Top billed cast

1. 

   Julia Davis

   Fanny Cradock

2. 

   Mark Gatiss

   Johnnie Cradock

3. 

   Jason Watkins

   Derek

4. 

   Hayley Atwell

   Jane

5. 

   Steven O'Neill

   Simon

6. 

   Phil Nice

   Technician

7. 

   Jordan Long

   Gas Fitter

8. 

   Paul Chahidi

   Director

9. 

   Simon Greenall

   TV Executive

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-08

For those of us of a certain age, Fanny Craddock was an household name who seemed to polarise opinion in Britain as she emerged as the country’s first television chef. She (Julia Davis) was famed, along with her husband Johnnie (Mark Gatiss) and this attempts to take us through a chronology of her rise and fall. Right from the outset, though, this struggles to deliver. Though Davis herself delivers quite a solid performance, it doesn’t really bear much resemblance to the actual woman herself - and there is plenty of televised evidence that this is more of a dramatisation based around her c...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• woman director