
Joan Bakewell
Department: Acting
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

The Accidental Hero: Oskar Schindler
1997

A Night in with the Girls
1997

Blore M.P.
1989

Attenborough the Controller
2002

Europe After the Rain
1978

The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022

The Art of Dissent
2021

Iris
2001

The Touchables
1968

Give Us a Kiss, Christabel
1977

An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988

Postcards from the 48%
2018

Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68
2018

The Brontë Business
1977

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972

Meeting Jim
2018

Bette Davis
1972

Paul Newman
1973

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003

Countdown
1982

Richard & Judy
2001

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975

The Commander
2003

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007

Would I Lie to You?
2007

The New Statesman
1987

An Audience with...
1978

Room 101
1994

Portrait Artist of the Year
2013

Portrait Artist of the Year
2013

Travels with Pevsner
1997

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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Question Time
1979

Landscape Artist of the Year
2015

How the BBC Began
2022

Adult Material
2020

Have I Got News for You
1990

Film '72
1971

Remembers…
2022

Cold Comfort Farm
1968

In Confidence
2010