# Works of Fanny Cradock

Phyllis Nan Sortain "Primrose" Pechey (1909–1994), better known as Fanny Cradock, was an English writer, restaurant critic and television cook.
From 1942 Cradock, writing under the name Frances Dale, published a series of romantic novels; she also used the pseudonym as her by-line when she was the editor of the Sunday Graphic, a position she held for four years. In 1948 she, with her partner Major Johnnie Cradock, joined The Daily Telegraph, writing a food and drink column under the nom de plume "Bon Viveur". The columns were published in book form, and the Cradocks produced several works detailing travels around European eateries. From 1955 Cradock began appearing on television either on her own, or with Johnnie. According to her biographer Paul Levy, his character was portrayed as "the subservient sidekick, good only for handing Fanny her frying pan and knowing which wine to serve". According to Eddie Dyja, writing for the British Film Institute, Fanny's onscreen character was, "bossy, [with] no-nonsense delivery, and [an] unusual penchant for glamour".
From 1975 Cradock published a series of ten historical novels set at the fictional "Castle Rising". According to the author's foreword to The Lormes of Castle Rising (1975), when Cradock began writing the book in 1966, she was unaware of the existence of a real Castle Rising in Norfolk. The novels, while fiction, take some inspiration from Cradock's own genealogy; for example, the crest of the Lormes features the same astrolabe as the crest of her Norman ancestor Gilbert de Peche.

## Television work

Television appearances of Cradock :
| Programme | Date | Channel | Role | Notes |
| Kitchen Magic | 17 February 1955 | BBC | Participant | |
| Television Tea Party | 26 September 1955 | BBC | Participant | |
| Fanny's Kitchen | 5 October 1955 – 28 December 1956 | ITV | Presenter | Series 1; 13 episodes |
| The Cradocks Are Frying Tonight | 4 November 1955 | BBC | Presenter | |
| The Cradocks Are Frying Tonight | 4 November 1955 | BBC | Presenter | An evening dress version of the afternoon programme |
| Challenge in the Kitchen | 10 January 1956 | BBC | Participant | |
| Chez Bon Viveur | 30 April – 23 July 1956 | ITV | Presenter | 13 episodes |
| Bon Viveur: Gala Christmas Dinner | 11 December 1956 | BBC | Presenter | Live broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall |
| Fanny's Kitchen | 10 January – 4 April 1957 | ITV | Presenter | Series 2; 13 episodes |
| Mainly for Women | 11 September 1958 | BBC | Participant | |
| Lucky Dip: The Junior Newspaper Series | 10 February – 10 May 1959 | ITV | Presenter | Series 1; 13 episodes |
| The Cradocks | 25 September – 18 December 1959 | ITV | Presenter | Series 1 |
| Lucky Dip: The Junior Newspaper Series | 5 January – 29 March 1960 | ITV | Presenter | Series 2; 13 episodes |
| Late Extra | 13 April – 22 June 1960 | ITV | Presenter | 11 episodes |
| Fanny's Kitchen | 17 February 1961 – 12 May 1961 | ITV | Presenter | Series 3; 13 episodes |
| For Deaf Children | 20 November 1961 | BBC | Participant | |
| Fanny's Kitchen | 22 February – 17 May 1962 | ITV | Presenter | Series 4; 13 episodes |
| Tuesday Rendezvous | 10 April 1962, 28 August 1962 and 6 August 1963 | ITV | Participant | |
| Home at One-Thirty | 17 April 1962 | BBC | Participant | |
| Home at One-Thirty | 5 June 1962 | BBC | Participant | |
| The Cradocks | 25 September – 2 October 1962 | ITV | Presenter | Series 2; 4 episodes |
| Living Today | 25 September 1962 – 7 May 1963 | BBC | Participant | In 14 episodes |
| Beginning to Cook | 11 January – 15 February 1963 | BBC | Presenter | 6 episodes |
| Kitchen Party | 14 October – 25 November 1963 | BBC | Presenter | 6 episodes |
| Learning to Cook | 28 December 1963 – 18 January 1964 | BBC | Presenter | 6 episodes |
| Home Cooking | 25 April – 27 June 1965 | BBC | Presenter | 10 programmes |
| Kitchen Party | 4 – 18 August 1965 | BBC | Presenter | 3 programmes |
| Adventurous Cooking with Fanny Cradock | 17 April – 19 June 1966 | BBC | Presenter | 10 programmes |
| Outlook for Tuesday: Home Cooking | 26 July – 27 September 1966 | BBC | Presenter | 10 programmes |
| Juke Box Jury | 17 September 1966 | BBC | Participant | |
| Christmas Cooking | 1 – 15 December 1966 | BBC | Presenter | 3 programmes |
| Problem Cooking | 2 – 30 March 1967 | BBC | Presenter | 5 programmes |
| Ten Classic Dishes | 16 January – 19 March 1968 | BBC | Presenter | 10 programmes |
| Fanny Cradock: Colourful Cookery | 1 October – 31 December 1968 | BBC | Presenter | 13 episodes |
| Giving A Dinner Party | 4 July – 26 September 1969 | BBC | Presenter | 13 episodes |
| Fanny Cradock Invites... | 22 July – 14 October 1970 | BBC | Presenter | 13 episodes |
| Score with the Scaffold | 28 August 1970 | BBC | Participant | |
| The Generation Game | 30 October 1971 | BBC | Participant | |
| Call My Bluff | 17 and 24 January 1972 | BBC | Participant | 2 episodes |
| Nationwide: Fanny Cradock Cooks Nationwide Into Europe | 9 March – 31 May 1972 | BBC | Participant | 7 episodes |
| Password | 1 April and 20 August 1974 | BBC | Participant | 2 episodes |
| Fanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas | 15 – 19 December 1975 | BBC | Presenter | 5 episodes |
| The Big Time "Gwen Troake's Banquet" | 11 November 1976 | BBC | Participant | |
| Pebble Mill at One | 11 December 1981 | BBC | Participant | |
| Windmill | 29 December 1985 | BBC | Participant | |
| The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross | 3 April 1987 | Channel 4 | Participant | |

