Fanny looks very pretty here, even better in close up than long shot - the opposite of many TV ladies. I think her reputation suffered terribly from her imperious behaviour and rather Baby Jane Hudson-ish look in her latter years, when l believe she was beginning to suffer from Alzheimers, so it is nice to see her in her prime.
@@adriantierney2434 Yeahss...!. but surely not hers! She was once described to me as "a living, breathing monster". Her husband did once wind up a show with the line " ... and I hope all your cakes turn out like Fanny's"
Interesting video from the BBC archive which has not been wiped ,probably from March or April 1966. Nice to see the late great Arthur Haynes antagonizing James Roberson Justice in the Doctor in Clover clip only a few months before his untimely death in November 1966. Also great to see Tsai Chin taking time off from her busy film career at that time, where amongst many film appearances she was the devoted daughter to Christopher Lee's Fu Manchu in five films. Later in 1966 she would make an appearance with David Hemmings in definitive Sixties cult movie Blow-up. As for Johnnie and Fanny Craddock who were then at the height of their TV cookery show fame I find it hard not to think of Bob Todd and Benny Hill's brilliant take off.
Good to see 'The thinking mans Crumpet' in her heyday. Didn't realise Robertson Justice professed to be a socialist, presumably in the Clem, Ernie, and Aneurin line, which would put him to the right of our present Conservative party :)
The present Conservative party are not left-wing in any genuine sense; they are socially "liberal". If you think that Boris Johnson is more left-wing than Nye Bevan (or either of the other two you allude to), you are insane.
@@johndaarteest Hardly ! It was the moniker that was given to Joan Bakewell at the time. She came across as the sort of snotty totty that only Grammar School girls can manage to be, but as we now know she was far from being Snow White. :)
In Richard Gordon's original 'Doctor In The House' novel, the character of Sir Lancelot Spratt was really quite different to the character that JRJ portrayed in the film version. However, such was the success and popularity of the film version characterization, Gordon, in his later 'Doctor' books wrote Sir Lancelot exactly as JRJ played him! Thankfully!!
This is excellent stuff, much better than the barrel scraping, mindless reality crap and inane game shows of today.
The quality of television and the actors back then , makes you realise what utter tosh is dished up today
Fascinating insight into mid 60s culture. Thanks for uploading an excellent program once again.
There is no doubt she was sharp and ntelligent and took herself where she wanted to go. Fanny made herself her own show and starred in it ..
Wonderful era for celebrity they just don't make them this way anymore they are all so fascinating lolx 😀❤😀
First broadcast on 16th April 1966
Fanny looks very pretty here, even better in close up than long shot - the opposite of many TV ladies. I think her reputation suffered terribly from her imperious behaviour and rather Baby Jane Hudson-ish look in her latter years, when l believe she was beginning to suffer from Alzheimers, so it is nice to see her in her prime.
I find this simply fascinating
Adult TV, when it was worth having television - interviewing accomplished stars.
Had to be adult TV, couldn't show Fanny before the watershed.
I bloody love Fanny
Quite keen on it myself
@@adriantierney2434 Yeahss...!. but surely not hers! She was once described to me as "a living, breathing monster".
Her husband did once wind up a show with the line " ... and I hope all your cakes turn out like Fanny's"
Interesting video from the BBC archive which has not been wiped ,probably from March or April 1966. Nice to see the late great Arthur Haynes antagonizing James Roberson Justice in the Doctor in Clover clip only a few months before his untimely death in November 1966. Also great to see Tsai Chin taking time off from her busy film career at that time, where amongst many film appearances she was the devoted daughter to Christopher Lee's Fu Manchu in five films.
Later in 1966 she would make an appearance with David Hemmings in definitive Sixties cult movie Blow-up. As for Johnnie and Fanny Craddock who were then at the height of their TV cookery show fame I find it hard not to think of Bob Todd and Benny Hill's brilliant take off.
This is a film telerecording-the video tape likely WAS wiped.
Good to see 'The thinking mans Crumpet' in her heyday. Didn't realise Robertson Justice professed to be a socialist, presumably in the Clem, Ernie, and Aneurin line, which would put him to the right of our present Conservative party :)
The present Conservative party are not left-wing in any genuine sense; they are socially "liberal". If you think that Boris Johnson is more left-wing than Nye Bevan (or either of the other two you allude to), you are insane.
Fanny Cradock was the thinking man's crumpet?
@@johndaarteest Hardly ! It was the moniker that was given to Joan Bakewell at the time. She came across as the sort of snotty totty that only Grammar School girls can manage to be, but as we now know she was far from being Snow White. :)
@@Fanakapan222 Yes I know I was being sarcastic.
@@Fanakapan222 Bakewell was a tart.
Q: Rectum?
A: Well, it didn't do them any good!
LOL
Opener Tsai Chin left England to work as a local actress in Cambridge, MA in the 70s and 80s, returning to film in THE JOY LUCK CLUB in 1993.
James Robinson Justice, with his fiery red hair and beard.
In Richard Gordon's original 'Doctor In The House' novel, the character of Sir Lancelot Spratt was really quite different to the character that JRJ portrayed in the film version. However, such was the success and popularity of the film version characterization, Gordon, in his later 'Doctor' books wrote Sir Lancelot exactly as JRJ played him! Thankfully!!
Joan Bakewell, from Stockport
She went to the same school as my mother
Joan Bakewell what a tart 👏
James Robertson Justice starts off talking about Rectums and ends up talking about Rectors.
From recta to rector.
James Robertson Justice didnt start acting till he was 37.
I don’t think he ever really acted, do you? Didn’t he just remember funny lines whilst barking at people?
@@richardbarclay7728 lulz....he was funny though.
16:02
Who was Tzai Chin? Was she just a one off ?
She appeared in an episode of UFO.
She also starred in the film "The Joy Luck Club".
In the 70s and 80s she was a local actress in Boston. As recently as 2017 she appeared in the film THE JADE PENDANT, filmed in Utah.
And don't forget The Virgin Soldiers!
Fanny Craddock more scary than Miss Haversham
Everybody seemed so bloody pretentious and false bag the day !
You mean there were standards?