Fanny Cradock, a prominent TV personality, is a colourful figure with painted-on eyebrows and excessive make-up, known for dyeing food to make it visible on monochrome sets. However, she is also a tyrannical figure who disowns her son Chris for marrying the wrong woman. Her comeuppance comes when she belittles a competition winner, Gwen, on a TV reality show, sparking a backlash that leads to her firing. After her husband Johnnie's death, Fanny ends up in a retirement home, still trying to dictate the cooking.
Fear of Fanny
The tumultuous career of Fanny Cradock, a beloved yet reviled British TV chef, unfolds in this bizarre story spanning the 1950s to the 1970s.
