The Baroness Bakewell, DBE's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Joan Dawson Bakewell
- Sex
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Female
- Decorations
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DBE (2008, CBE 1999)
- Date of Birth
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16/4/1933
- Foretitle(s)
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Baroness (Life Peer UK 2011), of Stockport in the County of Greater Manchester; Dame
- Surname
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BAKEWELL
- Style
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The Baroness Bakewell, DBE
- Recreations
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cinema, theatre, travel, talk
The Baroness Bakewell, DBE's Professional Career
- Career
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broadcaster and writer 1964-; TV critic The Times 1978-81, arts corr BBC 1981-87, columnist Sunday Times 1987-91; chm BFI 1999-2002 (vice-chm 1996-99), chair Nat Campaign for the Arts 2004-10, chair Shared Experience 2007-; memb: Cncl Aldeburgh Productions 1987-99, Bd RNT 1997-2003, Cncl Members of the Tate Gallery; hon pres Soc of Arts Publicists 1988-92; assoc fell Newnham Coll Cambridge 1990-91 (assoc 1984-87); FRCA; Television BBC incl: Meeting Point 1964, The Second Sex 1964, Late Night Line Up 1965-72, The Youthful Eye 1968, Moviemakers at the National Film Theatre 1971, Film '72 and Film '73, For the Sake of Appearance 1973, Where is Your God? 1973, Who Cares? 1973, The Affirmative Way (series) 1973, What's it all About? (2 series) 1974, Time Running Out (series) 1974, The Brontë Business 1974, The Shakespeare Business 1976, Generation to Generation (series) 1976, My Day with the Children 1977, The Moving Line 1979, Arts UK: OK? 1980, Arts corr 1982-87, The Heart of the Matter 1988-2000, My Generation 2000, One Foot in the Past 2000, Taboo 2001; ITV incl: Sunday Break 1962, Home at 4.30 1964, Thank You Ron (writer and prodr) 1974, Fairest Fortune 1974, Edinburgh Festival Report 1974, Reports Action (4 series) 1976-78; also Memento (Channel 4) 1993; Radio Away from it All 1978-79, PM 1979-81, Artist of the Week (Radio 3) 1998-2000, The Brains Tst (Radio 3) 1998-2000, Belief (Radio 3) 2001-, Inside the Ethics Committee (Radio 4) 2009-; radio plays: There and Back (Radio 4), Parish Magazine (3 episodes), Brought to Book (2005)
The Baroness Bakewell, DBE's Publications
- Books and Publications
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The New Priesthood: British Television Today (with Nicholas Garnham, 1970), A Fine and Private Place (with John Drummond, 1977), The Complete Traveller (1977), The Heart of Heart of the Matter (1996), The Centre of the Bed (2003), Belief (2005), The View from Here (2006), All the Nice Girls (2009)
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