## Novels

| Publication | Writing as | Year | Publisher | Pages | OCLC |
| Scorpion's Suicide | Frances Dale | 1942 | Hurst and Blackett | 232 | OCLC 315897342 |
| Women Must Wait | Frances Dale | 1944 | Hurst and Blackett | 184 | OCLC 558678454 |
| The Rags of Time | Frances Dale | 1944 | Hurst and Blackett | 180 | OCLC 752521557 |
| The Land is in Good Heart | Frances Dale | 1945 | Hurst and Blackett | 180 | OCLC 752521549 |
| My Seed – Thy Harvest | Frances Dale | 1946 | Hurst and Blackett | 271 | OCLC 10420389 |
| O Daughter of Babylon | Frances Dale | 1947 | Hurst and Blackett | 320 | OCLC 558678384 |
| The Echo in the Cup | Frances Dale | 1949 | Hurst and Blackett | 239 | OCLC 843074279 |
| Gateway to Remembrance | Phyllis Cradock | 1949 | Andrew Dakers | 361 | OCLC 37220320 |
| The Eternal Echo | Phyllis Cradock | 1950 | Andrew Dakers | 276 | OCLC 560216248 |
| The Shadow of Heaven | Frances Dale | 1950 | Hurst and Blackett | 221 | OCLC 752521561 |
| The Dark Reflection | Frances Dale | 1950 | Hurst and Blackett | 208 | OCLC 752521525 |
| The Lormes of Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1975 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 340 | OCLC 1530007 |
| Shadows Over Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1976 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 351 | OCLC 2811552 |
| War Comes to Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1977 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 337 | OCLC 3914865 |
| Wind of Change at Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1978 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 260 | OCLC 4932043 |
| Uneasy Peace at Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1979 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 228 | OCLC 6568075 |
| Thunder Over Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1980 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 227 | OCLC 7782209 |
| Gathering Clouds at Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1981 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 238 | OCLC 8328514 |
| Fateful Years at Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1982 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 288 | OCLC 18205250 |
| Defence of Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1984 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 237 | OCLC 18205232 |
| Loneliness of Castle Rising | Fanny Cradock | 1986 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 220 | OCLC 30472769 |
| The Windsor Secret | Fanny Cradock | 1986 | W. H. Allen & Co. | 270 | OCLC 84119076 |

