Joan Bakewell

Joan Bakewell

92 (1933-04-16)
Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK

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.

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Iris 2001 (6.42)

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie 1972 (5.269)

Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he soon settles into the Australian ghetto in Earls Court, where his old mate Curly has a flat.
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Artists from the UK and Ireland compete by creating portraits of famous people.
Joan Bakewell

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