Radio Times

Review by:

Jane Anderson

It’s not often that one turns to Desert Island Discs for baking advice, but to find out how to ensure your pastry never suffers from a soggy bottom again look no further than this week's castaway, Mary Berry. She’s a great enthusiast for cooking in schools and thinks it should be a compulsory subject.

But we also encounter a less familiar side to this bright, ebullient woman when she talks about why she set up cookery courses in her own home – she simply could not bear to leave it after her son died in a car crash 20 years ago.

About this programme

Broadcaster and cook Mary Berry talks to Kirsty Young and selects eight favourite recordings to take to the BBC's mythical island.

Cast and crew

Cast

Host

Kirsty Young

Mary Berry

Crew

Producer

Leanne Buckle

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