## Cookery books

| Publication | Writing as | Year | Publisher | Pages | Notes | OCLC |
| The Practical Cook | Frances Dale | 1949 | Lehmann | 306 | Illustrations by Nigel Mould | OCLC 752521552 |
| Daily Express Enjoyable Cookery | Frances Dale | 1951 | London Express Newspaper | 248 | | OCLC 30179647 |
| The Ambitious Cook | Frances Dale | 1952 | Lehman | 416 | Illustrations by Evadné Rowan; photographs by Percy Hennell | OCLC 25463281 |
| New dishes From The Daily Telegraph | Bon Viveur | 1952 | H. A. & W. L. Pitkin | 128 | | OCLC 1043075461 |
| An A.B.C. of Wine Drinking | Bon Viveur | 1954 | Frederick Muller | 96 | Co-written with Johnnie Cradock | OCLC 883985729 |
| Cooking with Bon Viveur | Bon Viveur | 1955 | Museum Press | 127 | | OCLC 15079183 |
| Bon Viveur Recipes | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1956 | The Daily Mail | 104 | aka The Daily Mail Cookery Book | OCLC 800582836 |
| Bon Viveur Request Cook Book | Bon Viveur | 1958 | Museum Press | 127 | | OCLC 557697234 |
| Mr Therm's Encyclopaedia of Vegetable Cookery Volume 1: Cabbages and Things | Bon Viveur | 1959 | Gas Council | 160 | | OCLC 502237321 |
| Mr Therm's Encyclopaedia of Vegetable Cookery Volume 2: Veg and Vim | Bon Viveur | 1959 | Gas Council | 159 | | OCLC 939155776 |
| Cooking with Can and Pack | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1962 | Museum Press | 128 | | OCLC 315843567 |
| The Daily Telegraph Cook's Book | Bon Viveur | 1964 | The Daily Telegraph | 368 | Edited by Alison Leach; illustrated by William S. McCall | OCLC 752979578 |
| Fun with Cookery | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1965 | Edmund Ward | 63 | Illustrations by Gay Galsworthy; edited by Alison Leach | OCLC 59001168 |
| Daily Telegraph Sociable Cook's Book | Bon Viveur | 1967 | The Daily Telegraph | 400 | Illustrations by William Farrow and Frank Missen | OCLC 752979580 |
| Coping with Christmas | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1968 | Fontana | 304 | Illustrations by Joan Jefferson Farjeon | OCLC 30279678 |
| The Cook Hostess' Book | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1970 | Collins | 303 | Illustrations by Val Biro | OCLC 59777475 |
| Modest but Delicious: an Economical Cookbook for Today | Bon Viveur | 1973 | Arlington Books | 85 | | OCLC 35579993 |
| Common Market Cookery: France | Fanny Cradock | 1973 | BBC Books | 111 | Based on recipes broadcast on the BBC's Nationwide programme | OCLC 886806 |
| Common Market Cookery: Italy | Fanny Cradock | 1974 | BBC Books | 107 | Based on recipes broadcast on the BBC's Nationwide programme | OCLC 1103649 |
| 365 Puddings | Bon Viveur | 1975 | The Daily Telegraph | 187 | | OCLC 2048326 |
| The Sherlock Holmes Cookbook | Fanny Cradock | 1976 | W. H. Allen & Co | 254 | Illustrations by Val Biro; includes recipes by Agnes Bertha Marshall | OCLC 462255855 |
| 365 Soups | Bon Viveur | 1977 | The Daily Telegraph | | | OCLC 655016139 |
| Fanny & Johnnie Cradock's Freezer Book | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1978 | W. H. Allen & Co | 293 | | OCLC 4982826 |
| Cooking Is Fun: A Children's Book | Fanny Cradock | 1978 | W. H. Allen & Co | 134 | Illustrations by Kate Simunek | OCLC 5076517 |
| A Cook's Essential Alphabet | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1979 | W. H. Allen & Co | 117 | | OCLC 59213938 |
| A Lifetime In The Kitchen Volume One: For Beginner Cooks | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1985 | W. H. Allen & Co | 336 | | OCLC 1012855634 |
| A Lifetime In The Kitchen Volume Two: Family Cooking | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1985 | W. H. Allen & Co | 428 | | OCLC 19456067 |
| A Lifetime In The Kitchen Volume Three: The Ambitious Cook | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1985 | W. H. Allen & Co | 455 | | OCLC 864425847 |

## Part works, etc

| Publication | Writing as | Year | Publisher | Notes | OCLC |
| Happy Cooking Children | Bon Viveur | 1959 | Putnam | Four booklet series, comprising: 1: Beginning to Cook (64 pages) 2: Children's Outdoor Cookery (60 pages) 3: The Young Chef (55 pages) 4: Children's Party Cookery (54 pages) | OCLC 316082853 |
| Fanny & Johnnie Cradock Cookery Programme: A Complete Cookery Programme | Fanny Cradock | 1970–1972 | Purnell | Published in 80 weekly instalments | OCLC 939225597 |

