Farmhouse Kitchen - Christmas Dinner Yorkshire Production 1983

[@markwiles3485]

Farmhouse Kitchen, News At One with Leonard Parkin & Crown Court remind me of bring off sick from school in the 1970s.

[@CC-uc4gq]

The Cedar Tree series too!

[@Sharon-uy1uf]

All of those yes great memories 🎉

[@stephenholmes1036]

My school mate in the early 1970s he was always ill on a Monday. We had Dorothy Sleightholme, She was a real farmers wife. This woman isn't and isn't as grumpy too nice. We didn't get this woman on Westward tv must have stopped by then.

[@elizabethhayward8238]

Me to good memories when my parents were alive.

[@CatCat-v5g]

Omg, Crown Court & Watch with Mother, I was 5. Parents are 90 & 93 now. Such happy memories.

[@derekhorne8076]

Thank you for uploading this. It's one of those programmes I remember watching when I was sick and off school. However, for some reason, I was convinced that Grace was Annie Sugden from Emmerdale Farm!

[@ADCTVCollection]

You're welcome!, It's funny how what we think at the time, I've done that a few times with other programmes. The 1986 Christmas programme will be on here at the same time next Wednesday.

[@derekhorne8076]

Ah, I'm glad it's not just me that made silly mix ups like that lol. Oh that's good to hear, I shall look forward to seeing it next week.

[@dominicmcnamara2224]

@@ADCTVCollection yay

[@poohbearrichie72]

Annie Sugden played by the wonderful actress Sheila Mercier who lived to the grand old age of 100 almost 101 bless her

[@richardphillips1971]

I thought the same too

[@RetroRegan]

Just heard that Dorothy Sleightholme who presented Farmhouse kitchen before Grace did, has passed away 21st November 2024. R.I.P Dorothy.

[@QuelquefoisFois]

Wrong one; Farmhouse Kitchen one died in the early 80's.

[@wearecity]

She died in a car crash in the 1980s

[@glamdolly30]

Whay is your source? I'm confused, as Google also states Dorothy was replaced by Grace in 1982 because she had died in a car crash! I have to wonder how old Dorothy would have been, if she died earlier this month, November 2024. Her successor Grace Mulligan, who I assumed was considerably younger than Dorothy, died in 2018 at the grand old age of 91. So if Dorothy has outlived her by six years, she must have been older than water!

[@kimgarthwaite5954]

Loved her in spite of her rather stiff presentation style and fab vintage clothes. How old was she?

[@aidanbowe3866]

I thought she died years ago after a car crash??

[@36ajames]

No roast potatoes on Christmas dinner? Scandalous!!

[@davey8914]

I remember cycling home from 6th form, through the slush of a cold, wet 1977 winter on my precious Xmas gift - a snazzy American-style Raleigh bicycle. I'd always make sure to pass Mrs Hardigan's bungalow on the way home. There, she would often wave me inside the cosy porch, where she would delicately wipe down my Chopper, leaving it shiny, warm and ready to ride. And there'd always be a portion of something hot and contemporary to keep this young lad from the chills; whether it was Toad in the Hole, Cottage Pie with Cheesy Mash or Mary Berry's Easy Fish Casserole. On a good day I'd also receive a dessert of Upside-Down Tart, a moist slice of Delia Smith's Black Forest Gateau, or Chocolate Brownies depending on the day of the month. I never did get Spotted Dick but she always had me gagging for an Arctic Roll on New Year's Day. Happy days, though it all came to a halt in 1979 when Mum got suspicious after finding what looked like Cheese Fondue all over my bike saddle 😞. I miss you so much Mrs Hardigan 💔

[@johnwheelan3703]

That looks absolutely delicious. Oh no my tummy is rumbling., absolutely lovely.

[@frannieo1707]

Half a grapefruit with a cherry on top starter - pure 1970s. Surprised this was still served in 1983.

[@bastianfromkwhbsn8498]

Britain was a bit hold back in the 70s...

[@andymerrett]

No prawn cocktail to be seen.

