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Joan Bakewell

Actress

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In the early 1960s had an extra-marital affair with writer Harold Pinter. Later Pinter went on to write what became the movie Betrayal which told the story of their affair. See more trivia »

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Joan Dawson Rowlands
in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
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2001/I Iris
BBC Presenter
 
1988 Rumpole of the Bailey (TV series)
TV Interviewer
– Rumpole and the Barrow Boy (1988) … TV Interviewer
 
1986 First Among Equals (TV mini-series)
TV Interviewer
– Episode #1.9 (1986) … TV Interviewer
 
1976 The Barry Humphries Show (TV series)
 
1968 The Touchables
Interviewer
 
1968 Cold Comfort Farm (TV mini-series)
Undetermined Supporting Role
– Doom (1968)
– Folk (1968) … Undetermined Supporting Role
 
1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– The Devil a Monk Would Be (1967)
 
Show ShowSelf (57 titles)
2013 When Frost Met Bakewell: Joan Bakewell at 80 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1992-2013 Have I Got News for You (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #45.1 (2013) … Herself
– Episode #3.3 (1992) … Herself
 
2012 Tales of Television Centre (TV documentary)
Herself - Presenter
 
2012 The Agenda with Tom Bradby (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #1.6 (2012) … Herself - Guest
 
2012 Frost on Interviews (TV documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
2011 Only Connect (TV series)
Herself - Great Believers
– Children in Need Special (2011) … Herself - Great Believers
 
2011 The Story of British Pathé (TV series documentary)
Herself - Broadcaster & Writer
– The Voice of Pathé (2011) … Herself - Broadcaster & Writer
 
2010 Grierson 2010: The British Documentary Awards (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Panorama (TV series documentary)
– The Generation Game (2010)
 
2009 Question Time (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 October 2009 (2009) … Herself (as Dame Joan Bakewell)
 
2007-2009 The Book Quiz (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.7 (2009) … Herself
– Episode #2.8 (2008) … Herself
– Episode #1.1 (2007) … Herself
 
2009 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 March 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 Richard & Judy's New Position (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 March 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2008 How TV Changed Britain (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Women (2008) … Herself
 
2005-2008 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 June 2008 (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 October 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2008 The Big Questions (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.17 (2008) … Herself
 
2008 How to Get More Sex (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) … Herself (as Joan Bakewell CBE)
– Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) … Herself (as Joan Bakewell CBE)
– Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance (2007) … Herself (as Joan Bakewell CBE)
 
2007 This Week (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 July 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 Memoirs of a Cigarette (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003-2007 The Sunday Programme (TV series)
Herself - Interviewer / Herself - Presenter / Herself
– Episode dated 21 January 2007 (2007) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 November 2006 (2006) … Herself - Interviewer
– Episode dated 5 November 2006 (2006) … Herself - Interviewer
– Episode dated 15 October 2006 (2006) … Herself - Interviewer
– Episode dated 18 December 2005 (2005) … Herself - Interviewer
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2006 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 October 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 August 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2005 News 24 Sunday (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 July 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 Favouritism (TV series)
Herself
– Michael Portillo's Great British Losers (2005) … Herself
 
2002-2004 Breakfast with Frost (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 October 2004 (2004) … Herself
– Episode dated 29 February 2004 (2004) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 July 2003 (2003) … Herself
– Episode dated 6 April 2003 (2003) … Herself
– Episode dated 17 November 2002 (2002) … Herself
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2004 Happy Birthday BBC Two (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2003 The Wright Stuff (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 20 October 2003 (2003) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
2003 Britain's Finest (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Stately Homes (2003) … Herself
 
2000-2003 Countdown (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #49.70 (2003) … Herself
– Episode #49.69 (2003) … Herself
– Episode #49.68 (2003) … Herself
– Episode #49.67 (2003) … Herself
– Episode #49.66 (2003) … Herself
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2003 The Commander (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Taboo (TV series documentary)
Herself - Presenter
– No Offence (2001) … Herself - Presenter
– Generation Sex (2001) … Herself - Presenter
– Shock of the Nude (2001) … Herself - Presenter
– Looks That Kill (2001) … Herself - Presenter
 
1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Barry Humphries (1999) … Herself (also archive footage)
 
1998 Travels with Pevsner (TV series)
Herself - Presenter
– Derbyshire (1998) … Herself - Presenter
 
1990-1996 Everyman (TV series documentary)
Herself - Presenter / Herself / Herself - Reporter
– Sunday Best (1996) … Herself
– One Man's Meat (1991) … Herself - Presenter
– School's Out (1991) … Herself - Reporter
– An Eye for an Eye (1990) … Herself - Presenter
 
1993 Masterchef (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.3 (1993) … Herself
 
1993 One Foot in the Past (TV series)
Herself - Presenter
 
1987-2000 Heart of the Matter (TV series documentary)
Herself - Presenter
– Whistle-Blowers (1991) … Herself - Presenter
 
1991 The New Statesman (TV series)
Herself
– Let Them Sniff Cake (1991) … Herself
 
1988-1990 French and Saunders (TV series)
Herself
– Dangerous Liasons (1990) … Herself
– Episode #2.1 (1988) … Herself
 
1989 Screen One (TV series)
Herself
– Blore M.P. (1989) … Herself
 
1988 An Audience with Victoria Wood (TV special)
Herself - Questioner
 
1987 Election 1987 (TV movie)
Herself - Reporter
 
1980-1981 On the Town (TV series documentary)
Herself - Presenter
– Episode dated 14 November 1980 (1980) … Herself - Presenter
 
1980 The Alternative Miss World (documentary)
 
1979 Mainstream (TV series)
Herself
 
1978 Those Wonderful TV Times (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 August 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1976 The Sweepstakes Game (TV series)
Herself - Panellist
– Episode #1.12 (1976) … Herself - Panellist
 
1976 Under Bow Bells (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.10 (1976) … Herself
 
1972-1973 Film '72 (TV series)
Herself - Presenter
– Episode dated 16 January 1973 (1973) … Herself - Presenter
– Episode dated 28 November 1972 (1972) … Herself - Presenter
– Episode dated 25 September 1972 (1972) … Herself - Presenter
– Episode dated 11 September 1972 (1972) … Herself - Presenter
 
1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Herself
 
1967-1972 Late Night Lineup (TV series)
Herself - Presenter
– Welcome Little Kangaroo: Eight Years of BBC2 (1972) … Herself - Presenter
– Episode dated 25 November 1967 (1967) … Herself - Presenter
 
1968-1969 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 June 1969 (1969) … Herself
– Episode dated 14 April 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1959 Face to Face (TV series)
Herself - Latter-day Introduction
– Professor Jung (1959) … Herself - Latter-day Introduction
 
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2004 The Truth About 60s TV (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Tate Modern (TV series documentary)
 

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Alternate Names:

Dame Joan Bakewell | Joan Bakewell CBE
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Personal Quote:

The liberal mood back in the 60s was that sex was pleasurable and wholesome and shouldn't be seen as dirty and wicked. The Pill allowed women to make choices for themselves. Of course, that meant the risk of making the wrong choice. But we all hoped girls would grow to handle the new freedoms wisely... See more »

Trivia:

In the early 1960s had an extra-marital affair with writer Harold Pinter. Later Pinter went on to write what became the movie Betrayal which told the story of their affair. See more »

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The Thinking Man's Crumpet See more »

Star Sign:

Aries