## Children's fiction

| Publication | Writing as | Year | Publisher | Pages | Illustrator | OCLC |
| When Michael was Three | Francis Dale | 1945 | Hutchinson's Books for Young People | 87 | Ernest Noble | OCLC 315897367 |
| When Michael was Six | Francis Dale | 1946 | Hutchinson's Books for Young People | 102 | Ernest Noble | OCLC 315897360 |
| Always. The Enchanted Land | Francis Dale | 1947 | Hutchinson's Books for Young People | 70 | Nigel Mould | OCLC 1061889036 |
| Naughty Red Lion, Beware! | Susan Leigh | 1947 | Hodder & Stoughton | 112 | | OCLC 561617745 |
| The Dryad and the Toad | Francis Dale | 1948 | Macdonald | 64 | Nigel Mould | OCLC 315897280 |
| The Story of Joseph and Pharaoh | Francis Dale | 1950 | Hodder & Stoughton | 52 | Val Biro | OCLC 30159992 |
| Brigadier Gooseyplum Goes to War | Francis Dale | 1950 | Hodder & Stoughton | 85 | Aileen Forbes-Boyd | OCLC 1061961475 |
| The Gooseyplums of Duckpond-in-the-Dip | Francis Dale | 1950 | Hodder & Stoughton | 96 | Aileen Forbes-Boyd | OCLC 30159857 |
| The Gooseyplums by the Sea | Francis Dale | 1950 | Hodder & Stoughton | 79 | Aileen Forbes-Boyd | OCLC 1062031922 |
| Fish Knight and Sea Maiden: A Children's Romance | Francis Dale | 1952 | Hutchinson's Books for Young People | 88 | Nigel Mould | OCLC 30202119 |

## Travel books

| Publication | Writing as | Year | Publisher | Pages | Notes | OCLC or Ref. |
| Bon Voyage - How to Enjoy your Holiday in Europe with a Car | Frances Dale | 1950 | John Lehman | 182 | Illustrations by Val Biro | OCLC 4761977 |
| In Quest of Pleasure | Bon Viveur | 1951 | H. A. & W. L. Pitkin | 29 | Edited with slight adaptations and additions by Wendy Tiquet. | OCLC 1043173951 |
| Eating in England's Inns | Bon Viveur | 1951 | H. A. & W. L. Pitkin | 28 | | OCLC 25468550 |
| In Search of a Holiday Hotel | Bon Viveur | 1951 | H. A. & W. L. Pitkin | | | |
| Eating Out in London | Bon Viveur | 1951 | H. A. & W. L. Pitkin | | | OCLC 59575619 |
| Around Britain with Bon Viveur | Bon Viveur | 1952 | John Lehman | 208 | | OCLC 877353677 |
| Holiday in the Austrian Tyrol | Bon Viveur | 1953 | Frederick Muller | 94 | | OCLC 9476302 |
| Holiday in Barcelona and the Balearics | Bon Viveur | 1954 | H. A. & W. L. Pitkin | 110 | | OCLC 253391309 |
| Holiday in Holland | Bon Viveur | 1954 | Frederick Muller | | | OCLC 651911104 |
| Bon Viveur's London | Bon Viveur | 1954 | Andrew Dakers | | | OCLC 59783876 |
| Bon Viveur in London | Bon Viveur | 1954 | H. A. & W. L. Pitkin | 186 | | OCLC 155857448 |
| Holiday in Sweden | Bon Viveur | 1955 | Frederick Muller | 93 | | OCLC 1078514087 |
| Holiday in Belgium | Bon Viveur | 1955 | Frederick Muller | 125 | | OCLC 30198026 |
| Bon Viveur's London and the British Isles | Bon Viveur | 1955 | Andrew Dakers | 256 | | OCLC 3032328 |
| Holiday in Denmark | Bon Viveur | 1955 | Frederick Muller | 125 | | OCLC 467557740 |
| Holiday in the Touraine | Bon Viveur | 1956 | Frederick Muller | 119 | | OCLC 4572148 |
| Wining and Dining in France with Bon Viveur | Bon Viveur | 1959 | Putman | 225 | | OCLC 499726994 |
| Holiday on the French Riveria | Bon Viveur | 1960 | Frederick Muller | 103 | | OCLC 877493216 |
| Bon Viveur Guide to Holidays in Europe | Bon Viveur | 1964 | Andrew Dakers | 498 | Edited by Alison Leach | OCLC 18675582 |

