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User Rating:
7.3/10   62 votes
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Director:
Coky Giedroyc
Writer:
Brian Fillis (writer)
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Release Date:
23 October 2006 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
The bizarre tale of Fanny Cradock, Britain's famous and maligned TV chef from 50s to the 70s. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
In the footsteps of Quentin Crisp in New York
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 9 December 2009, 6:28 AM, PST)
User Reviews:
How on earth can anyone call this dull?! more (8 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Julia Davis ... Fanny Cradock
Mark Gatiss ... Johnnie Cradock
Jason Watkins ... Derek
Steven O'Neill ... Simon
Phil Nice ... Technician
Jordan Long ... Gas Fitter
Paul Chahidi ... Director
Simon Greenall ... TV Executive

Jim Field Smith ... Floor Manager
Clare Wille ... TV Executive's Wife
Nicholas Burns ... Christopher
Claudie Blakley ... Nicky
Hayley Atwell ... Jane

Tom Goodman-Hill ... Dan Farson
Nathan Shomer ... Julian
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Runtime:
UK:80 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Movie Connections:
References "That's Life!" (1973) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
How on earth can anyone call this dull?!, 24 October 2006
10/10
Author: rhiw from London, England

This was a great show about a deeply insecure woman with intense emotional problems. The show catalogued a lifetime of pretence and despair and the pain she inflicted on others most notably her daughter in law.

I wasn't old enough to see her shows the first time but I remember the infamous blue boiled eggs and the green mashed potatoes as well as other equally hideous food.

Her treatment of the dying Johnny when she couldn't even bring herself to visit him in hospital seemed especially harsh but Fanny suffered from her own demons which seemed to torment her constantly.

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