[@mikeburnham9359]

I’d be annoyed if this was my starter for Xmas!!

[@lulubelle24]

I remember this programme and the theme tune. ❤

[@pupskin123]

Just discovered. Made my day! Always screened on a weekday lunchtime in the UK. Memories x

[@susanhowarth6670]

Me too😊

[@ThomasClark-bi1zz]

Brilliant show & brilliant lovely memories. ❤

[@kimgarthwaite5954]

Love it. Used to miss a non exam class every Monday to study European history as the teacher gave lousy notes (cos she wanted you to think in prep for university I understand now). Had this and some other programme about women gathering in a ‘posh’ house to talk about cooking, sewing etc going on in the background. I loved it and got A history grade!

[@lorainemcguire5795]

Thank you so much thus was a wonderful series ❤

[@jakecavendish3470]

This is very Fanny Thomas from Alan Partridge. "Boned and stuffed- oppps pardon!"

[@christianwatson8025]

Hearing the theme tune took me back to being a child over 40 years ago

[@RynnieDay]

I wasn't born when this was first shown but I remember inheriting a couple of books that went with the series. Seriously good cakes I recall.

[@margaretstone6411]

I remember this programme, what a treat to see it again ❤

[@dianebusby7047]

Ah memories!

[@mutley23able]

Wow that tune brings back memories ❤

[@wackthegood8884]

Oh my goodness, that Christmas jelly looked awful! It's so fascinating to watch these programmes, before the time of celebrity chefs and all their glamour. Just good old-fashioned home cooks. Love it.

[@Kevin-n3m6q]

Looked fine to me.

[@roger5159]

What a lovely looking Christmas dinner. 🦃🌲🕊

[@WIlfredWibbles]

Really ? That turkey looks totally insipid.

[@jimhooper4252]

Love these .thank you

[@adrianjames3815]

I remember this programme so well i do remember the other lady she was so lovely

[@sunkat76]

this is Grace Mulligan and her partner in crime was Dorothy Sleightholme.

[@CliveEvans-oj2nn]

Dorothy sleigholme

[@ThomasClark-bi1zz]

This lady did an exellent job de- boning the chicken. Very impressive.

[@beepresent8636]

Until I just saw this I thought ma sugdon from emmerdale farm use to host this. 😊 bring back the early 80s, happiest time of my life

[@BrianCormackCarr]

Grace Mulligan was great - always so natural and good at explaining things step by step.

[@JamesCooke-fd1fg]

Could you ùpload more Farmhouse Kitchen episodes from the 80s?

[@matthewlawrenson3628]

The only time I ever saw Farmhouse Kitchen was when I was off school ill (my recollection is that it was on around 2pm). Nothing like seeing all that food when you're nauseous already. I think Farmhouse Kitchen has made me throw up more times than any other TV show.

[@romybath318]

That pototoe idea is amazing. I was a baby then but hen i heard the tune though it sounded familiar!

[@williamlong7188]

Would love a recipe for Yorkshire Garth ( tea loaf ) ??? Was at Tan Hill recently and went to the village where the original BBC Series of All Creatures Great & Small was filmed and bought it in a local shop. It’s absolutely delicious.

[@marlaborenstein8068]

Absolutely love this show. Never heard of it before

[@LouiseThompson-l5d]

Ahh Dorothy Slighthome. Mum always used to watch it

[@Emily-vs9ju]

This is giving me an “off school sick” feeling. Where you want to be just ill enough to fool your mum but not too ill to be uncomfortable

[@HectorDelapoerberesford]

Drives me mad when people say the first course "is not too filling." Why bother making it then ya daft bint, let's just get to the main course.

[@bastianfromkwhbsn8498]

Thatcher's Britain is the best Britain. Love to be back in those days.

[@susanmacdonald4288]

My mom used the giblets to mack stock for the gravy like that. And she strained hers, too. One of my sisters-in-law asked Mom how she got her gravy so smooth...she could never get hers like Mom's. And Mom just said, "I strain it".

