Person

Joan Bakewell

Acting · Born 1933-04-16 · Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK

Biography

Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE, HonFBA, is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is President of Birkbeck, University of London; she is also an author and playwright, and has been awarded Humanist of the year for services to humanism.

Known for

Filmography

2022How the BBC BeganSelf
2022Remembers…Self
2022The Queen: 70 Glorious YearsSelf
2021The Art of DissentBBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film
2020Adult MaterialTV Presenter
2018Postcards from the 48%
2018Meeting JimSelf
2018Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68Presenter
2015Landscape Artist of the YearPresenter
2013Portrait Artist of the YearHerself - Host
2010In Confidence
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
2007Would I Lie to You?Self
2003100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf
2003The Commander
2002Attenborough the ControllerSelf
2001IrisBBC Presenter
2001Richard & JudySelf
1997The Accidental Hero: Oskar Schindler
1997A Night in with the Girls
1997Travels with Pevsner
1994Room 101Self
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1989Blore M.P.Joan Bakewell
1988An Audience With Victoria WoodSelf - Questioner
1987The New StatesmanJoan Bakewell
1982Countdown
1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist
1978An Audience with...Self
1978Europe After the RainSelf - Presenter
1977Give Us a Kiss, ChristabelTV Interviewer
1977The Brontë BusinessHerself - Presenter
1975Rumpole of the BaileyTV Interviewer
1973Paul NewmanSelf - Interviewer
1972Bette DavisSelf
1972The Adventures of Barry McKenzieSelf
1971Film '72Self - Hostess
1968The TouchablesInterviewer
1968Cold Comfort FarmNarrator
1967The Devil a Monk Would BeJoan Bakewell
—Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist

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