THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG — fanny craddock

Just look at this fantastic photo - does anyone remember Fanny Craddock, one of the first celebrity chefs.   This photo harks from 1955 and who can forget when husband  Johnny was admiring his wife's baking skills. He turned with a straight face to the camera and offered the encouraging words: "May all your doughnuts look like Fanny's."     These blunders on screen and radio are more common than one might think and one old favourite I can recall is when the BBC commentator Harry Carpenter was clearly touched by one particular incident as he described the scene after the...