## Autobiography

Two works, both published under the name Fanny Cradock.
| Publication | Year | Publisher | Pages | OCLC |
| Something's Burning | 1960 | Putnam | 277 | OCLC 760273090 |
| Time to Remember – A Cook for All Seasons | 1981 | Webb & Bower | 160 | OCLC 906412217 |

## Cookery books, as contributor

| Publication | Author/Editor | Year | Publisher | Pages | Notes | OCLC |
| Definitely Different: The Daily Telegraph Recipe Book | Unnamed | 1954 | The Daily Telegraph | 160 | Contributor as Bon Viveur; also includes recipes by Robin Adair, Gretel Beer, Claire Butler, Elizabeth David, Frank Gerrard, Marguerite Patten, Madame Prunier, Egon Ronay and J. M. Scott | OCLC 1043290792 |
| Come For A Meal: A Woman's Hour Cookery Book | Nesta Hollis | 1966 | BBC Books | 47 | Contributor only | OCLC 25469797 |
| The Book of Foil Cookery | Ann Body | 1967 | Spectator Publications | 63 | Contains "special recipes by Fanny & Johnnie Cradock" | OCLC 221940579 |
| The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy | Hannah Glasse | 1971 | S. R. Publishers | 419 | Introduction by Cradock | OCLC 561206256 |
| The Royal Cookery Book | Jules Gouffé | 1973 | EP Publishing | 599 | Translated from the original French by Alphonse Gouffé; introduction by Cradock | OCLC 928177307 |
| Wine for Today | Johnnie Cradock | 1975 | Frederick Muller | 198 | Introduction by Cradock | OCLC 1976961 |

## Cookery booklets

| Publication | Writing as | Year | Publisher | Pages | Notes | OCLC, ISBN or Ref. |
| Inside Information: the Experts' Advice from The Daily Telegraph Food and Cookery Brains Trust | Bon Viveur | 1955 | The Daily Telegraph | 31 | | OCLC 1043088529 |
| Natural and Pure Olive Oil – Book of recipes | Bon Viveur | 1963 | International Olive Oil Council | | Based on a seven-minute television advertisement | |
| Home cooking with Fanny Cradock | Fanny Cradock | 1965 | BBC Books | 33 | Illustrations by Rosalind Dease | OCLC 650373880 |
| Adventurous Cooking with Fanny Cradock | Fanny Cradock | 1965 | BBC Books | | TV series: April–June 1965 | OCLC 778918996 |
| Everyday Cookery: a Recipe Supplement to Woman's Hour talks | Fanny Cradock | 1965 | BBC Books | 11 | Written with Freda Cowell | OCLC 745567022 |
| Problem Cooking with Fanny Cradock | Fanny Cradock | 1967 | BBC Books | 26 | TV series: 1967 | OCLC 13052909 |
| Eight Special Menus with Their Accompanying Wines for the Busy Cook-Hostess | Fanny and Johnnie Cradock | 1967 | Mendham Bros/Gas Council | 31 | | OCLC 30282107 |
| Ten Classic Dishes | Fanny Cradock | 1968 | BBC Books | 32 | TV series: January–March 1968 | ISBN 9780563073352 |
| Colourful Cookery | Fanny Cradock | 1968 | BBC Books | 32 | TV series: October–December 1968 | OCLC 13053140 |
| Giving a Dinner Party | Fanny Cradock | 1969 | BBC Books | 16 | TV series: July–October 1969 | OCLC 1112517915 |
| Fanny Cradock Invites | Fanny Cradock | 1970 | BBC Books | 32 | TV series: July–October 1970 | OCLC 13053127 |
| Fanny Cradock's Nationwide Cook Book | Fanny Cradock | 1972 | BBC Books | 30 | | OCLC 877188475 |
| Lessons for a Cook: A series of articles reprinted from The Daily Telegraph in which they appeared month-by-month | Bon Viveur | 1974 | The Daily Telegraph | 32 | Illustrations by Troy Hill-Jackson | OCLC 877756682 |
| Fanny Cradock's Christmas Cooking | Fanny Cradock | 1975 | Wolfe Publishing | 48 | TV series: November–December 1975 | ISBN 9780723407072 |
| Pasta Cookery | Bon Viveur | 1975 | The Daily Telegraph | 12 | | OCLC 16304632 |