[@cindersmolloy6584]

What a lovely lady

[@sheilafoster6383]

Real old fashioned cooking..

[@4960-j4p]

I love the music does anyone know the name of it

[@GusMcGuire]

I remember the 80s, when serving half a grapefruit with a glacé cherry on top was seen as the height of sophistication. Of course, if you tried that now, people would look at you as if you needed help.

[@PaulineHoward-b5o]

How we do things different now. Her gravy was awful my mum made hers in the meat tin with the juices and flour but it was thicker and she added gravy browning. Food hygiene was bad too i suppose we didn't worry so much back the but just wiping your hands on a tea towel after messing with the turkey! But after all that it brought back a memory of my mum watching this.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Dorothy Sleightholme was much better a real farmers wife. We had her in Westward tv till about 1979.

[@taylorashlock6309]

Watching her wipe the turkey juice on a tea towel then touch everything else was stressing me out! But still so interesting to watch!

[@BrianCormackCarr]

She did point out she didn’t like thick gravy.

[@Kevin-n3m6q]

Snowflake.

[@blakaeg]

@@Kevin-n3m6qShut up!

[@fraserkatie]

I loved watching Farmhouse Kitchen when off sick from school. Loved Grace's narration of how she cooks but she butchered that turkey!

[@sunkat76]

You should see what Fanny Cradock does with her goose. Goes at it with a fork and runny honey like a a woman possessed!

[@andymerrett]

I want more veg with my Christmas meal :)

[@marcse7en]

If that's a bloody farmhouse, my name's Fanny Cradock! 🤣 Is it like a spatchcock? ... I don't know about cooking. Where's the Farmhouse Kitchen Microwave? Grace, "Turkey's a very dry bird" (sniggering from behind the camera), "And so next is the gravy. For this, I'm using Bisto Best. Two heaped spoonfuls. I'll just pop the kettle on!" 🤣

[@glamdolly30]

'Farmhouse Kitchen' host Grace Mulligan died in 2018, at the grand old age of 91. As is perhaps obvious, she was not a TV presenter by profession, but she handled the job with aplomb, hosting more than 80 episodes of the popular weekday afternoon show. She introduced future cooking stars including Mary Berry and Rick Stein, until the series finally ended in 1990. Grace was recruited in early 1982 to replace Dorothy Sleightholme, 'Farmhouse Kitchen's' original host since its 1971 launch (I've Googled Dorothy, and read that she left the show because she was killed in a car crash, and also that she passed on recently of natural causes, in November 2024). Anyone know the truth? Though Grace Mulligan had no experience of TV presenting, Yorkshire Television producer Graham Watts was impressed by her long experience teaching cookery at the Women's Institute, and demonstrating at the Great Yorkshire Show. The programmes were recorded at the YTV Studios in Kirkstall Road, Leeds. Grace also wrote all the 'Farmhouse Kitchen', spin-off recipe books, including one on how to master the latest microwave method of cooking, when the ovens were brand new technology. In an interview in later life, Grace said 'Farmhouse Kitchen' looked, quote: "very slow and dated now", but added: "We showed every part of the process. We really taught people how to cook properly, and we did so without using a single swear word" (I get the feeling she maybe wasn't a fan of Gordon Ramsay!) Grace was born in Dundee, but settled in East Yorkshire where her late husband Brian was a long-serving GP. After her days of fame on 'Farmhouse Kitchen' she was a regular recipe contributor to newspapers and magazines, and enjoyed a second career as an after dinner speaker, sharing her cooking experiences in a talk entitled: 'Travels with a Wooden Spoon'. Her eldest daughter Catriona said no one was more surprised than her mum, at the avenues 'Farmhouse Kitchen' opened up for her. Thank you so much for these wonderful uploads. I remember the show so well, though - as many others have commented - I was a child, so must have watched on my (probably all too frequent) 'sick days' from school! Pure nostalgia. And what a revelation to witness how far British cuisine has come since!

