 Cockup means a mess-up in the British English language, and the fell was visited by British television personality Denis Norden for one edition of his TV show "It'll be Alright on the Night", a programme which consisted of out-takes from film and television and which he called ‘Cockups’.The programme was called "Alright on the Night’s Cockup Trip" and was broadcast in 1996.The fell's name has also been adopted for a local beer brewed by the Hesket Newmarket Brewery, called ‘Great Cockup Porter’ a dark-coloured stout with an ABV of 3.3%.