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.
Directed by James Kent · Written by Amanda Coe
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Catherine McCormack Elizabeth David -
Greg Wise Peter Higgins -
Karl Johnson Norman Douglas -
Kieran O'Brien Charles Gibson Cowan -
Andrew Havill Tony David - Jacqueline Defferary Bulgie
- Tilly Blackwood Doreen
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Martin Savage George -
Jane Lapotaire Ernestine Carter -
Sophie Duval TV Reporter -
Andrew MacBean Auctioneer - Laura Lonsdale Waitress
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