[@bugs7139]

Typical afternoon shows when the Government stopped broadcast restrictions during the daytime in 1972/3 ITV lead the way during this time, BBC1 tried a daytime schedule for a couple of years but by 1975 they had financial cut backs and abandoned the idea partially until 1986. BBC1 downtime was filled with Testcard F and from the early 80s Ceefax Pages BBC2 had a full closedown (except for sport, conferences) during the daytime until late afternoon this process lasted until summer 1983 when like BBC1 they screened TCF and Ceefax pages during downtime. ITV must have had huge daytime ratings during this era with virtually no competition from either BBC1/2 unless you liked Welsh TV/OU/Schools programmes, the only time the BBC had programmes during the daytime was the Christmas and Easter fortnight but this was only allowed to happen after 1972/3 on both the BBC and ITV

[@stephenholmes1036]

Do you have any Dorothy Sleightholme episodes please?

[@RetroRegan]

There are some on KZbin. In particular, Preparing for Christmas 1978. I've just heard today that Dorothy Sleightholme has sadly passed away 21st November 2024.

[@stephenholmes1036]

She must have been over 100 bless her

[@Taggs82]

@@stephenholmes1036no she was 89. She was in her 40s when she presented these shows

[@jasonwhitehurst]

anyone know what happened to Dorothy sleighholme?I cant find any information about her.

[@dominicmcnamara2224]

she had a bit of a cough

[@Arwen_Evenstars]

Sadly, she died in a car accident 😢

[@Jess-k6q]

She was killed in a road traffic accident.

[@stephenholmes1036]

She was a much better cook a real farmers wife,She was a bit grumpy like my gran

[@RetroRegan]

I have just heard that she passed away today, 21st November 2024

[@xinran1969]

A mattress needle?

[@greentorm5467]

Such a warm, cosy scene...was this her home?

[@kimgarthwaite5954]

Cranberries mentioned in the 1970’s!

[@eddiebrice1161]

I don't suppose you have the Gogglewatch Christmas special by any chance, do you 🤔

[@stephenholmes1036]

Where is Dorothy Sleightholme?

[@LouiseThompson-l5d]

Prob in an old people's home😂

[@QuelquefoisFois]

She died in the 80's.

[@barbarapatriciaharrison3853]

She died recently

[@iangrant3615]

She had retired and Grace was the next host.

[@paulyoungman18]

Dorothy died in a car accident and Grace took over the presenting.

[@fionasmall4384]

Grace was my favourite ❤️

[@davislongsworth7150]

She didn't salt or pepper inside or the outside of the turkey.

[@grahamday1582]

Can't beat English grub 😊

[@Rob-uv8bu]

What is this ? Never heard of it

[@garynorris8492]

See how close that tinselled tree, was to the open fire. That was a Christmas recipe for disaster! I like to stuff a big bird!!

[@martynnotman3467]

Grapefruit for Christmas is a no from me. Rest looks lovely

[@scswp6945]

I always make a prawn and citrus salad as a first course on Christmas Day. It sounds very old-fashioned, but everyone loves it, so it’s become a tradition. I agree about just having grilled grapefruit as a starter though. I remember that as a starter in the 1980s. I also recall that a glass of orange juice was offered as a starter in some restaurants - hard to believe nowadays!

[@marcse7en]

Grapefruit ANY TIME is a no! 🤮

[@aquaboy68]

Very nostalgic...i do remember seeing this if i was skiving school.....such a lovely presenter,and a real woman....no wokety woke pish then thank fk....

[@frances2816]

Ooo no no wiping a knife with raw meat on , to a tea towel 😮

[@sallywright8065]

Jelly with grapes and nuts? Eugh!

[@wearecity]

Most modern women, just cook by microwave, as they are too busy being company bosses.

[@jimhooper4252]

Wasn’t she wonderful …?

[@singingcrafter1520]

That gravy was like water. Yuk!!

[@Dan-cs5mg]

My wive's Christmas Dinner is significantly better than this. Roast potatoes? Bread sauce? Stuffing? Not impressed 😢