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2. Dame Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell (née Rowlands; born 16 April 1933), 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 received a Humanist of the Year award for services to humanism.
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Mar 28, 2023 · Old times: Joan Bakewell interviews Harold Pinter on Late Night Line-Up in 1969. Courtesy of the BBC. Bakewell’s cult TV show Late Night Line-Up put her in the unique position of being a female host in the Sixties, four nights a week, alongside Denis Tuohy, Michael Dean and Nicholas Tresilian. Launched in 1964, it was a somewhat anarchic ...
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Feb 1, 2023 · I read a bit about her: Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE began her career in the 1960s as a journalist and documentary maker, later becoming a Labour Party peer. She made documentaries which included subjects like race relations, female genital mutilation and the death penalty, she wrote on issues like society and politics.
Joan Bakewell was born on 16 April 1933 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Iris (2001), The Touchables (1968) and Screen One (1985). She was previously married to Jack Emery and Michael Bakewell.
Richard Curtis and Dame Joan Bakewell both came up with the same idea for a BBC TV drama Joan Bakewell has had a long and distinguished broadcasting career. But, she jokes, her CV would be even ...
Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE was made a patron of Humanists UK for her exploration of the human condition through the arts and her humanist contributions to ethical questions in public life. Journalist, television presenter, and Labour Party peer, Joan Bakewell was born in Stockport in 1933. She attended Newnham College at the University of ...
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Joan Bakewell presenting Late Night Line Up in 1967, the show that launched her career. Her later work would explore issues of ethics and religion, including Radio 4’s Heart of the Matter.
