Joan Bakewell

Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell (née Rowlands; born 16 April 1933) is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. She is president of Birkbeck, University of London.

She first became known as one of the presenters of the BBC2 programme Late Night Line-Up (1965–72 and 2008). In 1968, she took the role of narrator of the BBC TV production of Cold Comfort Farm and played a TV interviewer in the 1960s movie The Touchables.

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Other websites

"Lost voices", John Mullan, The Guardian, 18 June 1999.
 Listen to an audio slideshow interview with Joan Bakewell talking about her first novel All the Nice Girls on The Interview Online.
 Joan Bakewell at Knight Ayton Management
Joan Bakewell Official Website 

Category:1933 births
Category:Living people
Category:BBC people
Category:English television presenters
Category:English journalists
Category:People from Greater Manchester