Episode 1

The colourful lives and influences on our eating habits of TV chefs down the decades are celebrated in this new three-part series, which opens with two of the earliest, and finest, examples: Fanny Cradock and Graham Kerr.

By today's standards, Cradock was over the top, but she added a touch of glamour to dowdy postwar Britain. Kerr, meanwhile, became a global success as "the Galloping Gourmet", with a laid-back style that has inspired today's generation of TV chefs. (2002)