Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

90 mins | Drama | Jan. 17, 2006

Elizabeth David is the most important cookery writer of the 20th century. David's public image was of an elegant, respectable and somewhat austere figure. In reality she was a deeply unconventional person with a profound passion for food, life and men.

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

90 mins | Drama | Jan. 17, 2006

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Elizabeth David is the most important cookery writer of the 20th century. David's public image was of an elegant, respectable and somewhat austere figure. In reality she was a deeply unconventional person with a profound passion for food, life and men.
Producers Wall to Wall
Original title Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Directors James Kent
Writers Amanda Coe

Cast

Catherine McCormack

as Elizabeth David

Greg Wise

as Peter Higgins

Karl Johnson

as Norman Douglas

Kieran O'Brien

as Charles Gibson Cowan

Andrew Havill

as Tony David

Tilly Blackwood

as Doreen

Martin Savage

as George

Jane Lapotaire

as Ernestine Carter

Sophie Duval

as TV Reporter

Andrew MacBean

as Auctioneer

Laura Lonsdale

as Waitress

Alan Cox

as Cuthbert

Emma Campbell-Jones

as Frances

Bart Ruspoli

as Doctor

Neville Phillips

as Diner

Penelope Beaumont

as Mrs Diner

Lucy Scott

as Patricia

Georgie Glen

as Pamela