Joan Bakewell
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Long-serving presenter of arts programming, starting with ''Late Night Line-Up'' in 1965. Also cornered the market in programmes about ethics and moral issues, most significantly ''Heart of the Matter'' which she presented for 12 years from 1987 to 1999. | Long-serving presenter of arts programming, starting with ''Late Night Line-Up'' in 1965. Also cornered the market in programmes about ethics and moral issues, most significantly ''Heart of the Matter'' which she presented for 12 years from 1987 to 1999. | ||
- | She was made a dame in 2008, and a peer (Baroness Bakewell of Stockport) in 2011. | + | She was made a dame in 2008, and a peer (Baroness Bakewell of Stockport) in 2011. |
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+ | Once wrote a sitcom in collaboration with [[Jeremy Vine]] (who'd been a researcher on ''Heart of the Matter''). It never got made as the premise was similar to ''The Vicar of Dibley'' which arrived first and stole their thunder. | ||
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Current revision as of 10:05, 5 March 2021
Biography
Long-serving presenter of arts programming, starting with Late Night Line-Up in 1965. Also cornered the market in programmes about ethics and moral issues, most significantly Heart of the Matter which she presented for 12 years from 1987 to 1999.
She was made a dame in 2008, and a peer (Baroness Bakewell of Stockport) in 2011.
Trivia
Once wrote a sitcom in collaboration with Jeremy Vine (who'd been a researcher on Heart of the Matter). It never got made as the premise was similar to The Vicar of Dibley which arrived first and stole their thunder.