Fanny Cradock: Married at 16, Widowed at 17, Cured of Cancer and Still Standing | Parkinson on BBC
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Fanny Cradock was born Phyllis Primrose Pechey, known as Pee Pee Pee, raised by her grandmother, and married at sixteen with a forged licence at eight in the morning on the Isle of Sheppey. Her husband was killed four months later. She already knew he would be. In this extraordinary conversation with Michael Parkinson, she talks about reincarnation as a guiding principle, about being cured of cancer and not feeling she deserved it, about a honeymoon soup made from a kilo of garlic that apparently kept two friends in bed from Friday to Monday, and about the afternoon during the Blitz when she threw a gooseberry tart at her second husband in front of 350 of his men and ran straight into the middle of them because she knew he couldn't touch her. He caught her eventually. Legendary talk show host Sir Michael Parkinson's official YouTube channel. Step back in time with us as we relive the golden era of television and remember some of the most unforgettable moments from Parkinson! We’ll l
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