{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F19d6abd5-2a42-4ae1-a3aa-97320751d7e8","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Fanny Cradock with Kevin Geddes","description":"Neil has a most enlightening chat with Kevin Geddes about the fabulous television cook Fanny Cradock (1909-1994). Fanny has a reputation for being difficult to work with, cruel and monstrous, and that she was a fake. In this chat Kevin upturns SOME of those preconceptions. We talk about her way into radio and television, her manner and presenting style, the fantastic Christmas special, as well as her decline and fall from television cookery. Much of her life is fabricated and it is difficult to see where the real Fanny stops, and the celebrity Fanny begins.\n\n\n\nSubscribers: don\u2019t forget to check out the Easter Egg tab on the website to listen to the many extras from this episode: http://britishfoodhistory.com/easter-eggs/\n\n\n\nKevin\u2019s book Keep Calm and Fanny On! The Many Careers of Fanny Cradock is published by Fantom https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/kevin-geddes-fanny-cradock/\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s All in the Booklet: Festive Fun with Fanny Cradock is also published by Fantom https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/kevin-geddes-its-all-in-the-booklet-festive-fun-with-fanny-cradock/\n\n\n\nFollow Kevin on Twitter and Insta @keepcalmandfannyon\n\n\n\nNeil\u2019s book A Dark History of Sugar is available to preorder from the publisher with a 25% discount. It is available, of course, to preorder at all other bookshops https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinks to things mentioned in this episode:\n\n\n\nBritish Pathe reel: Fanny and Johnnie\u2019s savouries and cooking tips (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgrtXKcmeyU\n\n\n\nFanny and Johnnie at the Albert Hall (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHGSJbPz2e8\n\n\n\nAdventurous Cooking with Fanny Cradock (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EQJ8GnDsiw\n\n\n\nFanny Cradock Invites\u2026 (on BBC iPlayer) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05rv2m9/fanny-cradock-invites-you-to-a-cheese-and-wine-party\n\n\n\nFanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas (on BBC iPlayer) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05jvgzw/fanny-cradock-cooks-for-christmas-series-1-1-fanny-cradock-cooks-for-christmas\n\n\n\nThe Big Time: Fanny\u2019s downfall? (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-2fclfRpI&t=1s\n\n\n\nFanny on TV chat show Wogan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z82EYek2-xs\n\n\n\nAlso, don\u2019t forget if you have any questions or queries about today\u2019s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email me at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or find me on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram dr_neil_buttery.\n\n\n\nIf you like my blog posts and podcast episodes, please consider a monthly subscription or buying me a virtual coffee or a pint? Go to https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/ for more details.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9f6e7454-1fae-4e32-a066-9eddcaa844f2/3mwzmCeiPDr0JCqiRW_vlCSc.jpg"}