New. Her baked-on eyeshadow, battleaxe persona and culinary abominations - such as blue eggs and pigeon garnished with feathers - made Fanny Cradock a cult figure. Yet this comedy drama with Julia Davis as Fanny and Mark Gatiss as put-upon husband Johnnie - reveals a softer side to the mother of all TV chefs.
The Inside Story: p82; Kitchen devil: p26