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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 .
Joan Bakewell's – "Memento" 1x25 min: Attenborough presents a number of mementos that are dear to him. Portrait Painter to the Birds-The work of William Cooper and his painting of Paradise Birds. BBC series. K: Kenneth Clark 1903 – 1983-Documentary about the life of Kenneth Clark. Guest Interviewee 1995–2007: BBC Wildlife Specials: 22x50 min
Screenwriter Harold Pinter based the drama on his seven-year (1962–69) clandestine affair with television presenter Joan Bakewell, who was married to producer-director Michael Bakewell. At the time, Pinter was married to actress Vivien Merchant. [2] [3]
Presented variously by Joan Bakewell, Helena Kennedy QC and David Jessel, [1] its subject matter was often concerned with religious or ethical issues. Topics covered include subjects as diverse as substance abuse, the effects of anti-personnel landmines, and homosexuality. Bakewell would usually chair an in-studio debate in which invited guests ...
Joan Crawford was cast in May 1959, 10 days before shooting began. [17] This was the first time she had accepted a supporting role since the silent era. Crawford was in heavy debt after the death of her fourth husband Alfred Steele, and needed the money. [18] She commented on her role: "I'm on the screen only seven minutes.
Dame Joan Bakewell has reassured Portrait Artist Of the Year fans after saying she’d been “dropped” from the show.. The Sky Arts competition, which aims to find the best painters in the ...
The first person to be called "the thinking man's crumpet" was Joan Bakewell, by humourist Frank Muir, following her appearances in highbrow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up. [3]
From 1955 until 1972, Michael Bakewell was the first husband of Joan Bakewell; the couple had two children, Matthew and Harriet. [8] In the 1960s, Joan had an eight-year affair with the playwright Harold Pinter. [9] Following their divorce, Michael remarried to Melissa Dundas in 1975.