Editing Round the Horne (section)

===Daphne Whitethigh===
The character was loosely based on the television cook Fanny Cradock.{{sfn|Ross|2011|p=106}}{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|p=262}} Described by Took and Feldman as "fashion reporter, TV cook, agony aunt, pain in the neck", Daphne Whitethigh (Marsden) is a hoarse-voiced pundit, "whose advice on the placing of the bosom or the way to prepare Hippo in its shell is an absolute must for all those trendy moderns who want to look and feel frightful".{{sfn|Took|Feldman|1974|p=10}}  Among her helpful cooking tips are that although rhinoceros is not very appetising you do get ''marvellous'' crackling;{{sfn|Took|1989|p=207}}  her recipes for yak include yak à l'orange, yak in its jacket, and coupe yak.{{sfn|Took|Feldman|1974|p=107}}  She advises followers of female fashion that bosoms are still out, but may be on the way back (Horne says he will keep a light burning in the window) and her other useful pointers include how to use cold cream to remove those baboon claw marks from one's hip, and how to avoid crow's feet round the eyes: refrain from sleeping in trees.{{sfn|Took|1989|pp=244–245}}