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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.
Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate · 2011
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography9 titles
Would I Lie to You?
2007as Self
2007as Self
The New Statesman
1987as Joan Bakewell
1987as Joan Bakewell
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975as TV Interviewer
1975as TV Interviewer
Landscape Artist of the Year
2015as Presenter
2015as Presenter
Portrait Artist of the Year
2013as Herself - Host
2013as Herself - Host
Iris
2001as BBC Presenter
2001as BBC Presenter
The Commander
Question Time
1979as Self - Panellist
1979as Self - Panellist
The Art of Dissent
2021as BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film
2021as BBC Interviewer - BBC Archival Film