Joan Bakewell

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.

Filmography

• Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
• Adult Material (2020)
• Landscape Artist of the Year (2015)
• Iris (2001)
• Cold Comfort Farm (1968)
• The Touchables (1968)
• The Devil a Monk Would Be (1967)
• Give Us a Kiss, Christabel (1977)
• The Art of Dissent (2021)
• Blore M.P. (1989)
• A Night in with the Girls (1997)
• Postcards from the 48% (2018)
• The Accidental Hero: Oskar Schindler (1997)
• The Brontë Business (1977)
• Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68 (2018)