		2015

Guest Star

Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Lee Mack, Sarah Millican, James Acaster, John Cooper Clarke 		2017
Episode Only Connect
Sport Relief: Royal III v BBC 		2016
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, John Cooper Clarke 		2018
Episode Have I Got News for You
Jo Brand, John Cooper Clarke, Michael Fabricant 		2013
Episode Celebration (1980)
John Cooper Clarke 		1980
Episode The Secret Life of Books
Confessions of an English Opium Eater 		2015
Episode BBC Documentaries
John Cooper Clarke Presents Clarkie's Christmas Crackers 		2018
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Johnny Vegas, Bob Mortimer, Kathy Burke, Roisin Conaty, John Cooper Clarke 		2017
Episode Would I Lie to You?
John Cooper Clarke, Judi Love, Chris McCausland and Caroline Quentin 		2022
Episode Have I Got News for You
Kirsty Young, John Cooper Clarke, Ross Noble 		2014
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Miles Jupp, Lee Mack, Catherine Tate, John Cooper Clarke 		2016
Episode The Innes Book of Records
2 		1981
Episode Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Alex Brooker, Sara Pascoe, John Cooper Clarke, Amelia Lily 		2014
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Jack Dee, Tom Allen, Judi Love, John Cooper Clarke 		2022
Episode Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries
Ten Years In An Open Necked Shirt 		1984
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rhymes, Rock & Revolution: The Story of Performance Poetry 		2015
Episode Would I Lie to You?
Greg Davies, Rick Edwards, John Cooper Clarke and Alex Jones 		2015
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Kevin Bridges, Jessica Knappett, Joe Wilkinson, John Cooper Clarke 		2018
Episode Portrait Artist of the Year
John Cooper Clarke, Fearne Cotton, Haydn Gwynne 		2020